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K.Edw:

1st.

John

Lord

Wake.

Having said thus much to shew, how lame an Account this Gentleman, with all his helps has given of this Family; I proceed now to my next Heir, John Lord Wake Son of Baldwin the 4th. of whom I last spake.

He was about 13 years old, when his Father dyed, And in the 18th. of K. Edward the first, doing Homage, had Livery of his Lands. Four Years after which, he was 'summon'd to attend the King at a great Counsel, and the month following went with him into Gascoigne, to help him to recover his Estates there. How long he continued abroad, whether he return'd with the King the same Year, upon the accommodation which the ffrench King pretended to make with Edward; Or whether upon the Discovery of that trick, and the brisk Resolution of the Parliament thereupon, he tarried still there, I cannot tell; That he was summoned to the three Parliaments, held the next Year upon this Occasion, the Writs still extant do evidently shew. And when about 4 Years after, the War with Scotland broke out, He accompanied the King thither, as he had before done into France; and the Year following, was

3 Dugdal: Summ: Pag: 6.

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one of the Commissioners appointed, together K.Edw. with the Arch-Bishop of York to take Care of Fortifying the Castles of Scotland. and for the guarding of the Marshes.

In the 28h. of the same King, he again went with his Master to the War of Scotland whither most of the Nobility, in like manner, attended him: And the same Year he dyed, leaving his Widow, and two Sons behind Him.

Whom he marryed I am yet to seek: only I find her in an Ancient Charter, called by the Name of Joan; and that in right of her he held the Wapentake of Skarndale, in the County of Derby.

Among the Summons to Parliament about this time, I meet with one Ralph Wake, among those who were 'summoned to meet the King, with their Horses and Arms at New-Castle, and to attend Him with their Service in the Scotch Wars. who this Ralph was, or whether it be not a Mistake for John, who was constantly summoned before and after, I am not able to determine: But sure I am it is the only place in

4 Mss. Dodsworth Vol: ii. fol. 11. 5 Dugdal: Summ: Pag: 15.

K.Edw. which either John is omitted or any Ralph is

1st.

John

Thos.

Lord

Wake.

mentioned.

When John Lord Wake dyed, he left a Son and heir, of the same Name. But he lived but a little while, and so both the Estate and Honour fell to his second Son, Thomas Lord Wake. He was at this time, but very young: nor have I any thing to say of him before the K.Edw. 11th. of King Edward the 2d. When he was first summon'd by the King to his Parliament at Lincoln, and which after two prorogations, did at last, the same year, meet there.

2d.

But thô this were the first time that I find any mention made of our Thomas Lord Wake in public affairs of the Kingdom; yet some years before I meet with an other of this Family, Hugh Wake, a younger Brother of John and Uncle to Thomas of whom I am now speaking. In the 13th. Year of King Edward the first, a famous Statute had been made in a Parliament at Winchester for the better keeping of the Peace, and for the Suppressing of Robberys, Murders, Felonys, and the like Disorders. It seems the King found it necessary, about this time, to publish an Order for putting of this Statute in due Execution. Accordingly Letters

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were Sent to the Sheriffe of each County, and K.Edw. to two other Persons of chief Note with him to see that it were punctually and strictly observed, In the Letters directed to the Sheriff of Northampton, I find this Hugh mentioned, in the very first place, as a Commissoner in this Affair: The Inscription is, Hugoni Wake; Williamelmo Botevlyyn; et Vicecom North: But of this Hugh I shall have occassion to speake more particularly hereafter, and therefore shall add no more concerning him in this place.

Yet because I am now considering the younger Brothers of this Family; I must add, that there seems to have been an other Brother of the same John Lord Wake, Son of Baldwin the IVth setled at Stesworth in Yorkshire, in the time of K. Edward: 1st. by the Name of 'Baldwin de Wac: and of whom, all I know is that he married Eleanor, Daughter, and Co-heir of William de Beaucham, a person of good Note in those parts.

But to return to the Subject from which I have digress'd: As it was about the 11th. Year

6 Ryley Placit: Parliam: p. 521. 522.

7 Mss Dodsworth Vol: iii. fol: 136.

K.Edw. of K. Edw: 2d. that Thomas Lord Wake came

2d.

of Age, and was therefore first summon'd, as a Baron, to Parliament; So in the same Year there fell out a little Controversy between the King and Him, which was the Occasion of some Charge, as well as Trouble, to Him. For being yet in Ward, the King provided a Match for him, and required him to accept of it. This he refused to do, and was thereupon Fin'd a thousand Marks, and obliged to the payment of them. Whereupon being at Liberty he took to Wife Blanch, daughter of Henry of Lancaster, and afterwards, upon his Brothers death Earl both of Leicester and Landcaster.

It was but two Years after this, that the War with Scotland breaking out again. He was summon'd, with the rest of the Barons to the Parliament which K. Edward held there upon that Year at York, From thence he went in person, into Scotland, but continued not long there, being recalled upon the 'Account of another, and worser Engagement; And of which it will be necessary to take some short Notice. For the King having now enraged his Barons against him, thrô his Favour to the

8 Mss. Dodsw: Vol: ii. fol. 11. 9 Dugdal: Sum. part: p. 129. 139.
1 Summ: Parl: p. 115.
2 13 Edwd. ii.

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