Biography of Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell 1297-1349

Before 24th September 1291 [his father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 23) and [his mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. They were fourth cousin once removed. He a great x 2 grandson of King John of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1297 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell was born to John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 29) and Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England.

Around 4th October 1300 [his father] John Wake 1st Baron Wake of Liddell (age 32) died. His son Thomas (age 3) succeeded 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell.

After 1305 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 8) and Blanche Plantagenet Baroness Wake Liddell were married. She by marriage Baroness Wake of Liddell. She the daughter of Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 24) and Maud Chaworth (age 22). They were half third cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Before 26th October 1309 [his mother] Joan Fiennes Baroness Wake Liddell died.

In 1320 Pope John XXII licensed Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 23) to found an Augustinian Priory at Cottingham [Map] in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Thomas bestowed the manors of Newton, Willerby and Wolfreton on the Priory. The name Haltemprice originally Alta Prisa from the medieval French Haulte Emprise or "High Endeavour". Its first Prior was Thomas de Overton.

On 16th November 1327 William Donn Burgh 3rd Earl of Ulster (age 15) and [his sister-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster (age 17) were married. She by marriage Countess of Ulster. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 46) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Edward I of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

Around 1328 [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 18) and Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 8) were married. She the daughter of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 49) and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. He the son of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 47) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry III of England. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England.

On 6th November 1330 John Beaumont 2nd Baron Beaumont (age 12) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 12) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 49) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 51) and Alice Comyn Baroness Beaumont. They were fourth cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Henry I "Beauclerc" England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

In 1336 [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 26) was appointed King's Lieutenant in Scotland.

In 1337 [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 27) was created 1st Earl Lincoln. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 17) by marriage Countess Lincoln.

On 10th March 1340 Henry Beaumont Earl Buchan (age 61) died at Buchan. His son John (age 22) succeeded 2nd Baron Beaumont. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 21) by marriage Baroness Beaumont.

14th December 1344 Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 38) and Isabel Despencer Countess Arundel (age 32) marriage annulled by Pope Clement VI on the grounds that he had never freely consented to marry Isabel. He, at this time, is believed to be having an affair with her first cousin [his sister-in-law] Eleanor (age 26) who he married four months later.

In or before 1345 Ralph Ufford (age 42) and [his sister-in-law] Maud Plantagenet Countess Ulster (age 34) were married. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 63) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth.

On 5th April 1345 Richard Fitzalan 3rd or 10th Earl of Arundel 8th Earl of Surrey (age 39) and [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 26) were married at Ditton Church, Stoke Poges. She by marriage Countess Arundel. She the daughter of [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 64) and [his mother-in-law] Maud Chaworth. He the son of Edmund Fitzalan 2nd or 9th Earl of Arundel and Alice Warenne Countess Arundel. They were half third cousins. He a great x 5 grandson of King John of England. She a great granddaughter of King Henry III of England.

On 22nd September 1345 [his father-in-law] Henry Plantagenet 3rd Earl of Leicester 3rd Earl Lancaster (age 64) died at Leicester Castle [Map]. His son [his brother-in-law] Henry (age 35) succeeded 4th Earl of Leicester, 4th Earl Lancaster.

In June 1347 John Warenne 7th Earl of Surrey (age 60) died. His nephew Richard (age 41) succeeded 8th Earl Surrey. [his sister-in-law] Eleanor Plantagenet Countess Arundel and Surrey (age 28) by marriage Countess Surrey. Conisbrough Castle [Map] reverted to the Crown.

In 1349 [his brother-in-law] Henry of Grosmont 1st Duke Lancaster (age 39) was created 1st Earl Derby. Isabel Beaumont Duchess Lancaster (age 29) by marriage Countess Derby.

On 31st May 1349 Thomas Wake 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell (age 52) died. He was buried at Haltemprice Priory [Map]. His sister [his sister] Margaret (age 52) succeeded 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell.

Around 12th July 1380 [his former wife] Blanche Plantagenet Baroness Wake Liddell (age 75) died. She was buried at Blackfriars Friary, Stamford [Map].