Wake family

The Wakes are mentioned by Brompton as in the immediate train of the Conqueror; but it is the opinion of antiquaries that the individual of the name of Wake recorded in the roll of Battel Abbey, was one of those who being weary of Harold's rule, fled into Normandy, and invited Duke William; hence the family is supposed to have been of importance prior to the Conquest.

Sir Thomas Wake was a gallant knight who fought with the Black Prince, and distinguished himself particularly at the battle of Najaru. He was sheriff of Northampton shire for five successive years in the reign of Edward III. His great garndson, Sir Thomas Wake, Knight, M.P., gentleman of the bedchamber, and a member of the privy-council to King Edward IV. This gentleman was so extensive a landed proprietor in Somerset Northampton, Kent and the principality of Wales, that he acquired the designation of " the Great Wake."

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Wake

• A1. Geoffrey Wac, lvd:1000;
  • B1. Hugh le Wake, m. Emma FitzGilbert;
    • C1. Baldwin Wake of Bourne and Deeping , m. Agnes du Hommet;
      • D1. Baldwin Wake, m. Isabel de Briwere;
        • E1. Hugh Wake of Liddell, Sheriff of Yorkshire, d:1241, m. Joan de Stuteville;
          • F1. Baldwin Wake, d:1282, m. Hawise de Quincy;
            • G1. John Wake, 1st Lord of Liddell, b:1268, m. Joan de Fiennes;  ==>  de Fiennes
              • H1. Margaret Wake, d:1349, m. Edmund Plantagenet;  <==  Plantagenet
          • F2. Sir Hugh Wake, d:11315;
            • G1. Sir Thomas Wake, d:1346, m. Alice de Pateshulle;
              • H1. Anne Wake, m. Philip Courtenay;  <==  Courtenay family
              • H2. Sir Thomas Wake, d:1383, m. Maud Pigot;
                • I1. Thomas Wake, d:1425, m. Margaret Philpot;
                  • J1. Roger Wake, Sherif of Northamptonshire, d:1503, m. Elizabeth Catesby;  ==>  Zouche family
                    • K1. Margaret Wake, m. John Bernard;  <==  Bernard family