Sir Hugh Wake Knight

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ⁷³⁹
Sir Hugh, younger son of Baldwyn, the last baron of that name, and brother of John baron Wake, had by gift of his father, the lordship of Deping in Lincolnshire, and Blyseworth in Northamptonshire. He was one of the knights of the shire for the country of Northampton, in 30 Edward II and died in 1346, leaving issue by Joan, daughter and co-heir of John de Wolverton.

~Betham's The Baronetage of England, Vol. I, p. 238

• Web Reference: "The Wakes of Blisworth".
Sir Hugh's father also named Hugh, fought alongside King Henry II in Brittany in 1230. He was the first bearer ofthe Wake coat of arms. The crest then was a black lion, the Wake Knot being an even older family badge. He went on the Crusade to the Holy Land with Simon de Montford where he built a castle at Ascalon near Gaza which still bears our Coat of Arms today. He died there in 1241.

Sir Hugh died in 1315. He was a Knight of the Shire and represented Northamptonshire in 7 Parliaments. His elder brother Baldwin, probably born at Blisworth, did not inherit. His son, the 1st Lord Blisworth, defended the Scottish frontier on behalf of the King and lived in the stronghold of Liddel Castle in Cumberland.

~Taken from: A talk given in Blisworth Village Hall by Sir Hereward Wake on 28th March 2003.

Hugh married Joan de Wolverton, daughter of John de Wolverton and Joan Pecche.⁷³⁹