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BALDWIN WAKE, son and heir, said to be aged 38 in 1276, was given seisin of his lands, 20 October 1259. At Easter 1260 he came to London to aid the King; and in September 1261 he swore to be faithful to the Crown, and he was summoned to London to support Henry III, October following. He expressed his willingness, 13 December 1263, to accept the arbitration of King Louis in the quarrel between the barons and the King; but in the following year he was among the rebels captured by the Royal forces at Northampton and was imprisoned in Nottingham Castle. He was released after the victory of the barons at Lewes in 1264, but was again captured by Prince Edward at Kenilworth just before the battle of Evesham in 1265. Once again he escaped and opposed the King, seizing Fotheringhay Castle, Northants, and his name is mentioned among those who were with a force of armed men at Richmond. After suffering defeat in the company of the Earl of Derby at Chesterfield, May 1266, and having attacked the castle and sacked the city of Lincoln, he joined the rebels in the Isle of Axholme. He was granted protection, in summer 1266, to appear before the King, stood trial in the autumn and was pardoned, November following, if he accepted the Dictum of Kenilworth. In June 1267 he was granted exemption from assizes, juries and being made sheriff; and he obtained seisin of his mother's lands, 1 May 1276. He was present at the Council in Westminster which passed judgment on Llewelyn, November 1276, was summoned for service in Wales in 1277 and campaigned therein the household of the Earl of Gloucester.

He married, 1stly, Ela, sister and (eventually, in her issue) coheir of Simon DE BEAUCHAMP, daughter of William DE BEAUCHAMP, BARON OF BEDFORD, by his 2nd wife, Ida, daughter of William LONGESPEE, EARL OF SALISBURY. She died before 10 January 1266/7. He married, 2ndly, before 5 February 1267/8, Hawise (born circa 1250), younger daughter and coheir of Robert DE QUENCY (youngest brother of Roger, 2nd EARL OF WINCHESTER), by Helen, daughter of Llewelyn AP IORWERTH, PRINCE OF NORTH WALES. He died shortly before 10 February 1281/2. Hawise died before 27 March 1284/5. [Complete Peerage XII/2:299-301, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

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