The Complete Peerage comments that the wife of John Wake "is said to have been a daughter of Sir John FitzBernard of Kingsdown, Kent; but a medieval pedigree roll calls her daughter of William de Fenes a Count in Spain". If the latter is correct, she would presumably have been the daughter of Guillaume [II] de Fiennes. 1
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24 Sep 1291, Devizes
Grant to Joan wife of John Wake of the marriage of Thomas son and heir of Robert de Greylly, tenant in chief, to the use of one of the sisters of the said John.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. I, vol. 2, p. 445
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10 Jul 1292, Berwick
To the keeper of the forest of Clyve. Order to cause Joan, wife of John Wak, to have in that forest ten live bucks and ten live does, of the king's gift.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 20 Edw. I, p. 236
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26 Apr 1294, Canterbury
To John de Vescy, justice of the forest beyond Trent. Order to cause Joan, wife of John Wake, to have in the forest of Shirewode ten oaks fit for timber, of the king's gift.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 22 Edw. I, p. 345
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20 Sep 1300, Rose Castle
Appointment of Simon de Lyndeseye to the custody, during pleasure, of the lands of Lidel and le Ermitage, late of John Wake, deceased, tenant in chief, with the issues thereof, for the maintenance of himself and his men, who are on the king's service in Scotland; saving to Joan, late the wife of the said John, her reasonable dower therein.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. I, vol. 3, p. 534
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28 Jan 1302, Linlithgow
Confirmation of a demise, for four years from Whitsuntide, by Joan, late the wife of John Wake, lady of Lidel, tenant in chief, to Donus de Podio of 500 marks dry rent in the manors of Cotingham, Kirkeby Moresheved, Brunne and Deping from certain tenants therein, to wit in Cotingham 200l., in Kirkeby Moresheved 100l., in Brunne 25 marks, and in Deping 25 marks, as appears by a writing which the king has inspected.
15 Nov 1302, Westminster
Licence for Joan, late the wife of John Wake, for the discharge of the debts of her husband, to demise for six years to whomsoever she will her manor of Deping, which, except a marsh and turbary and 25 marks of rent which Donus de Podio receives therefrom, she holds in chief for life.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. I, vol. 4, pp. 9, 71
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6 May 1303, Newcastle-on-Tyne
[Commission of oyer and terminer] to William de Bereford, Roger de Hegham and Gilbert de Roubury, on complaint by Joan, late the wife of John Wak, that Clement, prior of Spalding, Richard de Cluny, Richard son of John le Provost of Pinchebeck, and Alan and Gilbert his brothers with many others by night burnt and cut to pieces her turves in the marsh of Deping, and assaulted her men there.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. I, vol. 4, p. 191
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1 Mar 1304, Dunfermline
To Walter de Glouc[estria], escheator beyond Trent. Order to assign to Joan, late the wife of John Wak, tenant in chief, from the lands of John, which are in the king's hands by reason of the minority of John's heir, the value of a third of 28l. 10s. 0d. yearly in dower, as she lately demanded before the justices of the Bench by the king's writ against William son of Alan her dower of the free tenement that belonged to John in Suthicham, Hadington, Whisseby, and Est Deping, co. Lincoln, to wit a third of these manors and also a third of a messuage and of six acres of land in Est Deping....
Calendar of Close Rolls, 32 Edw. I, p. 126
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12 Feb 1307, Lanercost
[Commission...] to Henry le Scrop and Adam de Middelton, on complaint by Joan, late the wife of John Wake, that whereas in her fee at Upsale, co. York, she caused beasts to be impounded by William de Malton, her serjeant, for customs and services due to her, certain persons rescued the beasts and assaulted her serjeant.
Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edw. I, vol. 4, p. 541
28 Mar 1307, Carlisle
Joan, late the wife of John Wak, has the king's letters for the respite of debts until Michaelmas addressed to the sheriffs of York, Lincoln, Hereford, Bedford and Derby.
Calendar of Close Rolls, 35 Edw. I, p. 530
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26 Oct 1309, York
Order to the [escheator beyond Trent] to take into the king's hand the lands late of Joan late the wife of John Wak, deceased, tenant in chief.
15 Dec 1309, Westminster
Order to the [escheator this side Trent] to resume into the king's hand the wardship of the lands which Joan late the wife of John Wake held on the day of her death in dower and otherwise for life of the inheritance of Thomas, son and heir of John, a minor in the king's ward, which wardship Peter de Gavaston, earl of Cornwall, had of the king's gift and has rendered to the king.
Calendar of Fine Rolls, 3 Edw. II., pp. 50, 53
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10 Apr 1310, Windsor
Commitment to John de Segrave of the wardship of the lands in Lidel which Joan late the wife of John Wak held on the day of her death of the inheritance of Thomas, son and heir of the said John Wak, a minor in the king's ward, to hold until the full age of the heir, rendering as much yearly as the lands are found to be worth by testimony of the king's clerk, Gilbert de Bromle.
6 Jul 1310, Westminster
Commitment to the king's kinsman, Henry de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, of the wardship of the manor of Deping which Joan late the wife of John Wak, deceased, held for life of the inheritance of Thomas, son and heir of the said John, and which is in the king's hand by reason of the said heir's minority, to hold from Michaelmas next until the full age of the heir at the yearly rent of 336l. 18s. 10¾d. at the Exchequer.
Calendar of Fine Rolls, 3 Edw. II, pp. 61, 64
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