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4 unusual facts about Thomas Wake


Baynard Castle, Cottingham

In 1327 a second licence to crenellate was issued to Thomas Wake, but by the time of his death in 1349 the manor house was said to have fallen into decay.

Haltemprice Priory

In 1320 Pope John XXII licenced Thomas Wake, of Liddell in Cumberland (who inherited the manor of Cottingham in 1300), to found an Augustinian monastery in Cottingham incorporating the church there.

Harry Buxton Forman

His passion for Shelley and Keats resulted in collaborative work with others and articles on a number of minor poets such as Thomas Wake and Charles Jeremiah Wells.

Margaret Wake, 3rd Baroness Wake of Liddell

The pregnant Margaret and her children were confined to Salisbury Castle, and her brother Thomas Wake was accused of treason but later pardoned.



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