He was one of the first barons created by writ of summons to Parliament in 1295 by King Edward I.

[2] John Wake took part in military campaigns in Gascony from 1288 to 1297 and against the Scots from 1297 to 1300.

He was appointed Joint Captain of March of Scotland in Cumberland and Westmoreland in 1297.

[3] John Wake and his wife Joan de Fiennes had the following children: In 1408 after the death of Edmund Holland, 8th Baron Wake of Liddell and 4th Earl of Kent, the title went into abeyance, which has never been terminated.

Edmund had six sisters, the youngest Bridget was nun, the oldest predeceased him and the second had no children.