Sir Edward Lake, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Lake (1600 to 18 April 1674) was Advocate General in Ireland and then Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln, England. He was a royalist badly wounded in the Battle of Edgehill. He was the first of the Lake baronets.

Family

Edward Lake was the son of Richard Lake of Irby-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire and his first wife, Anne née Wardell.[1] His parents were married on the 18th of May 1600 in Keelby, Lincolnshire[2] Anne Wardell was a daughter of Edward Wardell, of Keelby. Edwards father, Richard Lake was born in 1570 in Irby-upon-Humber and baptised on the 16th of July[3]Richard was a Tailor.

Early life and education

Edward was born in 1600, and baptised on the 22nd of February in that year[4]. This was actually nine months after his parents were married, as prior to 1752 the calendar year began on the 25th of March [5]A memorial inscription in All Saints' Church, Normanton, Yorkshire states that he was 77 when he died[6],which would point to his being born in about 1597. However, it was not uncommon at this time for there to be errors on ages at burial. And also the 1666 Visitation of Lincolnshire gives his age as 66[7], suggesting a birth year of 1600.

He studied at St Catharine Hall, Cambridge (being award a BA in 1626) and St Alban's Hall, Oxford (now incorporated into Merton College).[8]

Adult life

Edward Lake became a lawyer and was appointed Advocate General of Ireland. From 1639 to 1640 he represented Cavan in the Irish Parliament.[8]

Following the outbreak of the English Civil War he joined the Royalist forces and fought in the Battle of Edgehill. There he received sixteen wounds, and held the bridle of his horse with his teeth.[9] He was captured and imprisoned at Great Crosby, Lancashire, but escaped after about seven weeks.[10]

On 30 December 1643 King Charles I awarded him a warrant for a baronetcy in recognition of his services, but no patent was taken out at the time. Charles I also promised him some compensation for the loss of his estates. Following the Restoration, he petitioned for the restoration of lands, preferment, and the award of the baronetcy.[11] He was not given back his lands but he was created a baronet in 1661, and appointed Chancellor of the Diocese of Lincoln.[12]

In 1666 he was charged with extortion and other illegal doings before a parliamentary committee but satisfied the committee about his conduct.[10]

Marriage

Edward Lake married Anne Bibye, daughter of Simon Bibye of Bugden, Huntingdonshire.[13] They had one son, Edward Lake, who died in infancy.[10]

Death and burial

He died on 16 April 1674 and was buried in Lincoln Cathedral. His memorial there is in a very damaged state. His baronetcy became extinct on his death, but in 1711 his great-nephew Bibye Lake successfully petitioned to be made a baronet in recognition of his great-uncle's services to the Crown and the circumstances in which the baronetcy had become extinct.[14]

Writings

  • An account of his interviews with Charles I, edited by T. P. Taswell-Langmead for Camden Society's Miscellany. vol. iv, 1858
  • Memoranda: touching the Oath Exofficio, pretended Self-Accusation, and Canonical Purgation. Together with some notes about the making of some new, and alteration and explanation of some old, laws. All most humbly submitted to the consideration of this Parliament, London, 1662.

References

  1. ↑ Lincolnshire Pedigrees vol. 2, Canon A R Madison, Harleian Society 1903, p.577
  2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NF3Y-6QL : 9 March 2018), Richard Laye and Ann Wardall, 18 May 1600; citing Keelby, Lincoln, England, reference M02948-3, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,541,933.
  3. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX1D-SZW : 10 February 2018, Richard Lakes, ); citing 2:336C41B, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,541,933.
  4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3Q5-34W : 11 February 2018, Edward Laikes, 22 Feb 1600); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 505,760.
  5. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates
  6. ↑ Register of Lincoln Cathedral
  7. ↑ Visitation of Lincolnshire 1666, Lincoln Record Society vol.8, pub. 1917, p.35
  8. 1 2 "Lake, Edward (LK626E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  9. ↑ Foster, Peerage and Baronetage 1882, p.369
  10. 1 2 3  Lee, Sidney, ed. (1892). "Lake, Edward (1600?-1674)". Dictionary of National Biography. 31. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  11. ↑ Cal. State Papers, Dom. 1660–1, pp. 41, 53
  12. ↑ Burke's Peerage 1938 p.1472
  13. ↑ Cokayne, Complete Baronetage vol. III p.313 (1903)
  14. ↑ Burke's Peerage 1938 p.1472
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