Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell (c. 1305-c. 1380) was an English noblewoman. She was the eldest daughter of Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster

Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster

Henry , 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster was an English nobleman, one of the principals behind the deposition of Edward II of England.-Family and lineage:...

 and Maud Chaworth

Maud Chaworth

Maud de Chaworth was an English noblewoman and wealthy heiress. She was the only child of Patrick de Chaworth. Sometime before 2 March 1297, she married Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster, by whom she had seven children...

. Blanche was named after her grandmother, Blanche of Artois

Blanche of Artois

Blanche of Artois was the queen consort of Navarre; after her husband Henry I of Navarre's death, she served as regent from 1274 to 1284 on behalf of her daughter, Joan I...

, who had ruled Navarre

Kingdom of Navarre

The Kingdom of Navarre , originally the Kingdom of Pamplona, was a European kingdom which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean....

 as regent.

Life

In 1316, she married Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell

Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell

Thomas Wake, 2nd Baron Wake of Liddell , English baron, belonged to a Lincolnshire family which had lands also in Cumberland, being the son of John Wake , who was summoned to parliament as a baron in 1295, and the grandson of Baldwin Wake , both warriors of repute.Among Thomas Wake's guardians were...

, who had been under guardianship of her father. The marriage remained childless.

The Bishop of Ely

Thomas de Lisle

Thomas de Lisle was a medieval Bishop of Ely.He was elected to Ely on 15 July 1345 and consecrated in July of 1345. He had his servants burn down some of the houses belonging to Blanche of Lancaster, Baroness Wake of Liddell. He was rebuked by Edward III and ordered to pay damages, but after that...

 burned down some of her houses after her husband's death in 1349 and she took legal action against him. The bishop was rebuked by Edward III for this and was ordered to pay damages, but after that the bishop had her servant William Holm murdered. Edward then confiscated his possessions and made him ask for forgiveness.

After her brother Henry

Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster

Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster, 4th Earl of Leicester and Lancaster, KG , also Earl of Derby, was a member of the English nobility in the 14th century, and a prominent English diplomat, politician, and soldier...

 died, she was one of the executioners of his will. She lived on to see the start of the reign of king Edward's grandson, Richard II

Richard II of England

Richard II was King of England, a member of the House of Plantagenet and the last of its main-line kings. He ruled from 1377 until he was deposed in 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, the Black Prince, and was born during the reign of his grandfather, Edward III...

.