Hereward (le Wake) Mercia (Herewaldus de Wake) 
Hereward, known as le Wake, was born in 1004 in Mercia, England.1 Le Wake's father was Leofric (The Great) Mercia III and his mother was Godgifu of Coventry. His paternal grandparents were Earl of Mercia Leofwine and Alwara of Mercia; his maternal grandparents were Sheriff of Lincoln Thorold of Buckingham and Beatrice Malet. He had a brother and a sister, named The Saxon and Erminhild. He was the second oldest of the three children. He had two half-sisters named <Unknown> and Eve. He died at the age of 76 in 1080 in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England.2 General Notes
Hereward, Mercian Thegn, who led the Anglo-Saxon resistence to William I (The Conqueror) 1071 and who apparently got back his pre-conquest lands at Witham, Barholm, and Rippingale about the time of the Domesday Suvey 1086. [Burke's Peerage]
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Harold de Wake or Herwaldus or Hewaldus, as it is observed by Dr. Patrick, was the first who gave rise to the name of Wake, and was surnamed de Wake or le Wake. He was one of the bravest heroes of his age and country, whose actions are celebrated by Ingulphus; and was the last who submitted to William, the Conqueror.
Sources for Wake and Stuteville Descendents:
Burke's Dormant and Extinct Peerages, pp. 563, 433, 372, 278, 447, 598.
Burke's Royal Families of England, Scotland and Waies, pp. xxxiv-v-vi,
Part 2, p. vi.
Lipscomb's History and Atiquities of Buckinghamshire, Vol. 4, pp. 125/6.
Metcalf's Visitation of Northamptonshire, pp. 52/3.
Bank's Dormant and Extinct Baronage, Vol. 3, pp. 174/5, 440/1.
Clutterbuck's History of Hertfordshire, Vol. 3, pp. 287/8.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0910 in Devron
<Unknown>
- b.0921 in Mercia, England
- b.0923
- b.0950 in Mercia, England d.1028
- b.0854 in Mercia, England d.0883 in Mercia, England
- b.0870 in Mercia, England d.0912
<Unknown>
- b.0905 in Mercia, England
- b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0869 in Mercia, England d.12 Jun 0919 in St. Peters, Gloucestershire, England
- b.0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset
- b.14 May 0975 in Mercia, England d.31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England
- b.0925 in Mercia, England
- b.0950 in Mercia, England
<Unknown>
- b.1004 in Mercia, England d.1080 in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England
- b.0955 in Mercia, England
- b.1010 in Coventry, Warwick, England d.10 Sep 1067 in Coventry, Warwick, England
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Details of le Wake's family with Torfrida de Arles
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=stolp&id=I6205&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I016329&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tjglad&id=I67710, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I5553
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I016329&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=tjglad&id=I67710, Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I5553
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