Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater

Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater

Henry Daubeney, 1st Earl of Bridgewater, 2nd Baron Daubeney (December 1493 – 8 April 1548) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords.

He was the son and heir of Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1451-1508), KG by his wife Elizabeth Arundell, the daughter of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall.

His father had intended Henry before his sixteenth birthday to marry one of the daughters of Sir John IV Basset (1462–1528), of Tehidy in Cornwall, and Whitechapel in Devon, and at some time before December 1504 for that eventual purpose had taken into his household two of Basset's daughters, Anne Basset and Thomasine Basset, to give the 11-year-old Henry a choice of future bride.[1] However no such marriage took place, possibly due to his father's early death four years later in 1508[2] and Henry's subsequent entry into the wardship of his mother Elizabeth, who at the same time obtained his marriage "without disparagement", apparently an escape clause from the contract.[3] In 1511 Anne Basset married James Courtenay, so it appears the contract had been abandoned by that time.[4] The proposed Daubeney-Basset marriage was the result of Henry's father having invested heavily, in excess of 3,000 marks, to enable John Basset to redeem his substantial inheritance from the Beaumont family, comprising amongst others the Devonshire manors of Shirwell, Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon. The redemption of these lands by Daubeney snr. was part of the "great indenture" of 11 December 1504[5] made with Basset, which would require ownership of the lands to descend to the male issue of the marriage between Henry Daubeney and one of the Basset daughters. Even though he had failed to meet his part of the bargain of marrying one of the Basset daughters, Henry spent considerable effort in later life trying to prevent the Basset family obtaining the reversion of these properties, as the indenture provided for. The dispute figures prominently in the Lisle Letters.[6] Indeed Henry tried to alienate the Beaumont lands to Edward Seymour,[7] the queen's brother, then trying to build up a Devon estate,[8] who was also a key influence in obtaining Henry's earldom.[9]

In 1513 he served in the French war. In 1520 he was present at the Field of the Cloth of Gold, together with his first wife, and at the Calais interview of 1532.[10] He was created Earl of Bridgewater on 19 July 1538.

Henry married twice but left no progeny:

Firstly to Elizabeth Neville, the daughter of George Neville, 5th Baron Bergavenny, by his first wife, Joan FitzAlan (d.1508), daughter of Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel, and Margaret Woodville (d.1492), second daughter of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers, and a younger sister of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of King Edward IV.[11][12][13]

Secondly he married Katherine Howard (d. 1554), daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk by his second wife Agnes Tilney (d. 1545). He had quarrelled with her by 1535 and sought a divorce.[14]

There were no issue of either marriage, and at his death the barony of Daubeney and the earldom of Bridgewater became extinct.[15]

From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Daubeney,_1st_Earl_of_Bridgewater

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• Sir Henry Daubeney, Earl Bridgwater1
• M, #32961, b. December 1493, d. 12 April 1548
• Father Sir Giles Daubeney, Lord Daubeney1 b. 1 Jun 1452, d. 21 May 1508
• Mother Elizabeth de Arundel1 d. a 26 Jun 1515
• Sir Henry Daubeney, Earl Bridgwater was born in December 1493.1 He married Elizabeth Neville, daughter of Sir George Neville, Lord Abergavenny, Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports and Joan FitzAlan, before 16 July 1517.1,2 Sir Henry Daubeney, Earl Bridgwater married Katherine Howard, daughter of Sir Thomas Howard, Earl Marshal of England, 2nd Duke Norfolk, Sheriff of Norfolk & Suffolk, Lord High Treasurer and Agnes Tilney, after 1533.1,3 Sir Henry Daubeney, Earl Bridgwater died on 12 April 1548 at age 54; d.s.p.1
• Family 1 Elizabeth Neville b. c 1491, d. c 1533
• Family 2 Katherine Howard b. c 1501
• Citations
• [S11568] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, by George Edward Cokayne, Vol. II, p. 311.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 95.
• [S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 236-237.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1098.htm#... _____________________
• Henry Daubeney, 1st and last Earl of Bridgwater1
• M, #1053, b. December 1493, d. 12 April 1548
• Last Edited=2 Jan 2010
• Henry Daubeney, 1st and last Earl of Bridgwater was born in December 1493.2 He was the son of Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney and Elizabeth Arundell.1 He married, secondly, Lady Katharine Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk and Agnes Tilney.3 He married, firstly, Lady Elizabeth Neville, daughter of Sir George Neville, 3rd Lord Abergavenny and Lady Joan FitzAlan, before 16 July 1517.2 He died on 12 April 1548 at age 54, without issue.2
• He succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Daubeney on 22 May 1508.4 He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Bath (K.B.) on 23 June 1509.4 He fought in the campaign in France in 1513.4 On 19 December 1514 he had livery of his father's lands.4 He was created 1st Earl of Bridgwater [England] on 19 July 1538.4
• On his death, his titles became extinct.4
• Citations
• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 16. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S8] BP1999 volume 1, page 17. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S8]
• [S37] BP2003 volume 1, page 1255. See link for full details for this source. Hereinafter cited as. [S37]
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 311.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p106.htm#i1053 ______________________________
• Henry DAUBENEY (1° E. Bridgewater)
• Born: Dec 1493, South Ingleby, Devon, England
• Acceded: 19 Jul 1538
• Died: 12 Apr 1548, Lambeth, Surrey, England
• Buried: 11 May 1554, Lambeth, Surrey, England
• Father: Giles DAUBENEY (6° B. Daubeney)
• Mother: Elizabeth ARUNDELL (B. Daubeney)
• Married 1: Elizabeth NEVILLE BEF 16 Jul 1517, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, England
• Married 2: Catherine HOWARD (C. Bridgewater)
• Children:
  • 1. Dau. DAUBENEY
  • 2. Son DAUBENEY
  • 3. Son DAUBENEY
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/DAUBENEY.htm#Henry DAUBENEY (1° E. Bridgewater) _________________
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ...
• https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&...
• Pg.243
• 14. GEORGE NEVILLE, K.G., K.B., Lord Bergavenny, of Birling, West Peckham, Mereworth, etc., Kent, Abergavenny House, London, etc., Keeper of Southfrith Park, Kent, 1499-1508, Constable of Dover Castle and Warden of the Cinque Ports, c. 1512-15, Keeper of Ashdown Forest, Kent, 1515, Privy Councillor, 1515-21, son and heir, born about 1469 (aged 16 in 1485). He married (1st) JOAN ARUNDEL, daughter of Thomas Arundel, K.G., K.B., 17th Earl of Arundel (descendant of King Edward III), by Margaret (descendant of King Henry III) daughter of Richard Wydeville, K.G., 1st Earl Rivers, Constable of England, Lord High Treasurer [see ARUNDEL 14 for her ancestry]. They had two daughters, Elizabeth (wife of Henry Daubeney, K.B., Earl of Bridgwater) and Jane. He was summoned to Parliament from 16 Jan. 1496/7 to 5 Jan 1533/4. He served in the wars against France, and was in the Battle of Blackheath in 1497 against the Cornish rebels. In 1506 he was indicted for keeping unlawful retainers, for which crime he was fined the enormous sum of £50,000; he was sentenced in the King's Bench in Michaelmas term 1507. His wife, Joan, died 14 Nov. 1508. In 1509 the king cancelled the debt and allowed him to retain men lawfully for the king's service. He was Chief Larderer at the Coronation of Henry VIII in 1509, and again at that of Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort, in 1533. He was granted the castle and lands of Abergavenny by King Henry VIII in 1512. He married (2nd) before 5 Sept. 1513 (date of fine) MARGARET BRENT, daughter of John Brent, Gent., of Charing, Kent. They had no issue. In 1513 he and his wife, Margaret, sold the manor of Speenhamland (in Speen), Berkshire. She was living in 1515. In 1517 Wolsey threatened to prosecute him for having too many men in his livery. George Married (3rd) about June 1519 [LADY] MARY STAFFORD, youngest daughter of Edward Stafford, K.G., K.B., 3rd Duke of Buckingham (descendant of King Edward III), by Eleanor, daughter of Henry Percy, K.G., 4th Earl of Northumberland (descendant of King Edward III) [see STAFFORD 14 for her ancestry]. They had three sons, Henry (or Harry), K.B., [Lord
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• Bergavenny], John, and Thomas, and five daughters, Mary (wife of Thomas Fiennes, 9th Lord Dacre, John Wotton, and Francis Thursby, Esq.), Katherine (wife of John St. Leger, Knt.), Margaret (wife of John Cheney and Henry Poole, Esq.), Dorothy (wife of William Brooke, 10th Lord Cobham), and Ursula. He and his wife attended the king at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. He was imprisoned c.May 1521, and pardoned for misprision of treason 29 March 1522. He was captain of the army in France in 1523. He married (4th) MARY BROOKE (otherwise COBHAM), formerly his servant. They had one daughter. SIR GEORGE NEVILLE, Lord Bergavenny, left a will dated 4 Jun 1535, prove 24 Jan. 1535/6 (P.C.C. 35 Hogen), and was buried in Birling, Kent.
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• Collectanea topographica et genealogica (1834)
• https://archive.org/details/collectaneatopog01londuoft
• https://archive.org/stream/collectaneatopog01londuoft#page/314/mode...
  • No. XIV.
• Sir Giles Daubeney. = Dame Jane, dau. of Philip Lord Darcy.; ch: William (m. Alice Stourton) Daubeney; = Dame Alice Daubeney.; ch: Avice (m. John Flynt & John Lisle) Daubeney; = Mary, dau. of . . . . Leke.; ch: Dame Jane (m. Sir Robert Markham), . . . . Daubeney.
  • William Daubeney. = Alice, dau. of Jenkin Stourton. (m2. Robt. Hill); ch: Giles (m. Eliz Arundell), Alianor (m. Simon Blount & Rd. Newton), James (m. Elizab. Painsfoot) Daubeney.
  • Avice, first wed. to John Flynt, after to John Lisle.; ch: Tho., Mary Lisle.
  • Dame Jane, wedded to Sir Robert Markham.; ch: Dame Margaret (m. Sir Harry Willoughby), . . . . Markham.
    • Giles Lord Daubeney [so created March, 1486]. = Eliz dau. of Sir John Arundell.; ch: Henry (Earl of Bridgewater), Cecily (Lady Fitzwarine) Daubeney.
    • Alianor, first wed. to Simon Blount,; ch: . . . (m.John Husee) Blount; aft. to Rd. Newton, Esq. for the King's Body.; ch: dau. of Richard Newton.
    • James Daubeney, wed. Elizab. dau. and heir of Robert Painsfoot.; ch: Giles, Elizabeth, . . . . Daubeney.
      • Henry Earl of Bridgewater [so created July 1538].
      • Cecily Lady FitzWarine. [See No. XVI.] _________________________________
• Links
• https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Daubeney,_Giles_(DNB00)
• http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=51846845

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