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Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1493-12
Death Date: 1548-04-08

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Neville, Elizabeth ( - )
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1517-7-16
    Union ended: n.d.

Primary Title

  • 2nd Baron Daubeney
  • 1st Earl of Bridgwater

Titles

  • 2nd Baron Daubeney
    Assumed: 1508-05-21
    Vacated: 1548-04-08
  • 1st Earl of Bridgwater
    Assumed: 1538-07-19
    Vacated: 1548-04-08

General Lands Note

Livery of father's lands 19 Dec. 1514

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Devon 1512 1514
JP, Somerset 1512 1548
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1512/13
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1512/13
JP, Dorset 1514 1548
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540
Warden, Somerset 1542 -4 -24

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Dorset
  • Lincolnshire: Ingleby
  • Somerset

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Earl of Bridgwater's Player/s
Performance - Lydd (Unknown), Lydd, Kent Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance - Mayor's House, Bridgwater, Somerset Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance - Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury, Kent Lord Daubeney's Bearward
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Lord Daubeney's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Daubeney's Players
Performance - Bristol (Unknown), Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Daubeney's Singers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Daubeney's Players Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Earl of Bridgwater's Players Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Earl of Bridgwater's Players Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Earl of Bridgwater's Players Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Earl of Bridgwater's Players Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Lord Daubeney's Minstrels Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Daubeney's Singers Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Musicians 1
Earl of Bridgwater's Player/s Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Lord Daubeney's Bearward Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Performing Animals 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Barrington Court Somerset Private Residence
South Petherton Somerset Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • Hussey, Christopher. 'Barrington Court -- 1. Somerset. The Seat of Colonel A. A. Lyle.'. Country Life LXIII (17 March 1928): 370-412.
  • Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII [1509--47]. 21 vols and Addenda (2 vols). London: HMSO, 1864--1932
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.