Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548)

Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: before 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

Details of Offices

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

General Lands Note

Livery of father's lands 19 Dec. 1514

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Cornwall
  • Dorset
  • Lincolnshire: Ingleby
  • Somerset

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1540-1541 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Earl of Bridgwater's Player/s
Performance 1540-1541 Lydd (Unknown), Lydd , Kent Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance 1540-1540 Mayor's House, Bridgwater , Somerset Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance 1541-1541 Rye (Unknown), Rye , Sussex Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance 1544-1545 Guildhall, Plymouth , Devon Earl of Bridgwater's Players
Performance 1543-1544 Canterbury (Unknown), Canterbury , Kent Lord Daubeney's Bearward
Performance 1534-1534 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Lord Daubeney's Minstrels
Performance 1532-1533 Guildhall (1), Barnstaple , Devon Lord Daubeney's Players
Performance 1532-1533 Bristol (Unknown), Bristol , Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Daubeney's Singers

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Earl of Bridgwater's Player/s Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Earl of Bridgwater's Players Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 4
Lord Daubeney's Bearward Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Performing Animals 1
Lord Daubeney's Minstrels Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Daubeney's Players Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Players 1
Lord Daubeney's Singers Daubeney, Henry (1493 - 1548) Musicians 1

Owned Venues

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

Bibliographic Sources

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. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)