Background
He was the son and heir of Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1451-1508), Knight of the Order of the Garter by his wife Elizabeth Arundell, the daughter of Sir John Arundell of Lanherne, Cornwall.
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Henry Daubeney
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In 1511 Anne Basset married James Courtenay, so it appears the contract had been abandoned by that time. 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 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 foreign
The dispute figures prominently in the Lisle Letters. Indeed Henry tried to alienate the Beaumont lands to Edward Seymour, the queen"s brother, then trying to build up a Devon estate, who was also a key influence in obtaining Henry"s earldom.
In 1513 he served in the French war. He was created Earl of Bridgewater on 19 July 1538.
There were no issue of either marriage, and at his death the barony of Daubeney and the earldom of Bridgewater became extinct.
