Giles Daubeney (other)
Giles Daubeney may refer to: *Giles Daubeney, 3rd Baron Daubeney (died 1386), Baron Daubeney *Giles Daubeney, 4th Baron Daubeney (1371?–1403), MP for Bedfordshire (UK Parliament constituency) * Giles Daubeney, 6th Baron Daubeney (1393–1446) *Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney (1 June 1451 – 21 May 1508) was an English soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician. Origins Giles Daubeney was the eldest son and heir of Sir William Daubeney (1424-1460/1) of South Ingelby in Lincol ...

Baron Daubeney
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knight, but lower than a viscount or count. Often, barons hold their fief – their lands and income – directly from the monarch. Barons are less often the vassals of other nobles. In many kingdoms, they were entitled to wear a smaller form of a crown called a ''coronet''. The term originates from the Latin term , via Old French. The use of the title ''baron'' came to England via the Norman Conquest of 1066, then the Normans brought the title to Scotland and Southern Italy. It later spread to Scandinavian and Slavic lands. Etymology The word '':wikt:baron, baron'' comes from the Old French , from a Late Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , ...
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Bedfordshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bedfordshire was a United Kingdom Parliament of the United Kingdom, Parliamentary constituency, which elected two Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of England from 1295 until 1707, then the House of Commons of Great Britain until 1801 and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom until 1885 when it was divided into two constituencies under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885. History The constituency consisted of the historic counties of England, historic county of Bedfordshire. (Although Bedfordshire contained the borough of Bedford (UK Parliament constituency), Bedford, which elected two MPs in its own right, this was not excluded from the county constituency, and owning property within the borough could confer a vote at the county election.) As in other county constituency, county constituencies the franchise between 1430 and 1832 was defined by the Forty Shilling Freeholder Act 1430, which gave the right to vote to every m ...
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Giles Daubeney, 6th Baron Daubeney
Sir Giles Daubeney (1395–1446) of Barrington Court and South Petherton, in Somerset, was a Knight of the Shire, Sheriff and High Sheriff. His monumental brass effigy survives in South Petherton Church. Biography Daubeney was born in 1395 at Kempston in Bedfordshire, where he was baptised on 25 October. He was the second son of Sir Giles Daubeney by his wife Margaret Beauchamp, a daughter of Sir John Beauchamp (1349–1408). His older brother, John Daubeney, died in 1409. Between 1418 and 1421 Daubeney served in the French wars. He was a Knight of the Shire for Somerset in 1425 and 1429; served as Sheriff of Somerset and Dorset from January to December 1426; and as Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, 1431–2. Daubeney married three times. His first wife was Joan Darcy, the third daughter of Philip Darcy, Baron Darcy de Knayth of Lincolnshire, who predeceased her husband. Their eldest son and heir was William Daubeney (1424–1460). After Joan's death, and before 18 M ...
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