Giles Daubeney, 6th Baron Daubeney
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Sir Giles Daubeney (1395–1446) of
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and
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, in
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, was a
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,
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and High Sheriff. His
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effigy survives in South Petherton Church.


Biography

Daubeney was born in 1395 at
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in Bedfordshire, where he was
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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
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for
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in 1425 and 1429; served as
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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,
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of
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, who predeceased her husband. Their eldest son and heir was William Daubeney (1424–1460). After Joan's death, and before 18 May 1436, Daubeney married Mary Lake, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Simon Lake of
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. She died on 17 February 1443 and was buried in South Petherton Church. His third marriage was to a certain Alice who survived him and remarried. She died on 26 or 27 March 1455. Daubeney died at Barrington on 11 January 1446, at the age of 50.


Monument at South Petherton

The
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effigies of Daubeney and his first wife Joan Darcy survive in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, in South Petherton, and include two inscribed plates and four heraldic shields. The effigy of Daubeney measures high; that of Joan measures high. The inscriptions are on two plates under the feet of the figures; the first measuring x ; the second measuring x . Each heraldic shield is x .


Heraldry

The four heraldic shields, three of which are heavily restored, display
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and are located on either side of the figures, which latter are shown under Gothic arched canopies. The shields show the following quartered arms: *1: Daubeney: ''
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, four fusils conjoined in fess
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''. (pictured top within this article) *2 and 3: Daubeney impaling quarterly, first and fourth quarters, Darcy: ''
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, three cinquefoils between six cross-crosslets argent''; second and third quarters, Meinell: ''Azure, three bars gemel or a chief of the last''. *4: Darcy (badly worn) quartering Meinell.


Inscription

The monument includes a verse
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in
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, of the so-called ''Quisquis'' variety, (i.e. "Whoever...") consisting of four lines, two lines on each plate. The rhyming inscription and a literal translation is as follows: :''Sis testis Xpe,Xpe, abbreviation of Greek form, pronounced here as in Latin ''Christe'' q(uo)d non jacet (hic) lapis iste'' :''Corpus ut ornetur, sed spiritus (ut) memoretur'' :''Quisquis eris, qui transieris, sta perlege plora'' :''Sum q(uo)d eris, fueramq(ue) q(uo)d es, pro me p(re)cor ora'' Translated literally line by line as: :"Be a witness, O Christ, that this stone does not lie here :To adorn the body, but that it might commemorate the soul. :Whoever thou art who will pass by, stand, read, weep: :I am what you will be, I was what you are. I beseech you, pray for me!"


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Detail of Daubney's effigyDetail of his wife's effigyPhoto of the effigies
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