98 DAUBENEY Somerset. (•') His widow's dower was ordered to be assigned, 8 Aug. 1386. () She d. 6 Aug. I400,(<=) and was bur. at Kempston. 6. Sir Giles Daubeney, of South Ingleby, South Petherton, &?c., s. and h., b. in or shortly before Nov. 1370, probably at Kempston. When he had proved his age, the King took, his homage and fealty, and he had livery of his father's lands, i Dec. I39i.() On 12 Sep. 1400 his homage was respited, the escheator in co. Beds being ordered to take his fealty, and he had livery of one-third of the manor of Kempston, which his mother had held for lifeiQ the next day he had livery of the lands which she had held in dower.Q Knight of the Shire for Beds, 1394/5 and 1400. He was knighted by the King on the eve of the Coronation, 12 Oct. 1399, at the Tower.(') He ni. Margaret (said to have been da. of Sir John Beauchamp). He d. 22 Aug. I403,(«) and was bur. at Kempston. Will dat. at Kempston, (*) "Egidius Daubenay chivaler." Writs of d'lem cl. ext. 28 June 10 Ric. II. Inq., COS. Lincoln, Notts, Beds, Cornwall, Somerset, Monday and Wednesday after the Translation of St. Thomas the Martyr, Tuesday before St. Margaret, Tuesday before St. James [9, 11, 17, 24 July], and 25 July 1386. "Et quod dictus Egidius obiit [apud Barington' in comitatu Somers' — cos. Lincoln, Notts] die dominica in festo Nativitatis sancti Johannis Baptiste [xxiiij'" die mensis Junii — co. Somerset'] ultimo preterite Et quod Egidius filius predict! Egidii Daubenay chivaler est iilius et heres ejus propinquior et est de etate xv [xvj — cos. Corn-wall, Somerset] annorum et amplius." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Ric. II, file 44, no. 12). (I') Writs de dote assignanda 8 Aug. {Close Roll, ID Ric. II, m. 41). Further writs (Somerset) 23 Nov. 10 Ric. II and 29 June 12 Ric. II. Assignments, Somerset, 16 Aug. 1386 and 6 July 1388. (Ch. Inq. p. m., Ric. II, file 44, no. 12, file 54, no. 17). ("=) " Alianora que fuit uxor Egidii Daubeney militis defuncti." Writs of diem cl. ext. 8 Aug. I Hen. IV. Inq., Beds, 1 2 Aug. 1 400. " Et dicunt quod dicta Alianora obiit vj" die Augusti ultimo preterite Et dicunt quod Egidius Daubeney chivaler filius predicti Egidii patris defuncti ... est filius et heres predicte Alianore propinquior et etatis xxviij'" annorum et amplius." Inq., cos. Notts, Lincoln, 21 Aug. and Tuesday after the Decollation of St. John the Baptist [31 Aug.] 1400. Same date of death. Inq., Somerset, Cornwall, 18 Aug. and Friday before the Nativity of the Virgin [3 Sep.] 1400. ". . . predicta Alianora obiit die veneris proximo ante festum sancti Laurencii Martiris proximo preteritum." (Ch. Inq. p. m., Hen. IV, file 14, no. 54: Exch. Inq. p. m., I, file 72, no. 3). ("*) Close Roll, 15 Ric. II, m. 24. This is, however, merely the style of the Chancery in letters close to escheators. His fealty was actually taken by the Chan- cellor, the Archbishop of York. (Ch. Privy Seals, I, file 530, no. 7738). He had proved his age before the escheator in co. Beds. («) Fine Roll, I Hen. IV , p. i, „i. 4: Close Roll, 1 Hen. W , p. 2, m. b. (*) Chron. of London, edit. Kingsford, p. 48. (e) "Egidius Daubeney chivaler." Writs oi diem cl. ext. 24 Aug. 4 Hen. IV. Inq., cos. Beds, Lincoln, Somerset, Cornwall, Notts, 3 Sep., Saturday the Nativity of the Virgin [8 Sep.], 12 Sep., and Thursday before, and the vigil of, the Exaltation of the Cross [13, 13 Sep.] 1403. "Et quod idem Egidius obiit vicesimo secundo die Augusti ultimo preterito [die Mercurii proximo ante restum sancti Bartholomei
