Re: C.P. Addition: Death of Joan, widow of Ellis Daubeney, Lord Daubeney (Revised post)
Douglas Richardson
The authoritative Complete Peerage, 4 (1916): 95-96 (sub Daubeney) has
a good account of the life history of Sir Ellis (or Helie) Daubeney
(died 1305), Lord Daubeney, of South Ingleby, Lincolnshire. Regarding
his marriage, the following information is given:
"He married Joan ... His widow had livery of her dower and of the manor
of South Ingleby, 12 May 1305, and license to marry whom she would, 28
April 1306. She married Roland de Combar, a Breton, before 9 April
1307, at which date the said lands had been taken into the King's hand,
because Roland had fled from justice when indiciated of divers
felones." END OF QUOTE.
The helpful online National Archives catalogue includes an item
regarding the death of Joan, widow of Ellis Daubeney. It calls her
"Contessa" (or Countess) which presumably was her title, not her given
name. If so, she presumably she had a third marriage to an earl or
count later in life after 1307. The document is dated by the PRO as
being 1318. However, a minimum date around 1326 for the petition would
seem to be a much better fit, as Complete Peerage, 4 (1916): 96 shows
that the petitioner, Sir Ralph Daubeney, was born in 1305, and proved
his age and had livery of his father's lands 21 June 1326. Since Sir
Ralph's states that his mother died two years before the date of his
petition, this would indicate she died about 1324, or possibly later.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
Website: www.royalancestry.net
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Source: National Archives Catalogue
(http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/search.asp)
SC 8/165/8228
Covering dates [1318]
Scope and content
Petitioners: Ralph [Daubeney], son and heir of Ellis Daubeney.
Addressees: King and council.
Places mentioned: Ingleby, Lincolnshire.
Other people mentioned: Ellis Daubeney, father of the petitioner;
Contessa [Daubeney], mother of the petitioner; [...] de Roos.
Nature of request: Daubeney requests that, whereas he was under-age and
the King's ward after the death of his father who held part of his
lands by knight's service, and with his wife held the manor of Ingelby
to him, his wife and his heirs of Roos by the service of 2 marks
yearly, which manor, worth over £100 yearly, was seised in the King's
hand after the death of his mother 2 years ago, that the said manor and
its issues now be returned to him.
Endorsement: [Illegible.]