Person Page - 1829

     GAV-29 EDV-26. William Bardolf was Sheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk.¹ He was living between 1169 and 1174.¹

     Sir Robert "Barry-More" Barri died circa 1185 at Liemore.¹
      ; "The eldest son, Sir Robert Barri, accompanied Robert Fitz-Stephen into Ireland, in 1169, to assist Dermod, King of Leinster, to regain his kingdom, and after a series of gallant exploits, which obtained for him the name of "Barry-More" was slain at Liemore, about the year 1185."¹

      ; "who built the castle of Barry's Court in 1206..."¹

     Ralph Basset died in 1120.¹
     GAV-25 EDV-25 GKJ-26.

; "Ralph Basset (son of Thurstan, the Norman), who was justice of England under King Henry I. We find his son Ralph, in the reign of Stephen, "abounding in wealth, and erecting a strong castle upon some part of his inheritance in Normandy." Ralph Basset, the justice of England, required none of the artificial aids of ancestry to attain distinction; he had within himself powers sufficient at any period to reach the goal of honour, but particularly in the rude age in which he lived. To his wisdom we are said to be indebted for many salutary laws, and among others for that of frank pledge. Like all the great men of his day, he was a most liberal benefactor to the church. He d. in 1120, leaving issue."¹

     Thurstan Basset was born at Normandy, France (now).¹
     GAV-27 EDV-27 GKJ-28.

     GAV-26 EDV-26 GKJ-27.

; "Few families in the early annals of England can boast of a more eminent progenitor than the Bassets, and the descendants of few of the Anglo-Norman nobles attained a higher degree of power than those of Ralph Basset (son of Thurstan, the Norman), who was justice of England under King Henry I."¹

      ; "Thurstine, who s. to the manor of Colston."¹

      ; "...ancestor of the Bassets of Heddington, from whom diverged the Wycombe Bassets."¹

      ; "Nicholas, who sided with King Stephen against the Empress Maud; and his son forfeited all the estates to Henry II."¹

      ; ancestor of the Bassets of Little Rissington.¹

      ; "John de la Pole, citizen of London."¹

     Ralph Basset 3rd Lord Basset of Weldon was 3rd Lord Basset of Weldon.¹

; "Ralph Basset, 3rd baron, who, becoming a canon regular in the priory of Laund..."¹

     Ralph Basset 4th Lord Basset of Weldon died circa 1384.¹
      ; "Ralph Basset, doing his homage, had livery of all his father's lands, and dying in the 8th of Richard II., was s. by his son, Richard..."¹

     Richard Basset 5th Lord Basset of Weldon died between 1408 and 1409; dsp, 10th of Henry IV.¹
      ; succeeded by his cousins, Sir John Aylesbury and John Knyvett, sons of Eleanor and Joan Basset.¹

     Ralph Basset married Alianore de la Wade.^3,2

Ralph Basset died in 1294; Leo van de Pas says d. 1291.^1,2

     Richard Basset died in 1275.¹

     Ralph Basset was born circa 1237; date is based on my estimate, assuming he was ca 20-21 in 1257/8 [GAV 5 Apr 2003].¹
      ; "...who had livery of his lands, upon doing homage in the 42nd Henry III. (1257-8). He was s. by his son, Richard."¹

     Ralph Basset died before 1257.¹
      ; "Ralph Basset, who, in the 2nd of Henry III [1217-1218], paid 30 marks for the fifteen knight's fees he then held, upon the levy of the first scurtage for the king. He d. sometime before the year 125.¹

     Richard Basset of Weldon, Northants lived at Weldon, Northamptonshire, England.¹

; "Geoffrey de Ridel was s. at his decease by his eldest surviving son, who re-assuming his paternal surname, and seating himself at Welden, in Northamptonshire, became Richard Basset of Weldon ... was s. by his son, Ralph."¹

      ; "Geoffrey, who from his mother, assumed the surname of "de Ridel"...This feudal lord married twice, and had issue by both wives; by the 1st, two sons, viz., (I) Geoffrey, who obtained the principality of Blaye, in France, and is said to have been Geoffrey "The Troubadour." (II) Richard. By the 2nd wife, one sone, Hugh."¹

      ; "Geoffrey, who obtained the principality of Blaye, in France, and is said to have been Geoffrey "The Troubadour."¹"

     Maud Basset married William de Heriz.¹

     EDV-23.

; "Maud, m. William de Heriz, and was mother of Joan, who m. Jordan le Brett, and had a son or grandson, Sir John Brett, whose dau. Catherine, m. Sir John Caltoft, and their dau, Alice, wife of Sir William Chaworth, Knt., was one of the heirs to Ralph, last Lord Basset of Drayton. The son and heir of this Alice Chaworth was Sir Thomas Chaworth, who m. 1st, Nichola, dau. of Sir Reginald Braybroke, by whom he had a dau. Elizabeth, wife of John, 6th Lord Scrope, of Masham; and 2ndly, Isabel, dau. and co-heir of Sir Thomas Aylesbury, by whom he had two sons, Sir William and George (see p. 111)."¹