Ralph Basset

Notes:

Custos pacis for Shropshire and Staffordshire, 1264.

"Ralph Basset, s. and h. of Ralph B. of Drayton, co. Stafford, and of Colston Basset, Notts, was sum. to Parl. 24 Dec. (1264) 49 Hen. III, by writ directed Radulfo Basset de Drayton; which writ however, having issued in rebellion, should not create a peerage dignity. He m. Margaret, da. of Roger de Somery, of Dudley, Basset, co. Worcester, by his ist wife (to whom she was da. and coh.), Nicole, da. and eventually coh. of William (d'Aubigny), Earl of Arundel. He d. 4 Aug. 1265, being slain at the battle of Evesham fighting against the King, who, however, continued the estates to his widow and son, as her father had fought for the King at Evesham. His widow m., before 26 Jan. 1270/1, as 2nd wife, Ralph de Cromwell, of Cromwell, Notts, and West Hallam, co. Derby, who d. shortly before 18 Sep. 1289. She took the veil shortly before 18 June 1293." [Complete Peerage II:1-2]

Family/Spouse: Margaret de Somery. Margaret (daughter of Roger de Somery and Nichole d'Aubigny) died after 18 Jun 1293. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ralph Basset was born in of Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; died on 31 Dec 1299 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England; was buried in Drayton, Staffordshire, England.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Abt 1261
• Alternate death: Bef 1262

Notes:

"He joined the rebel Barons against King John for which his lands were seized, but returning to his fealty, they were restored in 1217. He attended the King at the siege of Bitham Castle 1221, fought in France 1230 and in Brittany 1234. In 1257 he served in Wales." [The Ancestry of Dorothea Poyntz]

Ralph married Isabel. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]