Ralph Basset

- 1265

• Name	Ralph Basset
  Birth	of Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Aug 1265	Evesham, Worcestershire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I3283	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH
  Last Modified	1 Jan 2020

  
  

  Father	Ralph Basset,   b. of Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England d. Between 1254 and 1261
  Mother	Isabel
  Family ID	F660	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret de Somery   d. Aft 18 Jun 1293
  Children	+ 1. Ralph Basset,   b. of Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England d. 31 Dec 1299, Drayton, Staffordshire, England
  Family ID	F2915	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2024

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• Sources

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