Henry de Port , Lord of Basing 
Henry de was born about 1087 in Basing, Hampshire, England. Henry de's father was Hugh de Port , Lord of Basing and his mother was Orence. He was an only child. He died after 1133.General Notes
HENRY DE PORT, son and heir, witnessed Henry I's coronation charter in 1100. He was sheriff of Hants at some time between 1101 and 1106, and up to 1115 was in frequent attendance at the King's court. In 1108 he gave a rent to Rochester cathedral priory with the consent of his wife Hawise and his son Hugh, and subsequently he founded the priory of Sherborne as a cell of the abbey of St Vigor-de-Cerisy (-Ia-ForÍt), the charter being witnessed by his wife Hawise and his sons William and John. In or shortly before 1130 he was a justice in eyre in Kent. The Bayeux Inquest of 1133 shows him holding 3 knights' fees in Normandy of the Bishop of Bayeux. Henry was a benefactor of Montacute Priory, Somerset, and his wife Hawise gave 5 hides in West Shefford, Berks, to Sherborne, and 3 virgates in Farley, Wilts, to the Templars. The date of his death is unknown. His wife Hawise survived him. [Complete Peerage XI:318, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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Children
Hugh de Port
Hugh de was born before 1108 in Basing, Hampshire, England. He died before 1130 in (dvp & sp).
William de Port
William de was born about 1111 in Basing, Hampshire, England. He died after 1130 in (dvp & sp).
John de Port , Lord of Basing
John de was born about 1113 in Basing, Hampshire, England. He died before September 29th, 1168.
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