Ralph Basset 
Ralph was born about 1280 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England. Ralph's father was Ralph Basset and his mother was Hawise De Grey. His paternal grandparents were Ralph Basset and Margaret De Somery; his maternal grandparents were John De Grey and Lucy De Mohun. He had five sisters named Margaret, Maud, Joan, Elizabeth and Alianor. He was the third oldest of the six children. He died on February 25th, 1343 in Drakelow, Staffordshire, England.General Notes
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Ralph Basset, 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton, summoned to parliament fr
om 2 9 December, 1299, to 25 February, 1342. This nobleman was one of t
he emi nent persons made knights of the Bath with Prince Edward, in the 34
th o f Edward I.[1305-1306], and who attended the king that year into Scot
land , but returning thence without leave, orders were issued to the sheri
ff s of Stafford, Nottingham, and Derbyshire to seize his lands: he receiv
ed , however, his pardon in the following year. His lordship was for seve
ra l years afterwards in constant service in Scotland. In the 15th Edwa
rd I I [1321-1322], he was joined in commission with John de Someri, to se
iz e the castle of Kenilworth for the king, by reason of the forfeitu
re of T homas, Earl of Lancaster, and in the same year was constituted ste
ward o f the Duchy of Aquitaine. During his government there, Lord Bass
et was e mbroiled in a contest with the king of France, but being support
ed by hi s royal master, he bade defiance to the wrath of the French monar
ch. H e did not remain long, however, in that government, but returni
ng to Engl and in the year by one afterwards, he was made constable of Dov
er Castle , and warden of the Cinque Ports. In the 1st and 7th of Edward I
II [1327 /8 and 1333/4], he was again in the Scottish wars, and in the 8
th of th e same reign [1334/5] he was appointed justice of North Wales. H
is lords hip m. Joane, dau. of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, and h
ad issue... Ralph, Lord Basset of Drayton, d. 25 February, 1343, and w
as s. by his gr andson, Ralph Basset..."
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1160 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1189 in Sapcote, Hinckley, Lancashire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Colston, Bassett, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1135 in Over Haddon, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1165 in Haddon, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
- b.1215 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England d.04 Aug 1265 in Evesham, Worcestershire, England
- b.~ 1190
- b.< 1244 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England d.31 Dec 1299 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England
- b.1125 in Little Craley, Buckinghamshire, England d.1195
- b.1151 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.1211
- b.1129 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.1208
- b.~ 1190 in Dinas Powys, Wales d.26 Aug 1273 in Dudley Castle, Warickshire, England
- b.1105 in Tunbridge, Kent, England d.~ 1165
- b.1150 in Wiltshire, England d.1242
- b.1120 in Pembroke, Wales
- b.1229 in Dudley, Worcestershire, England d.18 Jun 1293 in Cromwell, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.~ 1174 in England
- b.> 1165 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.01 Feb 1221 in Cainell, Italy
- b.1132 in Field Dalling, Norfolk, England d.1195 in Buckenham, Wayland, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1194 in Arundel, Sussex, England d.~ 1240 in Dudley Castle, Warickshire, England
- b.1147 in Kevelioc, Wales d.30 Jun 1181 in Leeke, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1163 in Chester, Cheshire, England d.06 Jan 1233
- b.~ 1150 in Montfort-Sur-Risle-Eure, Normandy, France d.12 Jul 1189 in Evreaux, Eure, France
- b.~ 1280 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England d.25 Feb 1343 in Drakelow, Staffordshire, England
- b.~ 1150 in Thurrock, Essex, England d.> 1198 in Standlake, Witney, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1176 in Thurrock Grey, Essex, England d.1219 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1155 in Tunbridge, Kent, England
- b.1195 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England d.08 Sep 1271 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Great Carlton, Lincolnshire, England d.~ 1176 in Waddington, Riseholm, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 1176 in Great Carlton, Louth, Lincolnshire, England d.18 Jun 1246 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England
- b.~ 1140 in Thorngate Castle, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1226 in Codnor, Derbyshire, England d.05 Jan 1272
- b.1195 in Sheringham, Norfolk, England d.1282
- b.~ 1255 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England d.1343
- b.~ 1180 in England
- b.~ 1206 in Dunster, Williton, Somersetshire, England d.20 Jan 1258 in Torre Mohun, Devonshire, England
- b.~ 1185 in England
- b.~ 1230 in Dunston, Somersetshire, England d.> 1282
- b.~ 1130 in England
- b.1162 in Northhampton, England d.14 Oct 1213 in Walden, Essex, England
- b.~ 1138 in Rycott, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1210 in Shere, Surrey, England d.< 1243
- b.1116 in Tunbridge Castle, Kent, England d.1173 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
- b.1172 in Hereford, Herefordshire, England d.04 Jun 1225
- b.1132 in Field Dalling, Norfolk, England d.1195 in Buckenham, Wayland, Norfolk, England
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Ralph and Joan were married in a religious ceremony on March 27th, 1304 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshrire, England. They had a son and a daughter, named Ralph and Isabella.
Family Notes
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