Thomas de Basset (Sheriff of Oxford) 
Thomas was born in 1130. Thomas' father was Gilbert de Basset and his mother was Edith D'Oyly. His maternal grandparents were Robert D'Oyly (3rd Baron Hocknorton) and Edith of Greystoke (Concubine of Henry I). He died at the age of 52 in 1182.General Notes
Thomas de Bassett, a nobleman of great civil and military talent, High Sheriff of Oxfordshire 10 Hen. II. (1163-4), who occasionally presided in the King's courts of judicature, and travelled as a Justice Itinerant through many counties; and, as a reward for his special services in war, received a grant of the lordship of Heddington, co. Oxon. he was progenitor of the Bassetts of Heddington and Wycombe,[98] (the latter of whom differenced the family arms to "Barry of six, undée argent and azure"); and from him the D'Oylys' estate of Stratton passed at last by inheritance to the Camvilles, whence it descended (by blood) to Longspée; and thence by marriage it came to the Audleys, who gave it the name of "Stratton-Audley," which it has ever since retained
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Occupation Details
Thomas' occupation was Sheriff of Oxford in Heddington, co. Oxon..
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