Thomas Basset († around 1182)
Thomas Basset († around 1182) was an English nobleman and judge.
origin
Thomas Basset came from a distinguished family, several members of which had served the English kings, including Ralph Basset , who was a brother of Thomas' father. Thomas's father Gilbert Basset also served as a judge for King Henry I. He died around 1154.
Career as judge of the king
In 1166, Basset owned lands of the Honor of Wallingford with seven Knight's fees located in Middlesex , Berkshire , Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire . From 1172 to 1179 he administered the Honor of Wallingford for the king. When his son-in-law Albert de Grelley died in 1180, he was the administrator of his property and guardian of his underage son Robert until his own death.
Basset had already entered the service of King Henry II before 1163 . From 1163 to 1164 he was sheriff of Oxfordshire . From 1169 to about 1181 he was one of the Baron of the Exchequer . In 1175 and again in 1179 he served as a traveling judge in the south and west of England. In December 1180 he divided the kingdom into four judicial districts together with Justiciar Ranulf de Glanville and other royal judges. The king rewarded him by waiving him the shield money for his lands in 1172 . Between 1174 and 1179 he attested to fourteen royal documents in England, and another around 1181 in Barfleur in Normandy. Probably shortly afterwards he died.
Family and descendants
Basset married Adeliza de Dunstanville († around 1210), a sister of Walter de Dunstanville , Lord of Castle Combe in Wiltshire. With her he had three sons and a daughter:
- Isabel
- ∞ Albert III de Grelley, Lord of Manchester († 1180)
- ∞ Guy de Creon
- Gilbert († 1205)
- Thomas Basset , Lord of Headington, Oxfordshire († 1220)
- Alan Basset , Lord of Wycombe († 1232)
His three sons shared his possessions among themselves.
Web links
- Ralph V. Turner: Basset, Thomas (dc 1182). In: Henry Colin Gray Matthew, Brian Harrison (Eds.): Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , from the earliest times to the year 2000 (ODNB). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2004, ISBN 0-19-861411-X , ( oxforddnb.com license required ), as of 2004
Individual evidence
- ↑ John Walmsley: Widows, heirs, and heiresses in the late twelfth century. Arizona center for medieval and Renaissance studies, Tempe 2006. ISBN 0-86698-353-8 , p. 7
- ↑ James Tait: Mediæval Manchester and the Beginnings of Lancashire . Manchester University Press, Machester 1904. p. 136
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Basset, Thomas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English nobleman and judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1154 |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1182 |