Richard Bassett^[1]

Abt 1102 - 1147  (~ 42 years)

• Name	Richard Bassett
  Born	Abt 1102	Drayton , Staffordshire   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Justice of England n the latter part of the reign of Henry I and the whole of the reign of King Stephen. He was Sherrif of Surry, Cambridge and Huntingdonshire with Aleric De Vere. He married Maud Ridel, only daughter & heiress of Geoffrey Ridel, Lord of Witheridge, by Geva, daughter of Hugh Lupus, Earl of Chester
  Gender	Male
  Died	From 16 Sep 1144 to 29 May 1147  [2, 3]
  Notes	Richard succeeded his father as Justice of England, which high office he filled in the latter part of King Henry I.'s reign, and through the whole of King Stephen's. In the 5th year of the latter monarch, he was sheriff of Surrey, Cambridge, and Huntingdonshire, with Aleric de Vere; and he served the same office for Essex, Hertford, Buckingham, Bedford, Norfolk, Suffolk, Northampton, and Leicestershire. John Burke 1825 According to Banks he also had an inheritance in Normandy where he "built a strong castle". Pat Newton
  Person ID	I2969	33B Bassetts of Blore, Hints, Staffordshire & Warwickshire
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Sir Ralph Bassett, of Colston,   b. 1076, Normandy, France or Drayton, Staffordshire ,   d. 1120, Northampton  (Age 44 years)
  Mother	Alice de Buci,   b. Abt 1065, Great Weldon, , Northamptonshire, England ,   d. Bef 1107  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Married	1101  [4, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F990	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maud Ridel,   b. Abt 1097,   d. 1139  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	1123	Newbold, Nottinghamshire   [4, 8]
  Children	+ 1. Geoffrey Bassett de Ridel,   d. 1180 + 2. Ralph Bassett, of Drayton,   b. 1131,   d. 1211  (Age 80 years) + 3. William Bassett, of Sapcote,   b. 1134,   d. 1185  (Age 51 years)
  Family ID	F1004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 4 May 2009. [S39] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warra (Reliability: 2). [S40] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lord (Reliability: 2). [S55] The William Salt Archaeological Collections for a History of (Reliability: 2). [S59] The Battle Abbey Roll-Duches of Cleveland (Reliability: 2). He left five sons ; Richard ; Thurstin, of Colston-Basset, Notts, by some called the eldest; Thomas, ancestor of the Bassets of Haddington; Nicholas, who in 1147 founded Bruern Abbey in Oxfordshire ; and Gilbert. Richard succeeded his father as Justiciary, and continued in office through the whole of Stephen's reign His wife Maud was the sole heiress of Geoffrey Ridel, by Geva, daughter of Hugh Lupus, and brought him so great an estate, that her eldest son Richard, and Richard's son Geoffrey, both of them bore her name in lieu of their own. She had two other sons, Ralph, of Drayton-Basset in Staffordshire, ancestor of the Lords Basset of Drayton ; and William, of Sapcote in Leicestershire, ancestor of the Lords Basset of Sapcote. [S23] Phil Bassett (Reliability: 2). [S59] The Battle Abbey Roll-Duches of Cleveland (Reliability: 2). Bushy, or Bussy, as Leland gives it, from Buci, in Normandy. Robert de Buci held a great barony in Northamptonshire and Leicestershire in 1086 (Domesday) : but left no heir save a daughter, married to Ralph Basset, Justiciary of England under Henry I. (Mon. ii. 190). [S25] Jim Weber (Reliability: 2). Richard married Maud (Matilda) DE RIDEL Heiress of Drayton, daughter of Geoffrey DE RIDEL Lord Witheringe and Geva D' AVRANCHES of Chester, in 1123 in Newbold, Nottingham, England. (Maud (Matilda) DE RIDEL Heiress of Drayton was born about 1097 in Witering, Northamptonshire, England and died in 1139.)