William Bassett, of Sapcote^[1]

1134 - 1185  (51 years)

• Name	William Bassett
  Suffix	of Sapcote
  Born	1134  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1185  [2]
  Notes	William, the youngest of the three grandsons of Henry I.'s Justiciary, and the ancestor of the Bassets of Sapcote, served as Sheriff of Warwick and Leicestershire for eight consecutive years in the reign of Henry II., and was afterwards one of the Justices Itinerant of Yorkshire The Battle Abbey Roll The Duchess of Cleveland Phil Bassett G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), William Bassett one of the itinerant justices for Yorkshire in the 21st year of the reign of Henry II who settled at Sapcote in Leicestershire and was younger brother of Ralph Basset Lord of Drayton in the county of Stafford:as deputy to whom he executed the office of Sheriff of Warwick and Leicestershire in the 9th year of the same monarch's reign. In the 10th he was sheriff of Leicestershire himself;from the 11th to half of the 16th years inclusive,sheriff of both shires and from the 23rd to the 30th sheriff of Lincolnshire. Burke.1825
  Person ID	I3023	33B Bassetts of Blore, Hints, Staffordshire & Warwickshire
  Last Modified	30 Aug 2008

  
  

  Father	Richard Bassett,   b. Abt 1102, Drayton , Staffordshire ,   d. From 16 Sep 1144 to 29 May 1147  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Mother	Maud Ridel,   b. Abt 1097,   d. 1139  (Age ~ 42 years)
  Married	1123	Newbold, Nottinghamshire   [3, 4]
  Family ID	F1004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	unknown,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	1164  [2]
  Children	+ 1. Simon Bassett, of Sapcoate,   b. 1183,   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Ralph Bassett, of Cheadle,   b. Abt 1185,   d. Aft 1253  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Family ID	F1019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 4 May 2009. [S23] Phil Bassett (Reliability: 2). [S55] The William Salt Archaeological Collections for a History of (Reliability: 2). [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.)