Bassett Family Association Database

Sir Ralph 2nd Lord Bassett, of Drayton

Male Aft 1278 - 1343  (< 63 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Sir Ralph 2nd Lord Bassett, of Drayton was born after 1278; died in 1342/43.

    Notes:

    Sir Ralph Basset, 2nd Lord Basset of Drayton succeeded to the title of 2nd Lord Basset of Drayton [E., 1295] on 31 December 1299. He was invested as a Knight on 22 May 1306. He held the office of Constable of Dover Castle between March 1326 and September 13261 He held the office of Warden of the Cinque Ports between March 1326 and September 1326. He distinguished himself with his proud defiance of the King of France. He held the office of Seneschal of Gascony. He held the office of Steward of the Duchy of Aquitaine. He was invested as a Knight Banneret in 1341
    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.,

    Family/Spouse: Joan de Grey. Joan and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Ralph Bassett, of Drayton  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1335.
    2. 3. Ralph Bassett  Descendancy chart to this point and died.

    Family/Spouse: unknown. unknown and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Margaret Bassett  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1347.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ralph Bassett, of Drayton Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ralph1) died about 1335.

    Notes:


    Family/Spouse: Alice Audley. Alice (daughter of Nicholas Audley, 1st Lord Audley of Heleigh) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Isabel  Descendancy chart to this point and died.
    2. 6. Sir Ralph 3rd Lord Bassett, of Drayton  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1335; died on 10 May 1390.

  2. 3.  Ralph Bassett Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ralph1) and died.

  3. 4.  Margaret Bassett Descendancy chart to this point (1.Ralph1) died in 1347.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Isabel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ralph2, 1.Ralph1) and died.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    illegitimate


  2. 6.  Sir Ralph 3rd Lord Bassett, of Drayton Descendancy chart to this point (2.Ralph2, 1.Ralph1) was born about 1335; died on 10 May 1390.

    Notes:

    Sir Ralph Basset, 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton was born circa 1335. He married, firstly ,Joan Beauchamp abt May 1338 and secondly abt Joan de Bretagne. He died on 10 May 1390, without issue. His will (dated 16 January 1389/90) was probated on 13 January 1390/91 at Sleaford,Lincolnshire. He was buried at Lichfield Cathedral.
    Sir Ralph Basset, 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton succeeded to the title of 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton [E., 1295] on 25 February 1342/43. He fought in the Battle of Bordeaux on 8 January 1355/56, in the army of the Black Prince. He distinguished himself in the various wars with France. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1368 On 30 October 1386 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy.
    On his death, the Barony Basset of Drayton became dormant, or possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great-aunts.

    Cockayne et al

    Family/Spouse: Joan Beauchamp. Joan (daughter of Sir Thomas de Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick and Katherine Mortimer) and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Joan de Bretagne. Joan died on 8 Nov 1402; was buried in Abbey of Lavendon, Buckinghamshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]