Philip Thurstane Bruce Bassett descends from the Bassets of Beaupre as follows:
Sir Elias Basset of Wales
John Basset (b. 1350) and wife Joan
Thomas Basset (b. 1380) and wife Alice Marcross
John Basset (b. 1410) and wife Gwenllian
Jenkin Basset (b. 1445) and wife Jennet Philip
William Basset (b. 1477) and wife Catherine Fleming
William Basset (b. 1510) and wife Catherine Mansel
Richard Basset (b. 1535) and wife Mary Bowen
Edward Basset (b. 1566) and wife Catherine Carne
William Basset (b. 1578) and wife Cecil Vaughan
Sir Richard Basset (b. 1602) and wife Elizabeth Vann
Sir Richard Basset (b. 1638) and wife Prisiclla Jones
Richard Basset (b. 1690) and wife Barbara Bainbrigge
Henry Basset (b. 1710) and wife Catherine Bainbrigge
Thomas Basset (b. 1756) and wife Elizabeth Cruikshanks
Isabella Bassett (b. 1808) and husband William West James Bruce
Philip Thurstan Bruce Bassett
Weekly Mail, 29 May 1909, Wales
The Bassets of Beaupre
To Figure Largely In the Pageant
A unique acquisition has been made by the Welsh National Pageant in the person of Mr. P.T.B. Basset, of Beaupre, who has promised to represent his ancestor, that other Basset of Beaupre, the sage Philip who is credited by many with having actually penned the Charter of British freedom, and who appeared with Llewelyn the Great when that Prince met the Lords Marcher of Wales after the signing of Magna Charta, seven hundred years ago. Not only will Mr. Basset represent the baron of the thirteenth century, but it has also been arranged that that feudal baron’s lady will be represented by Mrs. Basset, and that the baron’s sons and daughter will be represented by other scions of the Basset family of today. Though the rugged truculence of old Thurstan de Basset, who fought and robbed in the train of the Conqueror, has been eliminated from the family by the civilizing processes of time, the fighting spirit still remains, and Basset of Beaupre can still bring his sixty armed men on the field, if so commanded by the King. As exemplifying that fact in this wholly different and non-feudal age, it is of more than passing interest to learn that the thirty bowmen who will appear with Basset of Beaupre in the pageant next July will all be Basset men – men of Beaupre.
Mr. P.T.B. Basset is now residing at Llanblethian, Cowbridge, to which address he requests that all Bassets who desire to take part in the pageant will write to him this week, if possible.