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- [S1] GEDCOM file imported on 4 May 2009.
- [S26] Royalty for Commoners- Stuart (Reliability: 2).
- [S55] The William Salt Archaeological Collections for a History of (Reliability: 2).
- [S59] The Battle Abbey Roll-Duches of Cleveland (Reliability: 2).
The names given on the Dives Roll,are, however," Raoul et Guillaume Basset : " and the former, afterwards the celebrated Justiciary, was the reputed son of Thurstin, a Norman who held five hides of land at Drayton in Staffordshire, 1086. (Domesday.) Ordericus says of him, that Henry L, at the very beginning of his reign,
" De ignobili stirpe illustravit
ac de pulvere (ut ita dicam), extulit ; dataque multiplici facultate super
consules et illustres oppidanos exaltavit."
" He had the high office of Justice
of England under Henry I., with a power so great, that he sat in what court he
pleased, and wherever else he thought fit, for the administration of justice. And
to his wisdom, it is asserted, we owe the first design and institution of the law of frank-pledge, besides other excellent laws. From this it seems evident, that he
shared largely in his sovereign's favour, and that he had great abilities, which,
with so wise a prince, were the likeliest means to procure it.
" Yet it may probably admit of some doubt, whether Ordericus be not a little
mistaken, when he represents him of an ignoble race ; the more especially so,
when it is related of Richard his son, that abounding in wealth, he built a strong
castle upon his inheritance in Normandy ; which makes it the more likely, that
Ralph, his father, was descended from some ancient house in that country ; for
if he were raised from a low estate to the high rank he enjoyed, it does not
appear very feasible that he should have any inheritance worth erecting a castle
upon." Banks.
- [S60] The Domesday Book (Reliability: 2).
In YARDLEY [Hundred]
Ralph Basset holds MARSWORTH from Robert. It answers for 20 hides.
Land for 9 ploughs; in lordship 4.
22 villagers have 5 ploughs.
8 slaves; 3 mills at 15s; meadow for 6 ploughs; woodland,
800 pigs.
The total value is and always was £20.
Brictric , a thane of King Edward's, held this manor; he could sell.
[Land of Robert d'Oilly
- [S59] The Battle Abbey Roll-Duches of Cleveland (Reliability: 2).
This great Justiciary, who, like most of his contemporaries, was very liberal
to the Church, called for a monk's habit when lying on his death bed at
Northampton in 1120; and on being asked of what Order, replied that he had
always held the monks of Abingdon in special veneration, and desired that his
body might be buried in their Abbey.
- [S23] Phil Bassett (Reliability: 2).
- [S59] The Battle Abbey Roll-Duches of Cleveland (Reliability: 2).
- [S63] The Patrician. John Burke (Reliability: 2).
- [S60] The Domesday Book (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).
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