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- The House of Commons, 1690-1715
Sir William Bassett (1628-93) of Claverton, near Bath, Somerset
Bassett had represented Bath in almost every Parliament since 1669, and his reputation for drunkenness and debt made him no less worthy a choice to the corporation in 1690. Lord Carmarthen (Sir Thomas Osborne) listed him as a Court Tory in a list produced in March, and as a Court supporter in two further lists later in the year. An additional list among Robergt Harley’s papers of Apr. 1691 also noted his pro-Court tendencies. He was, for the most part, and inactive member. He was named on 28 Nov 1691 to the committee ordered to draft a bill regarding the manufacture of saltpeter, and on 22 Nov 1692 brought a complaint of privilege against two persons who had seized part of his estate, a verdict in his fabour being reported on 28 Jan 1693. Bassett died later that year on 25 Sept., and was buried at Claverton. He had already been forced to mortgage Claverton, and his will directed that the estate by sodl by trustees to pay of his extensive debts, which was done in 1701.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1628 - 1693 (65 years)