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1. Basset, Richard
   1. Huntingfield, Joan
      1. Basset, Ralph
         1. Sturdon, Joan
            1. Basset, Joan
            2. Basset, Richard
            3. Basset, John
            4. Basset, Eleanor
            5. Basset, Ralph
            6. Basset, Thomas
      2. Basset, Joan

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Source References

1. Joyce: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=carolinakin&id=I13422 CAROLINA KINFOLK
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        # ID: I13422
        # Name: Emma De Grey
        # Sex: F
        # Birth: 1233 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England
        # Death: 1264 in England

         

         

        Father: John De Grey b: 1201 in Shirland, Derbyshire, England
        Mother: Emma De Glanville b: 1207

        Marriage 1 William of Huntingfield b: 24 AUG 1237 in of Huntingfield, Suffolk

        Children

        1. Has Children Roger of Huntingfield b: 1257

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        e-mail: dvdjunkie2008@aol.com

2. Wikitree - Ralph Basset
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        Biography
        Ralph Basset was a member of aristocracy in the British Isles.
        Ralph was born on 27 August 1300 at Huntingfield, Suffolk, the son of Sir Richard Basset, 1st Lord Basset of Weldon, and his wife, Joan de Huntingfield, daughter of Roger de Huntingfield of Huntingfield.[1] He was baptized two days later at the church at Huntington.[2]

        Ralph's father fought in the battle of Bannockburn in Scotland on 24 June 1314, where he was captured by the Scots. He died in captivity, and Ralph's inheritance was placed under the guardianship of Richard de Grey of Codnor until Ralph reached his majority. Richard de Grey also obtained the right to arrange the marriage of Ralph. These two rights were granted to Richard de Grey by King Edward II of England at a hearing in York for a fine of £800.[3]

        A hearing was held in Suffolk on 29 March 1321 to determine if Ralph was of an age to end his guardianship. A dozen men ranging in age from 42 to 65 years testified to being either in the manor on the day of his birth or in the church on the day of his baptism. A royal edict declaring Ralph of age was issued by King Edward II on the following 14 December.[2]

        Ralph married a woman named Joan.[1] Her true identity is not currently known.(See Research Notes, below.) Ralph and Joan had four sons and two daughters:[4]

        Richard Basset
        Ralph Basset
        John Basset (See Research Notes, below.)
        Thomas Basset
        Joan Basset, wife of Thomas de Aylesbury
        Eleanor Basset, wife of Sir John Knyvet

        Ralph received knighthood sometime prior to 20 April 1324 when he was named as Ralph Basset, knight, of Weldon in an Inquisition Post Mortem for Nicholas le Latimer. Latimer held eight messuages, three virgates, and six acres of land plus one third of a windmill of Sir Ralph for a knight's service and one pair of gilt spurs per year.[5]

        Sir Ralph was assigned co-responsibility for the assessments of the military contributions from the county of Northampton by King Edward II in a writ issued on 6 August 1324. He was one of thirteen men who reported to the Bishop of Lincoln on this matter which was instigated because of fears that the King of France was marshaling a force to invade the southeastern coast of England.[6]

        On 5 April 1327, King Edward III issued a summons to a long list of nobles, gentry and clerics ordering them to marshal their their military forces and report to Newcastle-upon-Tyne on the Monday after the Feast of Ascension. Radulfo Basset de Weldon [sic] was on the list. The forces were to be prepared to march into Scotland and fight Robert, the Bruce, King of Scots, and his supporters, who had been sowing discord along the Marches between the two countries.[7]

        Sir Ralph attended King Edward III at Crockesden Abbey in Staffordshire in early October 1327, where he attested a writ issued by the king that would organize the celebrations for the first anniversary of the king's reign in England.[8]

        King Edward III issued a charter from Windsor on 30 January 1329 in which he defined the position of Keeper of the Peace. He then proceeded apace to appoint subjects whom he trusted to these positions in various domains of the realm. While he was at Eltham Palace on 1 May of that year, the king appointed Ralph Basset of Weldon as one of four Keepers of the Peace for the county of Northampton.[9]

        Although Cockayne states that Sir Ralph was only called to military service once in 1327, he was one of many on a summons from the king to bring forces once again to Newcastle-upon-Tyne to prepare for war with Scotland. The royal summons was issued at Pontefract on 11 March 1333.[10]

        On 26 January 1335, King Edward issued a decree that defined the responsibilities for organizing the arming of the various counties of the realm for its defense. This decree was proclaimed from Roxbury in southern Scotland, and it named Sir Ralph and Eustace de Burneby as being responsible for the county of Northampton.[11] Later that year on 7 August, the king summoned Ralph and a long list of his faithful subjects to London for a council of war. The council was to be held on the day after St. Bartholomew's Day, i. e. on 25 August.[12]

        Sir Ralph Basset, 2nd Lord Basset of Weldon, died shortly before 4 May 1341 when an Inquisition Post Mortem was initiated. The Inquisition was conducted on 28 May at Weldon, and it designated that his primary heir was his son, Ralph, aged 15 years or more and that his wife, Joan, and their son, John, were both alive at that time.[13]

        Research Notes
        Ralph's wife is designated as "Da. of . . . Sturdon, of Winterbourne, co. Gloucester"[1] by reference to Nichols' Leicestershire, (vol. iv, p. 905). However, Richardson[4] has found documents indicating that she was the daughter of or otherwise related to Sir William le Latimer, 3rd Lord Latimer.[14]
        John Basset, son of Sir Ralph, needs additional documentation beyond that given in Richardson.[4]
        The location of Sir Ralph's death seems to be undocumented.

        Sources
        ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Cockayne, G. E. The Complete Peerage. London, England: St. Catherine Press, 1945. Volume II, pp 10-13.[[1]]
        ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Deputy Keeper of the Records. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem; Edward II. Hereford, England: The Hereford Times Co., 1910. Volume VI, pp 203-204.[[2]]
        ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records. Calendar of the Fine Rolls: Edward II, AD 1307-1319. London, England: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1912. Volume II, p 213.[[3]]
        ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol I, pp 263-264.
        ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem; Edward II. Hereford, England: The Hereford Times Co., 1910. Volume VI, pp 382-383.[[4]]
        ↑ Rymer, Thomas and Sanderson, Robert. Foedera, Conventiones, Litteræ, et Acta Publica. London, England: 1818. Volume II, Part I, pp 565-566.[[5]]
        ↑ Rymer, Thomas and Sanderson, Robert. Foedera, Conventiones, Litteræ, et Acta Publica. London, England: 1821. Volume II, Part II, p 702.[[6]]
        ↑ Rymer, Thomas and Sanderson, Robert. Foedera, Conventiones, Litteræ, et Acta Publica. London, England: 1821. Volume II, Part II, p 718.[[7]]
        ↑ Rymer, Thomas and Sanderson, Robert. Foedera, Conventiones, Litteræ, et Acta Publica. London, England: 1821. Volume II, Part II, pp 754-755.[[8]]
        ↑ Rymer, Thomas and Sanderson, Robert. Foedera, Conventiones, Litteræ, et Acta Publica. London, England: 1821. Volume II, Part II, pp 855-856.[[9]]
        ↑ Rymer, Thomas and Sanderson, Robert. Foedera, Conventiones, Litteræ, et Acta Publica. London, England: 1821. Volume II, Part II, p 901.[[10]]
        ↑ Rymer, Thomas and Sanderson, Robert. Foedera, Conventiones, Litteræ, et Acta Publica. London, England: 1821. Volume II, Part II, p 916.[[11]]
        ↑ The Deputy Keeper of the Records. Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem; Edward III. Hereford, England: The Hereford Times Co., 1913. Volume VIII, pp 227-228.[[12]]
        ↑ http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/p_bassetofweldon.shtml

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        https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Basset-81 as of 6/22/2019

3. LVJX-JPC FamilySearch.org