Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton

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• General Information: He was the 4th Lord Basset of Drayton. According to Burke (1866) This nobleman was distinguished in arms during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II, and was honored with the Garter, in consequence of which his achievement is still to be seen in one of the stalls of the chapel at Windsor.
• Title(s): 25 Feb 1342/43; On 25 February 1342/43 he succeeded as the 4th Lord Basset of Drayton.
• Military: 8 Jan 1355/56; He was in the Army of the Black Prince at Bordeaux on 8 January 1355/56.
• Land/House: 6 Jun 1355/56, Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England; On 6 June 1355/56 he received livery of his grand-father's lands in Drayton Basset, England.
• Offices Held: 25 Dec 1357; On 25 December 1357 he was summoned to parliament. That parliament dissolved on 6 December 1389.
• Knighted: 1368; He was knighted a Knight of the Garter in 1368.
• Legal: 30 Oct 1386; On 30 October 1386 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy giving his age as 51.
• Will: 16 Jan 1390; On the 13th of Richard II, he made his will directing his body to be buried in the Litchfield Cathedral near the alter of St. Nicholas. His estates to go to Sir Hugh Shirley, his nephew, son of his sister, Isabel, upon the condition that he assume the surname and arms of Basset. If this did not happen, the estate was to pass to his cousin, Edmund, Lord Stafford. Other authorities have differing outcomes with Lord Stafford being out of the equation. He directed that his heir would have use of his great velvet bed during his life, and four silver basins, with two ewers whereupon his arms were engraved. Six silver dishes, two silver pots, and four charges as well all marked with his arms. His executors were Walter Skyelaw, Bishop of Durham; Richard Scrope, Bishop of Chester; and Sir Richard Scrope. The will was proved 13 January 1390/91.
• Last Full Review: 1 May 2020

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Birth:
He was 8 years old in 1343.

Died:
On his death, the Barony Basset of Drayton became dormant, or possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great-aunts.

Ralph married Joan Beauchamp about May 1338. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jeanne de Bretagne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jane Basset was born about 1378 in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.

Ralph married Alice Audley on 22 May 1334 in Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England. Alice (daughter of Nicholas Audley, Lord Audley and Joan de Martin) was born in Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England; died before 1359 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ralph married Joan de Gray on 17 Mar 1304 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England. Joan (daughter of John de Gray and Anne de Ferrers) was born about 1283 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was the 3rd Baron Audley.

From 1312 to 1316, he was a Member of Parliament.

Nicholas married Joan de Martin in 1312 in Staffordshire, England. Joan (daughter of William Martin, Lord Martin and Eleonor FitzPiers) was born about 1291 in Devonshire, England; died on 1319 to 1322. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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History:
From 1295 to 1299, he was a Member of Parliament.

Ralph married Hawise de Gray about 1261 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England. Hawise (daughter of John de Gray and Joan) was born about 1239 in Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Weis (1982) has Joan, daughter of Reynold de Grey as his wife. This is incorrect.

John married Anne de Ferrers about 1285. Anne (daughter of Sir William de Ferrers of Groby and Anne le Despenser) was born about 1268 in England; died about 1323 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas married Katherine Gifford on 23 Oct 1299 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Katherine (daughter of Sir John Gifford, Lord Gifford of Brimsfield and Maud de Clifford) was born in 1272 in Brimpsfield, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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History:
She was living in 1322.

William married Eleonor FitzPiers before 1282. Eleonor (daughter of Sir Reynold FitzPiers and Joan de Vivonia) was born in Blaenllynfi Castle, Powys, Wales. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]