Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton

1335 - 1390  (55 years)

• Name	Ralph Basset
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	1335	Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England   [2, 4]
  	He was 8 years old in 1343. [2]
  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.  [1]
  Title(s)	25 Feb 1342/43 (Age 8)  [4]
  On 25 February 1342/43 he succeeded as the 4th Lord Basset of Drayton.
  Military	8 Jan 1355/56 (Age 21)  [2, 4]
  He was in the Army of the Black Prince at Bordeaux on 8 January 1355/56.
  Land/House	6 Jun 1355/56 (Age 21)	Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  On 6 June 1355/56 he received livery of his grand-father's lands in Drayton Basset, England.
  Offices Held	25 Dec 1357 (Age 22)  [1, 2]
  On 25 December 1357 he was summoned to parliament. That parliament dissolved on 6 December 1389.
  Knighted	1368 (Age 33)  [2, 4]
  He was knighted a Knight of the Garter in 1368.
  Legal	30 Oct 1386 (Age 51)  [2]
  On 30 October 1386 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy giving his age as 51.
  Will	16 Jan 1390 (Age 55)  [1, 2]
  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.
  Death	10 May 1390	Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  	On his death, the Barony Basset of Drayton became dormant, or possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great-aunts. [3, 4]
  Burial	—	Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I6549	| Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Ralph Basset,   b. Abt 1305, Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England d. 1335, England (Age 30 years)
  Mother	Alice Audley,   b. Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England d. Before 1359, England
  Marriage	22 May 1334	Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 29 years and 5 months - She : ??.
  Family ID	F4871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joan Beauchamp
  Marriage	Abt May 1338  [2, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 3 years and 5 months - She : ??.
  Children	They had no children together.  [2]
  Family ID	F7817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Jeanne de Bretagne
  Marriage	Y  [2, 4]
  Children	1. Jane Basset,   b. Abt 1378, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England
  Family ID	F4861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1335 - Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England Land/House - 6 Jun 1355/56 - Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England Child - Jane Basset - Abt 1378 - Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England Death - 10 May 1390 - Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England Burial - — - Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Ralph Basset KG, Lord Basset of Drayton Or, three piles, gules, a canton, Ermaine

  
  

• Sources

  [S11] Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866). [S1568] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Volume II (Bass to Canning), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1912). [S1567] Lodge, Edmund. The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage, (London: Saunders and Otley, 1838). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S304] Wikipedia, Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick.