Maude Betton

Matilda Betton

• AKA Maude, Bytton, Button, de Bitton
• Born: Abt 1310 / 1317, of Bytton, Gloucester, England
• Died Jun 1389
• Daughter of John (Bytton) de Bitton and Hawise Furneaux
• Wife of William de la More (alias Attemore)
• Wife of Simon Basset — married about 1341

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She married twice.[2][3] Maud's first husband William de la More, was seized of Oldland.[2][7] Her second husband Simon Basset, held Shawe in 1365. He presumably died that same year,[2][7] but Williams (1898), asserts that he was probably living on 12 Mar 1387.[8]

Shaw was inherited by Maude's daughter Cecilia Berkeley (nee de la More), by her first husband. Cecilia (d. 1393), was already of full age when Maud died in June 1389.[1]

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bassett-207

Simon Bassett of Basset's Court, Uly (fl. 1337 - 1365 x 1387), married Matilda "Maud" Bitton aft. 1340/1 (d. Jun 1389). She was the widow of William de la More (or Attemore), who died c.1340/1, and the dau. of Sir John Bitton,[3][4] & Hawise Furneaux.[3][4]

Family

Maud Bitton married 1st to William de la More (alias Attamore), died c. 1340/1.[5] son of:[2][3][4][7] Stephen de la More (d. 1328) & Constantia de Heweya,[3][4][9][10] or Thomas de la More (d. 1340).[7]

They had three (3) children:[7]

1. Cecilia (b. c. 1326/7, age 14 in 1340/1 - dsp. 1393) m. Sir Nicholas Berkeley of Dursley.[2][4]
2. John Attemore (b. c. 1337/8, age 3 in 1340/1 - dsp. 1349)
3. Margery. m. Sir John de Button (d. 1382).[2][11]

Maud Bitton married 2nd to Sir Simon Bassett of Basset's Court & Uly (fl. 1337 - 1365 x 1387), son of:[1][2] Edmund Pynchard (alias Basset),[1][2] and Margery.[1][2]. He died after 12 Mar 1387.

Children:

1. Maurice Basset
2. Edmond Basset, m. Margery.
3. Richard Basset

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Descendants

Harleian Soc. XXI, gives an alternate construction for descendants of Simon Basset and Maud Bitton, (p. 206.).[1]

• I. Simon Basset & Maud Bitton
  • II Maurice Basset
    • III. John Basset
      • IV. Robert Bassett
        • V. Giles Bassett.
          • VI. Robert Bassett
            • VII. William Bassett

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Descents of the Lady Barr (Nichols, 1843).

Notes

• Most sources state that first husband was son of Stephen de la More but Bothwell (2004), seems to dispute that. More research needed.
• Matilda m. Simon Basset -- on 04 May 1341, 'king allowed the dower portion of the More inheritance to go to Matilda and her new husband." Thomas Bradeston was fined for the couple marrying without the king's license.[7]

Missing generation(s)

Given the age of her daughter Cecilia de la More, Maud was probably born c. 1305 x 1310, and in her early- to mid-thirties when she remarried to Sir Simon Basset in 1341.[7] ... It's doubtful that Maud had any children after the 1360s. She also survived her husband who died 1367 x 1387. As such, it's improbable that Robert Basset (d. 1488), heir of Lady Barr, is her son. Nichols (1843), shows Robert (d. 1488), as the son of John Basset and great-grandson of Maud Bitton & her second husband, Simon Basset.

Symon Basset (Williams, 1898)

References

• The visitation of the county of Gloucester, taken in the year 1623 by Chitting, Henry, d. 1638; College of Arms (Great Britain); Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Camden, William, 1551-1623; Heane, William Crawshay, 1849- joint ed; Maclean, John, Sir, 1811-1895. Publication date 1885. Page 205. Archive.Org
• http://autumnanddavid.com/ancestry/drb/1273.htm
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bitton-23
• Button, T. C. (1888). "Furneaux and Button," in Collections relating to the families of D'Annville of Bitton, Gloucestershire, and the Le Grand alias Button of Wiltshire and Glamorganshire, p. 33. London: Bowden, Hudson & Co. Archive.org. eBook. Archive.Org
• Williams, W.R. (1898). "Sir Symon Bassett," in The Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester, p. 19. Hereford: Jakeman & Carver. Archive.org. eBook. Archive.Org
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Bitton-23 Cites

1. Scrope, G.P. (1852). History of the Manor and Ancient Barony of Castle Combe, in the County of Wilts, p. 157. Google Books.
2. Ellacombe, H.T. (1881). "Descents of Blount, Bitton and De la More," in History of the Parish of Bitton, in the County of Gloucester, 1, p. 80. H. Pollard. Google Books. see better (clearer) copy in Herald & Genealogist, IV, p. 194-195. Google Books.
3. Nichols, J.G. (1843). Descents of the Lady Barr. The Herald and Genealogist, 4, p. 43. London. Google Books. Pedigree.
4. Bitton (Glos). Ref. BCM/E/1/1. Berkeley Castle Muniments. National Archives. Web.
5. "Fo 72b. descendants of Matthew Furneaux," in Extracts from Aske's Collection, (1834). Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, I, p. 213. London: John Bowyer Nichols & Son. Archive.org. eBook.
6. Nichols (1834), calls the husband of Beatrice Furneax, "George Strode."
7. Fo. 72b, names him Hugh Strode, (p. 244).[1]
8. Bothwell, J. (2004). Edward III and the English Peerage: Royal Patronage, Social Mobility, and Political Control in Fourteenth-century England, p. 62. Boydell Press. Google Books.
9. Williams, W.R. (1898). "Sir Symon Bassett," in The Parliamentary History of the County of Gloucester, p. 19. Hereford: Jakeman & Carver. Archive.org. eBook.
10. Button, T. C. (1888). "Furneaux and Button," in Collections relating to the families of D'Annville of Bitton, Gloucestershire, and the Le Grand alias Button of Wiltshire and Glamorganshire, p. 33. London: Bowden, Hudson & Co. Archive.org. eBook.
11. Heath, C. (1806). Monmouthshire. Historical and Descriptive Accounts of the Ancient and Present State of Tintern Abbey, p. 13. Google Books.
12. Ellacombe, p. 110.[2]
13. Wikipedia: High Sheriff of Gloucestershire#14th century
14. The Publications of the Harleian Society, Volume 21, p. 206. Google Books. See Also...
15. Lewis, M. (2003, August 19). "Maud Bytton." ORTNCA. Web.[citation needed] https://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p919.htm#...