Robert Bassett, Sir, Lord Mayor of London

"Robert Bassett, Lord mayor of London, 1475-6" died "between 11 May and 27 July 1484."

Robert Bassett was a Member of Parliament for London in 1460, an Alderman of London from 1461 to 1484, Sheriff of London in 1463-4, and Lord Mayor of London in 1475-6.

He was married to Joan, who was the widow of Humfrey Hayford, who was Lord Mayor of London in 1477. She was living in March 1483 but deceased by August 1483.

There were no children with his surviving widow, Elizabeth, who was the widow of Richard Naylor. She married John Stokker third.

He had two children

1. Robert. He married Elizabeth, their son Thomas. Elizabeth survived him and married John Barrell next.
2. Elizabeth. She married William Tey.

notes

From Janet and Robert Wolfe Genealogy:

1484 Elizabeth's second husband "Robert Bassett, Lord mayor of London, 1475-6" [3] died "between 11 May and 27 July 1484." [4]

1485 A bond for £920, dated 3 June 1485, was entered in a Letter Book of the Corporation of the City of London, for the payment of a like sum "to the use of Robert, Valentine, Hugh, Thomesina, Alice, and Johanna, children of Richard Nailer, late Alderman, when they come of age or marry." Footnotes to this record in Sharpe's Calendar of the Letter Book say that Richard was of “Tower Ward, ob. 1483” and list acknowledgements of satisfaction "by Robert Bifeld, who married the above Thomesina; by Walter Robert, who married the above Alice; and Richard Coulpepyr, who married the above Johanna. Valentine recorded as having died." [5]

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• WeRelate
  • Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2005), p. 168.
  •  Cokayne, George Edward, and Vicary Gibbs; et al. The complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant [2nd ed.]. (London: St. Catherine Press, 1910-59), page 31
• girders.net Robert Bassett, d 1484. Alderman of London. Salter. Married Elizabeth; she 2 - Richard Naylor 3 - John Stokker (q.v.) 4 - George Neville, 4th Lord Abergavenny
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bobwolfe&...
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bobwolfe/gen/pn/p10289.htm
• http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenN.htm
  • Her first husband was Sir Robert Bassett (d.c.1480), a salter who was Lord Mayor of London in 1475-6. He had a house in St. Mary Colchurch.
• Alfred P Beaven, 'Chronological list of aldermen: 1400-1500', in The Aldermen of the City of London Temp. Henry III - 1912 (London, 1908), pp. 1-20 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/no-series/london-aldermen/hen3-191... [accessed 1 September 2015].
  • 1461, Mar. 9 (and sworn) (fn. 23)Robert Bassett, Salter Aldgate, 1461-84 S. 1463-4, M. 1475-6 vice Gregory M.P. London 1460; Auditor 1460-1, 1465-6, 1470-2. Died 1484.
    • 23. The knighthood ascribed to him in Vol. I. (p. 256) is erroneous.
• The Aldermen of the City of London, vol. II by the Rev. Alfred B. Beaven, Eden Fisher & Co., Ltd., London, 1913.
  • He married the widow of the 4th Lord Bergavenny, who upon his death married Sir John Stokton (Mayor 1470-1).
    • N.B. The marriage order is erroneous; Elizabeth married the 4th Lord Bergavenny 4th (after Sir John Stokton).
• MEDIEVAL MERCHANTS ETC IN (MAINLY) LONDON
  • The following names are indexed from ALDERMANIC FAMILIES Sylvia Thrupp gives very detailed sources for this information.
    • Bassett Robert Salter, s of Robt (Billericay), 2s + ? 323
    • Bassett Robert jnr s of Robert Bassett salter 323
    • Bassett Thomas s of Robert Bassett salter 323

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• (IF THIS IS THE CORRECT DATE OF BIRTH FOR THE DAUGHTER OF SIR ROBERT BASSET, THEN HER MOTHER WOULD NOT BE ELIZABETH AS HER HUSBAND RICHARD NAYLOR WAS NOT DECEASED UNTIL 1483, SIR ROBERT DIED IN 1484 SO WOULD OF BEEN ELIZABETH'S 2ND HUSBAND)
• Sir Robert Basset, Alderman, Sheriff, & Lord Mayor of London1,2,3,4,5,6
• M, #50147, b. circa 1445, d. 1484
• Sir Robert Basset, Alderman, Sheriff, & Lord Mayor of London was born circa 1445 at of London, Middlesex, England.1 He married Elizabeth circa 1470.2,4,6 Sir Robert Basset, Alderman, Sheriff, & Lord Mayor of London died in 1484.2
• Family Elizabeth
• Child
  • Elizabeth (Isabel) Basset+1,3,4,5,6 b. c 1471, d. b 1532
• Citations
• [S15] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, p. 817.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. I, p. 168-169.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 361.
• [S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. IV, p. 185.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 229-230.
• [S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. V, p. 147-148.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p1668.htm#... ____________________________
• Sir John Bassett1
• M, #662, d. between 11 May 1484 and 27 July 1484
• Last Edited=22 May 2004
• Sir John Bassett married Elizabeth (?) before 1483.1 He died between 11 May 1484 and 27 July 1484.2
• He held the office of Lord Mayor of London from 1475 to 1476.1
• Citations
• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 31. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S2] Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 7. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p67.htm#i662 _________________________
• Elizabeth Neville
• Birth: unknown
• Death: 1500, England
• Widow of Richard Naylor (died 1483), Sir Robert Basset Lord Mayor of London (died 1484), John Stokker of Eastcheap (died 1485 then second wife and widow of George Neville who died in 1492.
• Family links:
• Spouses:
• George Neville (1440 - 1492)
• Richard Naylor (____ - 1483)*
• Children:
  • Alice Naylor Roberts*
• Burial: St Martin Outwich, London, City of London, Greater London, England
• Find A Grave Memorial# 107571626
• From: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=107571626 _________________
• Testamenta vetusta: being illustrations from wills, of manners, customs, &c. as well as of the descents and possessions of many distinguished families. From the reign of Henry the Second to the accession of Queen Elizabeth; (1826)
• http://archive.org/details/testamentavetus01nicogoog
• http://archive.org/stream/testamentavetus01nicogoog#page/n64/mode/1up
• Pg. 441
• Elizabeth Nevill, Lady Bergdenne, of the parish of Chartham, in the county of Kent, widow1, April 14, 1500. My body to be buried in the Church of St. Martin Outwiche, Bishop's gate, London, in a vault in the Chapel of Our Lady there, where the body of Richard Naylor, my husband, resteth. My sons, John Naylor and Robert Naylor. I bequeath my lands in Chatham, Chilham, Perham, Sellinge, and Boughton under the Blore in Kent, to John Naylor, my son, and his heirs; with remainder to Hugh Naylor and Robert Naylor, brother to the said John, and to Thomaszine, Alize, and Joan, sisters to the said Hugh and Robert, respectively. I will that a priest be found to pray in the said Church of St. Martin for the souls of George Nevill Knight Lord Bergavenny, Richard Naylor, Robert Bassett, and John Stokker, my husbands. Proved 19th June, 1500 ______________
• ELIZABETH NEVILLE (d.1500) (maiden name unknown)
• This lady is usually referred to as Elizabeth Neville, Lady Bergavenny even though she had three other husbands prior to her marriage to George Neville, 4th baron Bergavenny (d. September 1492). Her origins are unknown. Her first husband was Sir Robert Bassett (d.c.1480), a salter who was Lord Mayor of London in 1475-6. He had a house in St. Mary Colchurch. After his death, his widow married Richard Naylor, whose will was probated in 1483. By Naylor she had at least one son, John, and was possibly also the mother of Robert Naylor. After Naylor's death, she married George Stoker or Stokker of St. George’s, Eastcheap. His will was probated in 1485. Her fourth husband, Lord Bergavenny, left her some personal items and forty marks. No doubt her marriage contract left her well provided for in the event of a fourth widowhood. In Elizabeth’s own will, written on April 14, 1500 and proved on June 19, 1500, she left her lands in Chatham, Chilham, Perham, Sellinge, and Boughton under Blore, Kent to her sons, John Naylor and Robert Naylor, but in leaving the "remainder" to Hugh, Thomasine, Alice, and Joan Naylor, she refers to Hugh and Robert as "brothers to the said John” and to the girls as "sisters to the said Hugh and Robert, respectively," confusing the issue of whether Robert was her son or stepson and implying that her second husband, Richard Naylor, had children by two previous wives before he married her. Elizabeth also specifies that she be buried with Naylor in the Church of St. Martin's Outwich, Bishopsgate, London.
• From: http://kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenN.htm ______________________
• Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition ...
• https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&printsec=frontcover&...
• Pg.241
• .... etc.
• 13. GEORGE NEVILLE, Knt., Lord Bergavenny, .... He married (2nd) before 29 Feb. 1488/9 ELIZABETH ____ , widow successively of Richard Naylor (died 1483), Citizen and merchant tailor of London, Master of the Merchant Taylors Company, 1475, Alderman of London; Robert Bassett, Knt. (died 1484), of London, salter, M.P. for London, 1460-1, Alderman of London, 1461-84, Sheriff of London, 1463-4, Lord Mayor of London, 1475-6; and John Stokker (died 1486), of St. George's, Eastcheap, London, Master of the Drapers Company, Alderman of London, 1479-85. .... etc. _____________________
• George Neville, or Nevill, 4th and de jure 2nd Baron Bergavenny (c.1440 – 20 September 1492) was an English nobleman.
• .... etc.
• He married secondly a wife named Elizabeth whose surname is unknown. She was the widow successively of Richard Naylor, Sir Robert Bassett, and John Stokker. There were no issue of his second marriage.[2][3]
• Bergavenny was a captain in the English forces at Calais in 1490, and died in 1492.[1]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Nevill,_4th_Baron_Bergavenny ________________________
• The royal lineage of our noble and gentle families. Together with their paternal ancestry .. (1887)
• http://archive.org/details/royallineageofou04fost
• http://archive.org/stream/royallineageofou04fost#page/n51/mode/1up
• Sir George Nevill, Lord Bergavenny; had livery of the lands of his father and mother, 12 Jan. (16 Edward IV.), 1476-7; one of the barons .... born at Raby Castle, co. Durham, 1440; died 20 Sept. 1492; buried at Lewes Priory, Sussex; will dated 1 July, 1491; proved 1492 (see Testamenta Vetusla, page 406); He married 1st, Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir Hugh Fenne, of Sculton Burdeleys, Norfolk, and of Braintree, Essex, treasurer of the household to Henry VI.; she died 28 Sept., 1485. His widow, Elizabeth, made her will 14 April (proved 19 June), 1500 describing herself as of Berghdenne, parish of Chartham, Kent, widow, and naming her 4 husbands; her 2nd was Richard Naylor, citizen of London, her 3rd Robert Bassett, and her last husband John Stokker, Lord Bergavenny had by his 1st wife with 3 daughters 5 sons.
  • .... etc. ______________________________________
• Patriarchy and Families of Privilege in Fifteenth-Century England By Joel Thomas Rosenthal
• http://books.google.com/books?id=Ao37VwD67rwC&pg=PA210&lpg=PA210&dq...
• Pg. 210
• .... George Neville, IV lord Abergavenny, married as his second wife, a woman who was already thrice a widow. Elizabeth Neville had been married to a Lord Mayor of London, who died around 1480, then to Richard Naylor of London, whose will was probated in 1483, then to John Stoker of St. George's Eastcheap, whose will was probated in 1486, and only then to Neville. He died in September 1492; she, in 1500. Her will, with only a few personal and family bequests, asks for burial with Naylor, in St. Martin's, Outwich, London. Thus her last marriage-- and the one that puts her among our ranks of aristocratic widows-- was clearly a fairly short one (lasting but some five to seven years), as it was childless (though Neville had had six sons and two daughters by his first marriage, to Margaret Fense, d. 1485), .... etc. ______________
• (A)bergavenny, Baron (E, 1450 - abeyant 1762)
• George [Nevill], 2nd and 4th Baron Bergavenny
• born c. 1440
• mar. (1) Margaret Fenne (d. 28 Sep 1485), dau. and hrss. of Sir Hugh Fenne, of Soulton Burdeleys, co. Norfolk, and Braintree, co. Essex, Under-Treasurer of England and Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI
• children by his first wife .... etc.
• mar. (2) as her fourth husband Elizabeth Stokker (widow of (1) Sir Robert Bassett, Lord Mayor of London, (2) Richard Naylor, of London, and (3) John Stokker, of London; d. 1500)
• died 20 Sep 1492
• suc. by son by first wife
• note .... etc.
• From: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk/online/content/abergavenny1450.ht... _______________