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Alan de Basset, I

Birthdate:
Death: 1233 (57-66)
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Son of William de Basset and Cecilia de Dunstanville
Husband of Lucia Basset
Father of Alan Bassett, II
Brother of Sir Simon Basset, of Sapcote; Agnes Basset; Ralph Basset and Sara Basset

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About Alan de Basset, I

  • Tehidy Country Park is located on the west coast of Cornwall, England, UK, about 2 miles north of Camborne, 2 miles west of Redruth, and about 1 mile south of the small harbour of Portreath. It was once part of an ancient manor owned by the Basset family which later gained much wealth from local tin mining.
  • .... etc.
  • The Heraldic Visitations of Devon gives the Basset lineage thus:[3]
  • William I Basset of Ippesden, Oxfordshire, was the son of John I Basset of Ippesden.[4] He married Cecilia de Dunstanville[5] and obtained Tehidy Manor c. 1150[6]
  • Alan I Basset (son), married Lucia Peverell, from whom he inherited the Devon manor of Whitechapel[7]
  • Alan II Basset, (son) married the daughter of Sir Andrew Haccombe.[8]
  • Sir Lawrence Basset, (son) married Hawisia Mallet, daughter of Sir Ralph Mallet.[9]
  • William II Basset (d.1304) (son) of Tehidy, married Alice Wallis, daughter of Sir John Wallis.[10]
  • Sir William III Basset (1300–1340) (son). Sheriff of Cornwall 1312, 1332 and 1334.[11] On 23 July 1330 a licence to crenellate Tehidy was granted by the king to Willielmus Basset.[12][13] He married Johanna de Bottreaux, daughter of Sir William de Bottreaux.[14]
  • Sir William IV Basset (d.1384) (son), married Margaret Fleming, daughter of Sir Simon Fleming.[15]
  • John II Basset (1374–1463) of Tehidy, (son), Sheriff of Cornwall 1449, married Johanna Beaumont, daughter of Sir Thomas Beaumont and heiress of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon in Devon.
  • Sir John III Basset (1441–1485) (son) of Tehidy, married Elizabeth Budockshyde, daughter of Thomas Budockshyde.[16]
  • Sir John Bassett (1462–1529) (son) of Umberleigh, Sheriff of Devon 1524.[17]
  • John Basset (1520–1542) (eldest son)
  • Sir Arthur Basset (d.1586) (son) of Umberleigh. He gave the manor of Tehidy to his uncle George Basset (d.1580), MP for Bossiney[18]
  • Sir Robert Basset (d.1641) (son) of Umberleigh
  • Arthur Basset (1598–1673) (son)
  • John Basset (1630–1660) (son) of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon
  • John Basset (1653–1686) (son), of Umberleigh
  • John Basset (d.1721) (son) of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon
  • John Basset (1714–1758) (son)
  • Col. Francis Basset (c.1740–1802) of Heanton Court. Last in the male line. The name and arms of Basset and the family estates were adopted and inherited by the descendants of his sister Eleanor's husband John Davie of Orleigh.
  • .... etc.
  • From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tehidy ______________
  • The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising ..., Volume 1, Pages 1-452 edited by John Lambrick Vivian
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=GmqlIibS95IC&pg=PA721&lpg=PA721&d...
  • Pg.45
    • BASSET OF UMBERLEIGH.
  • Thurstan Basset, came over with the Conqueror. = ; ch: Sir Ralph (m. Alice _ ) Basset
    • Sir Ralph Basset, Chief Justice of England, temp. Hen. I. = Alice, da. of ... ; ch: George (m. Alice Dunstanville), Osmond (m. Basilia wid. of Lucet de Brai) Basset
      • Gilbert Basset, 2 son. = Alice, da. of ... de Dunstanville.
      • Osmond Bassete of Ippesden and Stoke Basset, co. Oxford, temp. Hen I, Rot. Chart. 9 John M. 3. = Basilia, widow of Luvet de Brai, Cor. Reg. 6 Rich. I, No. 12. ; ch: John Basset.
        • John Basset of Ippesden, temp. Hen. II, Rot. Chart. 9 John M. 3. = ; ch: William (m. Cecilia Dunstanville) Basset
          • (2)William Basset of Ippesden, recovered seizin in Trevalga from Alan de Dunstanville, Assize Roll 5 Hen. III, 12. This descent from Osmond is given in the proceedings Cor. Reg. 6 Rich. I, No. 12. = Cecilia, da. of Alan de Dunstanville, King John confirmed to William Basset and his heirs of the body of Cecilia, the lands "which Alan de Dunstanville, father of Cecilia, gave him on his marriage as the deed of Alan testifies." Rot. Chart. 9 John, M.3. ; ch: (3)Richard, Alan (m. Lucia Peverell), Gilbert Basset
            • Gilbert Basset, Ped. fin, 20 Hen. III, No. 2. William de Englefield qu., Gilbert Basset dev., services, &c., claimed by William for lands in Tehidy, Roskadeck. and Penwith, co. Cornwall, and Babington, co. Sussex.
            • Alan Basset, had Whitechapel, co. Devon, with his wife and inherited Tehidy and Trevalga from his father. Ped. fin. 20 Hen. III, No. 6, William de Englefield (alias Dunstanville) qu., Alan Basset def., services, &c., claimed by William for lands in Tehidy, Roskadeck, and Penwith, co. Cornwall, and Babington, co. Sussex. Ped. Fin. 24 Hen. III, No. 46, William de Englefield qu. Alan Basset def. in Tehidy and other lands which were the inheritance of Walter de Dunstanville, and all the lands which were those of Isabell who was wife of Alan de Dunstanville in marriage gift. = Lucia, da. of Sir Hugh Peverell, Kt., and sister of Sir William Peverell of Sampford Peverell. ; ch: Alan (m. . . . Haccombe) Basset
              • Alan Basset, Ped. fin. 47 Hen. III, No. 3, Cornw., Alan Basset, jun. qu., Alan Basset, sen., def., Trevalga was settled upon him and his heirs for ever. = . . . , da. of Sir Andrew Haccombe, Kt. ; ch: Sir Lawrence (m. Hawisia Mallet) Basset
              • Sir Lawrence Basset, held Whitechapel 24 Edward I. = Hawisia, da. of Sir Ralph Mallet, Kt. (Rot. Orig. 10 Edward II, Roll 18). ; ch: A
    • (1) .... etc.
    • (2) William Basset called upon to defend his title against Emma de Perci, said that one knight's fee in Corston and one in Acleia, descended to him as son and heir of John Basset, son and heir of Osmont Basset, to whom King Hen. I give them as a reward to services. Emma de Perci said that the king did not give them, but that Lucet de Brai gave them to Basilia his wife in marriage gift, and she afterwards mar. Osmond Basset, who thus took the lands. Cor. Reg. 6 Rich. I, No. 12. Also called upon to defend his title to lands in Ippesden, co. Oxford and elsewhere, William Basset said that Brian, son of the Earl, gave them to Osmond his grandfather, which grant was confirmed by King Henry II. Rot. Chart., 9 John, M. 3. This descent is repeatedly given in pleas Cor. Reg. temp. Hen. III.
    • (3) The king commanded Rob. de Cardinan "Viscomes Cornubiae," to deliver to Alan de Dunstanville all the lands of William Basset in Cornwall, notwithstanding previous letters giving them to Richard, son of William. Rot. Litt. Claus., 18 John M.3.
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1171
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Tehidy, Cornwall, England
1233
1233
Age 62