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BARONY of BASSET (of Sapcote) (I)
RALPH BASSET, son and heir, under age in 1330. In July 1369, being then aged over 40, he became, by the death of his cousin, Robert, LordColvill one of the two coheirs of the estates and Barony of thatfamily, inheriting the Castle and Honour of Bytham, co. Lincoln,Thornton Steward, co. York, &C. In consequence, doubtless, of theseacquisitions, he was summoned to Parliament 8 January 1370/1 and 6October 1372, by writs directed Radulfo Basset de Sapcote, whereby heis held to have become LORD BASSET. He fought in the French wars andwas one of the heroes of Crecy.
He married 1stly, about 1346, Sibyl, sister of Thomas ASTLEY [3rd LORD ASTLEY], and daughter of Sir Giles Astley, by Alice, 2nd daughter andcoheir of Sir Thomas DE WOLVEY. He married, 2ndly, Alice, daughter ofJohn DERBY. He died s.p.m., 17 July 1378, when the Barony fell(according to modern doctrine) into abeyance between his two daughtersand coheirs. Will, as Ralph Basset, knight, Lord of Sapcote, directinghis burial to be at Castle Bytham, dated there the Monday after theAscension I I May 1377, proved at Lincoln. His widow, who married SirRobert TUCHET, and afterwards Sir Anketine MALLORY, died a widow, 12October 1412, and was buried at Stamford, near her last husband.[Complete Peerage II:7-8, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
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