Thomas Basset, Lord

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!received a grant of the lordship of Hedendon,co.Oxford,for services in war,and

serves as sheriff of co.Oxford,1163-64;itinerant Justice for Essex and co.Hertford 11 67-68;d.1182.

!This information was found at Sutro Library SF,The name Basset is from it's ancestor Bathet,or Baset,Duke of the Normans of Loire 895,905.He acquired Ouilly Basset and Normanville in 912,and had issue_Norman,father of Osmond, Viscount of Vernon,a bt 960,whose elder son Hugh Basset,was baron of Chateau Basset,held from the Abbey of St.Denis,{t.Hugh Capet},which barony passed by his widow to the House of Montmorency abt 990.His brother,Fulco de Alneto, was father of 1.Osmond:2.Robert D'Ouill y,ancestors of the Doyleys;3.William de Lisures,ancestor of the House of Lisores;4.Fulco or Fulcelin D'Alnet, ancestor of Dawnays.Osmond Basset came with William the Conqueror in 1066.and had issue,1.Hugh Fitz-Osmond,anestor of the family of Norma nville,and Basset of Normandy.2.Norman Sire de Montrevel{dsp}3.Anchetil Fitz-Osmond,ancestor of the Palmers.4 Ralph Fitz-Osmond,ancestor of the Lord Bassets of Drayton,etc. 5.Richard Basset,ancestor of the Bassets of Devon.6.William Basset,ancesto r of the Bassets of Essex and Wales. Another book at Sutro gives this account.
On the Roll of Battel Abbey appears the name of Basset,and in the Conqueror's Survey,Thurstan or Thurstine,a Norman,held 6 hides of land in Drayton,Co.Stafford.This Thurstine,according to Dugsdale,was Paternal ancestor of the several families bear ing the name of Basset,which rose to power and distinction very shortly after the Conquest,Ordericus Vitalis stating them to have been previously of Baronial ranking in Normandy.Thurstine de Basset,the Norman,accompanied William the Conqueror , as his Falconer,to England.

Thomas married Alice de Dunstanville 1156, Combe, , Wiltshire, England. Alice (daughter of Alan de Dunstanville) was born , of, Cornwall. [Group Sheet]

1. Philippa Basset was born , of Heddington.
2. Gilbert Basset, Baron of Hedington was born Bef 1200, of, Bicester, Oxford.
3. Alan Basset was born Bef 1200, of, Headington, Oxfordshire, England; was christened , The Surety; died Bef 02 Nov 1232.
4. Thomas Basset was born Bef 19 Jan 1200, Stratton, Oxon.

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!Probably younger brother of Ralph the Justiciar,temp.Hen.1.He was Lord of Stratton in Oxfordshire.bef.25 Dec 1109,on which date Henry 1 confirmed his gift of tithes of that church(as also the gift of Ralph Basset of the church of Ashley in Com.No rthant.).to Eynsham Abbey,Oxon.(Cartul.of Eynsham,fo 13r). He is said to have m.Edith.Dau.of Robert d'Qilli(II),by Edith Forne,his wife, (topog.& Geneal;I.p 368)Bicester,afterwards one of the chief seats of the Bassets,was one of the Doomsday Mano rs of Robert d'Qilli (I).By her he had issue.

Gilbert — Edith d'Quilli. Edith (daughter of Robert d'Quilli) was born , of, Bicester, Oxfordshire. [Group Sheet]

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!He is Osmond in the 1rst book I found in Sutro,He is Thurstan or Thurstine on the Roll of Battel Abbey appears the name of Basset,and in the Conqueror's Survey he held lands in Drayton co. Stafford.This Thurstine,a Norman,according to Dugsdale,wa s Paternal ancestor of the several families bearing the name of Basset,which rose to power and distinction shortly after the conquest.He was William's Falconer.

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