15210340. Baron Ralph Bassett & 15210341. Lady Joan de Grey
~1282 Ralph born in England, s/o 121691314. Lord Ralph Basset & 121691315. Hawise ?.
~1290, Joan born in England, d/o 5910048. Lord John de Grey & 5910049. Maud de Verdun.
12/31/1299, Ralph’s father died.
3/4/1300, Restitution to Ralph son of Ralph Basset of
Drayton, tenant in chief, notwithstanding his minority, of all his lands … in
consideration of 1,000 marks which Guy, earl of Warwick, Hugh le Despenser,
Hugh de Curtenay, Thomas de Furnivall, Andrew de Esteleye, John de Insula
Vecta, John de Grey of Retherfeld, Hugh Poyntx, Bernard de Brus and John de
Clinton, the younger, have acknowldeged themselves … (S) CPRs.
1300, Ralph, heir and Lord Basset of Drayton summoned to
parliament by writ.
11/7/1302, The King summoned the militaty tenants of the
Crown to be at Berwick-upon-Tweed on May 26th … Thomas, earl of
Lancaster, … John de Ferrers, Hugh le Despencer, … Ralph Basset of Drayton,
Theobald de Verdun, senior, Theobald de Verdun Junior, … (S) Collections for a
History of Staffordshire, V8, P25.
1/20/1306, To the sheriff of Stafford. Order to take with
him 12 knights of the county and to go in person to the land of Ralph Basset of
Drayton and the land of John de Clynton in Amynton, and to cause a perambulation
to be made between the said lands in the towns. (S) CCRs.
5/22/1306, Ralph knighted.
1/23/1307, Walter de Bello Campo acknowledges that he owes
to Ralph Basset of Drayton £10. (S) CCRs.
7/7/1307, Edward II succeeded Edward I as King of England.
6/12/1308, Grant, for a fine of 100 marks, to Ralph Basset
of Drayton of that which pertains to the king of the marriage of Margaret, late
the wife of Edmund, sometime baron of Stafford. (S) CFRs.
[––Ralph & Joan––]
By 1309, Ralph married Joan.
4/1309, Ralph Basset, of Drayton, and Joan his wife, sued
the Prior of Kenilworth respecting the Manor of Pattleshull near Patingham. (S)
Satffordshire Hist. Coll’s, V11, 1890, Plea Rolls.
11/1/1317, Commitment during pleasure to Ralph Basset of the
castle of Stafford. (S) CFRs.
7/20/1318,
Hugh son of Hugh de Audele acknowledges that he owes to Ralph Basset of
Drayton, knight, £500. (S)
CCRs.
1319,
Many barons with the earls of Lancaster and Hereford assembled at Sherborne in
Elmedon [Hampshire], swearing allegiance to the reformation of the realm.
4/25/1321, Commitment during pleasure to Ralph Basset of
Drayton of the keeping of the castle of Northampton. (S) CFRs.
10/1321,
King Edward II took to the field with a large army to oppose the lords in
revolt in the Despenser War. [King Edward II was seizing lands and giving them
to his favorites, particularly the Despencers. Leading to the eventual downfall
of King Edward II.] (S) UKNA.
3/12/1322, Order to earls, barons, knights and all others of
the county of Warwick, to be intendant to John de Somery and Ralph Basset of
Drayton, whom the king has appointed to take into the king's hand the castle of
Kenilworth, late of Thomas, earl of Lancaster. (S) CFRs. [Ralph was appointed
to the castle and honour of Tutebury, but turned those over to Roger Beler.]
3/16/1322,
Battle of Boroughbridge in Yorkshire. Thomas, Earl of Lancaster and the Marcher
Lords, against King Edward II and the Dispensers. The rebel forces of about 700
knights and men-at-arms, against about 4,000 in in the royal forces. An
effective use of longbow against calvary. [Rebeling barons lost and retreated
to Tutbury castle.]
12/20/1322,
Brother Thomas Larchier, prior of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem in
England, acknowledges that he owes to Ralph Basset of Drayton 1,000 marks. (S)
CCRs.
8/1324, King Edward began the War of Saint-Sardos
with his brother-in-law King Charles of France, who had invaded Aquitaine.
8/26/1323, Roger de Grey staying in Gascony with the
seneschal, Ralph Basset of Drayton. (S) CPRs.
10/1/1324, Order to … to be sent to Bayonne … to make the
payments or liveries … by the advice of Edmund, earl of Kent, the king's
brother, and Ralph Basset of Drayton, seneschal of the said duchy [Gascony].
(S) CFRs.
12/15/1325, Commitment during pleasure to Ralph Basset of
Drayton of the castle of Dover and the Cinque Ports. (S) CFRs.
2/12/1326, Ralph Constable of Dover castle and warden of the
Cinque Ports. (S) CFRs.
1/24/1327, Edward III, age 14, succeeded Edward II as King
of England. [1/20/1327, Edward II abdicated.]
11/10/1329, Matilda, late the wife of Robert de Holand, and
Ralph Basset of Drayton acknowledge that they owe to the said Mary de Seint
Pol, countess of Pembroke, £1,000 [acquisition of the castle of
Thorp Watervill] (S) CCRs.
9/28/1330, … the moiety of 4 messuages in Tamworth … Ralph
Basset of Drayton, tenant of the other moiety by service of coal and litter for
the king's chamber for one night when the king chase in the hay of Hopewas and
he in the astle of Tamworth. (S) CFRs.
1/20/1333 parliament at York, The petitions should be
delivered to … for England, … for Gascony … It was also agreed that … Sir Hugh de
Courtenay, Sir William la Zouche of Ashby, barons; Sir Henry le Scrope, Sir
John of Stonor, Sir William of Denum, and Sir Richard of Aldborough, justices,
should try and determine the petitions for England … Sir Ralph Basset of
Drayton, Sir Richard de Grey, barons; Sir Thomas Bacon and Sir Geoffrey of
Edenham, justices, should try and determine the petitions from Gascony, Ireland,
Wales, and the Channel Islands … (S) Parliament Rolls, 2005.
3/28/1332, Commission of oyer and terminer to Ralph Basset
of Drayton, … on complaint by Roger de Grey that, … and other having been
outlawed … fled … he ciming thither in person, would have arrested, … the said
John and other outlaws … with a great mob of armed men … besieged his lodgings
at Northampton by night … (S) CPRs.
3/2/1334, Richard de Grey of Codenoure acknowledges that he
owes to Ralph Basset of Drayton 800 marks. (S) CCRs.
10/1/1334, …
Ralph Basset of Drayton, John de Cherleton, John de Stoner, William de
Shareshull … justices to inquire … counties of Berks and Oxford … (S) CPRs.
10/3/1336, Order to him to … by advice and testimony of
William de Clinton, Ralph Basset of Drayton, Richard Talebot and Geoffrey de
Say, admiral of the fleet of ships. (S) CFRs.
1339, A fine between Ralph Basset of Drayton Bassett, Ralph
son of Ralph, son of the first Ralph, and Joan his wife, daughter of Thomas de
Bello Campo, earl of Warwick, and Simon Pakeman as guardian of the young Ralph,
on the one side; and William Herle and … on the other, … [Buckingham] (S) CCRs.
1/11/1341, William de Lee, lord of Yolvertoft, acknowledges
that he owes to Ralph Basset of Drayton, £20. (S) CCRs.
2/25/1343, Ralph died.
2/26/1343, Writ for IPM of Ralph Basset of Drayton in the
counties of Nottingham and Derby. (S) CFRs.
[––Joan––]
4/5/1343, Order to deliver to Joan late the wife of Ralph
Basset of Drayton the manor of Bukkeby, to hold in dower. (S) CCRs.
12/28/1343, Joan late the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton
has besought the king to provide a remedy, as she seeks in the king's court
against Richard de Stafford … (S) CCRs.
1/13/1344, Order to deliver to Joan late the wife of Ralph
Basset of Drayton, tenant in chief, the knights' fees of those which belonged
to Ralph, which the king has assigned to her to hold in dower. (S) CCRs.
9/12/1344, Joan late the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton … against
John Larcher … co. Rutland … as her dower from Ralph her late husband, and John
in pleading before the justices called to warranty Ralph son of Ralph son of
Ralph Basset of Drayton, kinsman and heir (grandson) of Ralph Basset of
Drayton, whose person and lands are in the ward of Thomas de Bello Campo earl
of Warwick … (S) CCRs.
5/2/1345, Joan late the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton has
besought the king to provide a remedy, as she seeks in the king's court against
Hugh Meignel and Alesia his wife … in Colston Basset, co. Nottingham, as her
dower … (S) CCRs.
1346, Joan, widow of Ralph Basset of Drayton, states that
Hugh de Meygnill has maliciously purchased an oyer et terminer against her and
her servants. (S) UKNA.
6/1349, The Plague reached Dorset, and had spread across
England by the end of 1349.
2/7/1351, Joan late the wife of Ralph Basset of Drayton has
besought the king to provide a remedy, as she seeks in the king's court against
Thomas de Bello Campo, earl of Warwick … (S) CCRs.
3/1353, Joan died. (S) UKNA.
4/1/1353, IPM of Joan, late the wife of Ralph Basset of
Drayton, the elder. Nottingham: Radclif. A fourth part of the manor … She died
on Saturday the eve of Palm Sunday, 27 Edward III. Buckingham: Wardyngton. The
hamlet … Northampton: Multon. The manor … she was enfeoffed jointly with Ralph
her husband [by fine of 1339] … to hold to the said Ralph and Joan for their
lives, with remainder to Ralph (III) son of Ralph (II), son of Ralph Basset (I),
and Joan de Bello Campo, daughter of the earl of Warwick, now wife of the said
Ralph son of Ralph, and the heirs of the bodies of the said Ralph and Joan … Buckeby.
She died seised of the manor in dower, of the inheritance of Ralph (III) son of
Ralph, son of Ralph Basset … Ralph son of Ralph, son of Ralph Basset (III,b.11/30/1334),
aged 16 years and more, is her heir. (S) CIsPM.
Child of Ralph and Joan:
i. Ralph Basset (7605170),
born ~1310 in England.
ii. John Basset, born
~1312 in England.
11/15/1323,
IPM of John de Grey (5910048, father of John’s mother Joan). … Huntingdon: Toulesland.
The manor … with successive remainders to Roger his son and the heirs of his
body, and to John son of Ralph Basset of Drayton and the heirs … Bedford: …
Harewolde. The manor … successive remainders to the said Roger, to John son of
Ralph Basset of Draytone, and to Ralph his brother … (S) CIsPM.
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