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Ralph 3Rd Baron BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir

Ralph 3Rd Baron BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir

Male Abt 1335 - 1390  (~ 55 years)

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  1. 1.  Ralph 3Rd Baron BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir was born about 1335 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England (son of Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir and Alice De AUDLEY); died on 10 May 1390 in Lichfield Cathedral, Hampshire, England (Dsp).

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    • FamilySearch ID: GFFY-MQ3
    • _UID: 6D47291E7B9F4BFCA7C302A18D572ED9544C

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    BARONY of BASSET (of Drayton) (III)

    RALPH (BASSET), LORD BASSET OF DRAYTON, grandson and heir, aged 8 in 1343, being son and heir of Ralph Basset, by Alice, daughter of Nicholas AUDLEY [LORD AUDLEY], of Heleigh, co. Stafford which last Ralph was son and heir apparent of the last Lord, and died v.p. about 1335. He had livery of his father's lands 6 June 1355. He joined the army of the Black Prince, and was at Bordeaux 8 January 1355/6. He was summoned to Parliament from 26 December 1357 to 6 December 1389 and greatly distinguished himself in the various wars with France. K.G., 1368. On 30 October 1386, at the age of 51 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy.

    He married 1stly about May 1338, Joan, daughter of Thomas BEAUCHAMP), EARL OF WARWICK, by Catherine daughter of Roger (MORTIMER), EARL OF MARCH. She died s.p. He married, 2ndly, Joan (sister of John, DUKE OF BRITTANY and COUNT OF MONTFORT in France, EARL OF RICHMOND in England), daughter of Jean DE BRETAGNE, COUNT OF MONTFORT, by Jeanne, daughter of LOUIS DE FLANDRE, COUNT OF NEVERS. He died s.p., 10 May 1390. He was buried under a " goodly monument in Lichfield Cathedral, " when the Barony became dormant,. or, possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great aunts (f). His widow obtained a grant, 23 April 1398, of the Honour of Richmond (formerly belonging to her brother) which, however was resumed by Henry IV. She died 8 November 1402, and was buried in the Abbey of Lavendon, near Olney, Bucks. [Complete Peerage II:3-6, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

    (f) The heirship of the last Lord is somewhat doubtful. As to many of the estates the heir was found to be, according to one inq., Thomas, Earl of Stafford, son of Hugh, son of Ralph, son of Margaret Basset, sister to the grandfather of the deceased; but, according to another inq., the heirs were (1) the said Earl of Stafford and (2) Alice, wife of William Chaworth, descended from Maud, a sister of the said Margaret, who m. Sir William Herriz. These findings were confirmed by another inq. (1403), on the death of Joan, widow of the last Lord Basset. It is certain that the last Lord devised all his estates to his nephew ("mon neveu"), Hugh Shirley, and the heirs male of his body, with remainder to William Stafford (brother of the Earl of Stafford), and to divers others. It is certain, also, that the Shirley family inherited, by this devise, considerable estates in the counties of Nottingham, Leicester, and Warwick (touching which Sir Ralph Shirley had a memorable dispute with the Earl of Stafford), many of which remained in the Shirley family till the death of Earl Ferrers in 1827. Isabel, the mother of Hugh Shirley, appears to have been sister of the last Lord Basset--possibly of the half blood--which, even were she his paternal sister, would at that time have precluded heirship; but inasmuch as Alice, mother of the last Lord, m. Hugh de Meinill, she might, not improbably, have been a bastard sister, and "the last Francis Townshend, Esq, Windsor Herald (1784-1819), on the authority of Robert Glover, Somerset, a most learned and skilful herald, considered the illegitimacy of Isabel Shirley to be indisputable; quoting a lineal descendant and heir, in which she is called natural sister of the last Baron, and the coat assigned to her is debruised by a baton. If the illegitimacy of Isabel be established, this dignity (the Barony of Basset) would be in abeyance between the representatives of Thomas, Earl of Stafford (who is presumed to be the present Baron Stafford), and those of the said Dame Alice Chaworth, who (upon the decease of her great-granddaughter and heir), in 1507, were (1) Joan, wife of Sir Thomas Dynham; (2) Elizabeth, wife of Anthony Babington; and (3) Anne, wife of William Mering, who dsp.

    A tabular pedigree of the coheirs of this Barony (on the supposition that Isabel Shirley was a bastard) is in Coll. Top. et Gen., vol vii, p. 257, while at p. 392 of the same volume, are given the arguments in favour of her legitimacy; which are also urged (with, perhaps still greater force) by Sir Egerton Brydges in Collins, vol iv, p. 91.

    Courthope adds this note, which shows a belief (right or wrong) in the Shirley family that the Barony of Basset had vested in them: "It may here be remarked as an instance of unaccountable negligence or ignorance, that in the Patent creating George Townshend, Lord Ferrers of Chartley and Lord Compton (heir general of the above Sir Thomas Shirley and Isabel Basset) to be Earl of Leicester in 1784, he is called Baron de Ferrers of Chartley, Baron Bourchier, Lovaine, Basset, and Compton. In 1784 it is unquestionable that the Baronies of Ferrers of Chartley and Compton were vested, jure matris, in the Hon. George Townshend, but it is confidently alleged that he was not legally possessed either of the Baronies of Bourchier, Lovaine, or Basset. As it would scarcely be imagined that titles of honour should be lightly attributed in a patent under the Great Seal, this assertion requires to be supported by facts, and the following brief account of each of the Baronies in question may be deemed satisfactory. . . ."

    Note: The patent to George Townshend in 1784 recognizes Isabel as a legitimate heir and sister of Ralph Basset, 3rd/Last Baron of Drayton.

    Ralph married Joan Of BRITTANY, Countess Of Richmond in 2ND Wife. Joan was born before 1345 in Richmond, North Riding Yorkshire, England; died on 8 Nov 1402 in Lavendon Abbey, Olney, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Ralph married Joan BEAUCHAMP about May 1338 in 1st Wife. Joan was born about 1335 in Warwick Castle, Warwick, Warwickshire, England; died in Deceased. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir was born about 1305 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335.

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    • FamilySearch ID: G6NM-K1X
    • _UID: 54F20338E26C4AFFA73CB4CC17A4692FCEE0

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    Died:
    (Dvp)

    Ralph married Alice De AUDLEY on 22 May 1334 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England. Alice (daughter of Nicholas 1St Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir and Joan MARTIN) was born about 1315 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died about 1365 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Alice De AUDLEY was born about 1315 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England (daughter of Nicholas 1St Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir and Joan MARTIN); died about 1365 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GNJB-FXH
    • _UID: 8D88A2C303EB4AA589DBB83ABE72BA29C01B

    Children:
    1. Isabel BASSET was born about 1332 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England; died on 25 Apr 1393 in Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England.
    2. 1. Ralph 3Rd Baron BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir was born about 1335 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; died on 10 May 1390 in Lichfield Cathedral, Hampshire, England (Dsp).


Generation: 3

    Children:
    1. 2. Ralph BASSET, Of Drayton, Sir was born about 1305 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England; died in 1335.

  • 6.  Nicholas 1St Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir was born on 11 Nov 1289 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England (son of Nicholas De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir and Catherine GIFFARD); died on 24 Mar 1316 in Heleigh, Audley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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    • FamilySearch ID: GFGD-FFQ
    • Name: Nicholas 1St Baron De ALDITHLEY
    • _UID: 164452600AF84A33AAD658FEF781869CFBBE

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    BARONY of AUDLEY (I)

    NICHOLAS AUDLEY or ALDITHLEY, of Heleigh, co. Stafford, brother and heir to Thomas, born 11 November 1289. He had seizin of his brother's lands, having proved his age 27 March 1313/4. He was summoned to Parliament by writs directed Nicholao de Audele, 8 January (1312/3) to 25 August (1318) whereby he may be held to have become LORD AUDLEY. He married in 1312, without license, Joan, widow of Henry, EARL OF LINCOLN, the only child that had issue of William MARTIN [LORD MARTIN], by Eleanor, widow of John DE MOHUN, of Dunster, daughter of Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS. He died in 1316, shortly before 6 December, aged 27. His widow died between February 1319/20 and 1 Aug. 1322. [Complete Peerage I:339, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

    Nicholas married Joan MARTIN in 1312 in 2ND Husband 1St Wife. Joan was born about 1291 in Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died before 1 Aug 1322 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  • 7.  Joan MARTIN was born about 1291 in Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died before 1 Aug 1322 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.

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    • FamilySearch ID: LVS9-KCK
    • _UID: C36AF5458E044B06808D07B8CCCA861A4C96

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    He [Nicholas Audley] married in 1312, without license, Joan, widow of Henry, EARL OF LINCOLN, the only child that had issue of William MARTIN [LORD MARTIN], by Eleanor, widow of John DE MOHUN, of Dunster, daughter of Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS. He died in 1316, shortly before 6 December, aged 27. His widow died between February 1319/20 and 1 Aug. 1322. [Complete Peerage I:339, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]

    Children:
    1. James 2Nd Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Kg, Sir was born on 3 Jan 1312-1313 in Kneesall, Southwell, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 1 Apr 1386 in Red Castle, Weston, Shropshire, England; was buried in Choir Of Hulton Abbey, Staffordshire, England.
    2. 3. Alice De AUDLEY was born about 1315 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died about 1365 in Drayton Bassett, Staffordshire, England.


  • Generation: 4

    1. 12.  Nicholas De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir was born before 1258 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 Aug 1299 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England.

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      • FamilySearch ID: 9CW9-19H
      • Name: Nicholas De ALDITHLEY
      • _UID: 5F53C07169224B629DFBB5DBD5FD1D3D6FD8

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      Nicholas of Aldithley or Audley, brother and heir, b. bef. 1258. On 26 Jan 1296/7, he was summoned to attend the King at Salisbury, but such summons cannot be considered as a regular writ of summons to Parliament. He m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

      Nicholas married Catherine GIFFARD on 23 Oct 1288 in Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England. Catherine (daughter of John 1St Baron GIFFARD, Of Brimpsfield, Sir and Maud De CLIFFORD) was born in 1272 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England; died after 1322 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England (As A Nun); was buried in Jan 1324 in Blakemere, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 13.  Catherine GIFFARD was born in 1272 in Brimpsfield, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England (daughter of John 1St Baron GIFFARD, Of Brimpsfield, Sir and Maud De CLIFFORD); died after 1322 in Ledbury, Herefordshire, England (As A Nun); was buried in Jan 1324 in Blakemere, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom.

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      • FamilySearch ID: 9C73-2JN
      • Name: Katherine DE GIFFARD
      • _UID: 3FDFBEA634924BA4A7A16E0230AE967DE0EB

      Notes:

      He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

      Katherine Giffard, Co-heiress of mother Maud Clifford
      d/o sir John Clifford, Knt & Maud Clifford
      b- 1272 (age 27 1299) - Brimsfield, Gloucestershire, England
      m- sir, Nicholas I Audley,Knt, d- 1299
      d- 1322 - Ledbury, Herefordshire, England


      He [Nicholas Audley] m. Catherine, daughter of John Giffard (1st Lord Giffard of Brimpsfield), by his 1st wife, Maud, widow of William Longespee, daughter and heir of Walter de Clifford. He d. 28 Aug 1299. Inq.p.m. 27 Edward I. His widow, who was b. 1272, had dower 23 Oct 1299; she was living in 1322, as a nun at Ledbury. [Complete Peerage I:338-9 XIV:50]

      Children:
      1. Hugh DE AUDLEY was born about 1287 in Heighley Castle, Madeley, Staffordshire, England; died on 22 Dec 1307.
      2. Thomas De AUDLEY, Master Of Heleigh was born on 24 Apr 1288 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died before 21 Nov 1307.
      3. Nicholas D'AUDLEY, 1st Lord Audley was born on 11 Nov 1289 in Heleigh, Staffordshire, England; died on 28 Nov 1316 in England; was buried on 14 Dec 1316 in Barnstaple, Devon, England.
      4. 6. Nicholas 1St Baron De AUDLEY, Of Heleigh, Sir was born on 11 Nov 1289 in Heleigh Castle, Audley, Staffordshire, England; died on 24 Mar 1316 in Heleigh, Audley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.

    3. Children:
      1. 7. Joan MARTIN was born about 1291 in Combe Martin, Barnstaple, Devonshire, England; died before 1 Aug 1322 in Barnstaple, Devonshire, England.