19989518.
Lord John Bisset & 19989519. Alice Basset
~1203, Alice
born in England, d/o 39979038. Thomas
Basset & 39979039. Philippa Malbank.
~1205, John Byset
born in England, s/o 39979036. Henry
Biset & 60838001. Iseult Pantulf.
1208, John’s
father died.
10/19/1216,
Henry III, age 9, succeeded John as King of England. Louis of France also
claimed the throne.
[––Alice
& William––]
Alice 1st
married to William Malet of Currey Mallet, Somerset. [No children. William s/o
Gilbert Malet & Alice Picot.]
1220-1, Hugh
de Vivon' to Hubert de Burgh, justiciar: he wishes to prolong his stay in
England; requests that H. Chacepore, his nephew, should have the daughter of
Thomas Basset who is the widow of William Malet. (s) UKNA.
By 1220,
William died; Alice received Deddington for her dower. (S) Oxford Hist.
Society, V24, 1893, P9. [She also received Dullingham, Cambridgeshire.]
10/1220, The
Bishop complained to the sheriff that Alice Malet had entered part of her late
father’s estate by fraud, without pledges for relief. (S) Peter des Roches,
Vincent, 2002, P202.
[––John
& Alice––]
By 1223,
John married Alice. (S) Hist. of Cambridge and Isle of Ely, V6, 1978,
Dullingham.
1227,
Agreement between John Biset and the abbot of Glastonbury concerning Rockbourne
and Damerham. (S) Wiltshire Arch. & NH Mag., V51, 1947, P141.
10/15/1229,
Wiltshire. John Biset a pledge of £20 for Thomas, son and heir of the earl of
Warwick. (S) FRsHIII.
1236, John
holding the manor of Dullingham, acquired by marriage to Alice. (S) Hist. of
Cambridge and Isle of Ely, V6, 1978, Dullingham.
3/4/1238,
John granted a fair at Kidderminster, Worcestershire. (S) Gaz. of Markets and
Fairs.
5/22/1238,
Mandate … the forests on this side of Trent … which forests the king has
committed to John Byset during pleasure, … (S) CPRs.
1238 John
Biset, Justice of the southern forests, reported to Henry III that there were
'manifest evil-doers in the forests of Chippenham, Melksham and Braydon', who
had hamstrung one of the royal foresters, badly wounded another. (S) The Royal
Forests of England, Grant, 1991, P89.
3/3/1239,
Hampshire. John Biset has made fine by £150 for having custody of the
land and heirs of William Spileman until the lawful age of the same heirs, together
with their marriage. (S) FRsHIII.
1239, John
Biset appointed justice of the forest citra Trentam. (S) The English Historical
Review, V18, 1903, P113.
4/3/1241,
The king has granted to John Biset that he may render those £50 … for having
the custody of the land and heir of William Spileman. (S) FRsHIII.
7/16/1241,
The king has granted to John Biset that, notwithstanding that he has not
observed his terms, he may render the £20 which he owes him at 2 terms. (S)
FRsHIII.
1241, John,
Chief forester of England, died; buried in Maiden Bradley priory, Wiltshire.
(S) FRsHIII.
10/31/1241, To
the sheriff of Wiltshire. Order that, having accepted security from the
executors of the testament of John Biset … £26 11s. 1d. for the debts of Thomas
Basset, … executors to have full administration of all property and chattels …
(S) FRsHIII.
[––Alice––]
11/2/1241,
The king has assigned the manor of Burgate, with the hundred …, and the manor
of Shamblehurst … in Hampshire, and the manor of Wiggold … in Gloucestershire,
to Richard de Redvers and Margaret, his wife, first-born daughter and one of
the heirs of John Biset, in the portion which falls to her of 2/3rds of the
inheritance formerly of the aforesaid John, the third part of which Alice, who
was John’s wife , holds in dower. (S) FRsHIII.
1241-45, Henry, earl of Warick, and Philippa his wife, and
Reginald de Valletort, and Joan his wife, and Dame Alice Basset, the heirs of
Thomas Basset, mentioning Philippa Maubane, relect of the said Thomas Basset, …
(S) Rpt. of Royal Comm. On Hist. Manu’s, Iss9, 1883, P404.
1/4/1242, Appointment
of John de Plessetis to the custody of 2 parts of the lands late of John Byset
and of Ela and Isabel, 2 of his daughters and heris, saving to Alice late his
wife her dower therein, to hold to him or his assign during the minority of the
said Ela and Isabel, with their marriage. (S) CPRs.
1249, Alice
reached agreement with William Malet’s grandson, William de Forz, regarding her
dower rights in Woodmansterne, Surrey.
Alice died.
Family
notes:
·
12/9/1241, The king has granted to John de
Plessetis (19989516) the custody of the lands and of Eleanor and Isabella,
daughters and heiresses of John Biset, together with their marriage, the
custody and marriage of one of whom the king granted to him of his gift and the
custody and marriage of the other for the 100m.
(S) FRsHIII.
·
1243, Letters of indulgence of Robert [de
Bingham ], Bishop of Salisbury, releasing from 13 days penance all persons who
should visit the church of the hospital of [ Maiden ] Bradley and pray of the
souls of John Byset and his ancestors, the founders. (S) UKNA.
Child
of John and Alice:
i. Margaret Biset, born ? in England.
Margaret
married John de Riveris.
ii. Eleanor Biset, born ? in England.
Elaeanor
married John Wootton.
iii. Isabel Biset (9994759), born ~1240 in England.
