121691314. Lord Ralph Basset & 121691315. Lady Hawise ?
~1254, Ralph born in England, s/o 243382628. Ralph Basset & 243382629. Margaret de Somery.
~1260, Helewise born in England.
8/4/1265, Ralph’s father killed at the battle of Evesham.
[––Ralph & Hawise––]
By 1279, Ralph married Helewise ?.
By 1/26/1271, Ralph was passed the lands held in dower by
his mother when she remarried [Patyingham, Staffordshire; Whatton,
Leicestershire; Exton, Rutlandshire].
11/2/1271, IPM of Roger de Quency, sometime earl of
Winchester. Leicester: … Lokynton. ½ fee held by Roger Basset … (S) CIsPM.
8/19/1274 at Westminster abbey, Edward I crowned king of
England.
1277, Ralph summoned to attend King Edward I at Worcester
with horse and arms to march against Llewellyn ap Griffin, Prince of Wales.
1277,
King Edward was in Chester where he cleared a road through a dense forest, and
started construction on the castles of Flint and Rhuddlan. King Edward made
forays into the Welsh lands of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, prince of Wales, capturing
Snowdonia and the isle of Anglesey.
6/1277, King Edward was in Chester where he cleared a road
through a dense forest, and started construction on the castles of Flint and
Rhuddlan. King Edward made forays into the Welsh lands of Llywelyn ap Gruffydd,
prince of Wales, capturing Snowdonia and the isle of Anglesey.
11/11/1277, King Edward returned to London.
8/7/1278, Order to cause Roger de Mowbray, imprisoned in
that castle [Windesore] for certain trespasses …, to be delivered to Maurice de
Berkley, …, Ralph Basset, … and John de Sancto Johanne, who have mainperned to
have him before the king. (S) CCRs.
1/1/1282, Order to cause Ralph Basset of Drayton to have 4
live hinds to stock his park at Draiton of the king’s gift. (S) CCRs.
1282, Ralph summoned to provide horse and arms against the
Welsh. King Edward left for a Wales expedition and set up residence at Rhudlan
castle, Flintshire, where he held court. [Ralph served with 19 men.] (S)
English Aristocracy at War, Simpkin, 2008, P138.
12/11/1282,
King Edward’s forces defeated Llewelyn ap Gruffydd at the Battle of Radnor in
eastern Wales. King Edward received the head of Llywelyn at Rhuddlan castle.
[Aka Battle of Orewin Bridge.]
6/28/1283, Ralph Basset de Drayton summoned to Shrewsbury by
writ from Rhuddlan to the king to hold a colloquium to ordain what should be
done with David, brother of Llewellyn, formerly prince of Wales. (S) The
Titular Barony of Clavering, 1891, P16.
1283, Ralph Basset of Drayton had 6 bucks from the forest of
Cannock. (S) Royal Forests, Cox, 1905, P147.
4/6/1284, Ralph of Drayton granted a market and fair at
Colston Basset, Nottinghamshire, the same as his father’s but on Fridays
instead of Wednesdays. (S) Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales
to 1516.
7/16/1287, Protection for Ralph Basset of Drayton, going to
Wales on the King’s service. (S) CPRs.
8/15/1287, Edmund, earl of Cornwall’s force of
4,000 joined up with an army of 6,700 at Rhys ap Maredudd’s castle of Dryslwyn,
Wales, and began a siege. They built a trebuchet to attack the castle. [The
castle fell Sept. 5th; but Rhys escaped.]
5/1289-5/1290, Ralph Basset, patron of Bp Sutton. (S) Heads
of Religious Houses, Smith, 2001, P405.
6/13/1291, Protection … Ralph Basset of Drayton going to
Scotland on the king’s service. (S) CPRs. [The king was in Scotland dealing
with the succession of the crown after the death of the Maid of Norway.]
8/13/1291, Ralph, in a receipt to the King for 40 marks,
“Warden of the castle of Edinburgh”. (S) The Scottish war of independence,
Burns, 1874, P354.
10/10/1292, Ralph Basset acknowledges the receipt of £13 12s
6d for the custody of Edinburgh castle. (S) Doc.’s Illustrative of the History
of Scotland, Stevenson, 1870, P352.
5/28/1293, Appointment of Ralph Basset of Drayton to the
custody, during pleasure, of the forest of Canok. (S) CPRs.
1293, Ralph’s mother died.
3/22/1294, Petitions to the king; … people mentioned:
Reginald de Grey, Justice; …; Ralph Basset, knight; …; Roger de Swynnerton,
knight; … John de Gresley; William de Ayntre (Aintree); …; Llewelyn [ap
Gruffudd], Prince of Wales. (S) UKNA.
1294, The Gascon War began between England and France,
lasting 9 years.
1294, Ralph summoned to Portsmouth with horse and arms to
proceed to Gascony. [King Edward was involved in a long war to protect lands in
Gascony from Philip IV of France. Acutual departure stopped because of a Welsh
uprising.]
1295, Ralph in the retinue of Roger le Bigod, earl of
Norfolk, in the Welsh campaign. (S) History of Staffordshire, V8, 1887, P15.
3/5/1295, William, earl of Warwick, and his forces
defeated a large Welsh force at Maes Moydog near Montgomery.
6/23/1295, Ralph, Lord Basset of Drayton, Staffordshire
summoned to parliament by writ.
10/3/1295, Ralph ordered to be at Plimmuth with horses and
arms to accompany Edmund, brother of the king, to Gascony. Walter de Bello
Campo sent to appraise Ralph’s horses and pay him his wages. (S) CCRs.
3/30/1296, Ralph Basset in the service of King Edward at the
capture of Berwick [and then the slaughter at Dunbar.]
6/14/1296, King Edward I captured Stirling castle.
[This is when E.I. brought the ‘stone of Scone’ back to England.]
7/3/1297, IPM of Edmund the King’s
brother. … Nottingham: … Edwolton. 1/3 knight’s fee held by Ralph Basset of
Drayton, of the honour of Leicester, by homage and service of suit at the court
of Leicester, and he does his share of the mill pond of Leicester when it is
broken, which service is worth 3s. 4d. yearly. … Leicester: … Gloreston,
Stocfaston and Cravenhou. 1 fee held by Ralph Basset of Drayton … (S) CIsPM.
8/23/1297, Ralph with King Edward as he left England with
500 ships to attack France and assert his rights. Because of the refusal of
many barons, Edward only had a small contingent of knights. The army sailed for
Flanders to seek additional support.
3/29/1298, King Edward arrived back in England.
7/22/1298, Ralph at the battle of Falkirk and the defeat of
William Wallace. The initial attack by the English Marshall was stalled. When
the Bishop of Durham, leading half of the English cavalry, was slow in
attacking; Ralph, 2nd in command to the Bishop, was said to yell “To
mass Bishop!” – a call to attack. Ralph then led a charge of the calvary. This
attack routed the Scot’s calvary and started the path to victory. (S) Half
Hours of English History, Knight, 1865, P361.
12/31/1299, Ralph, of Drayton,
died; buried in the church at Drayton.
1/14/1300, Writ for IPM of Ralph Basset of Drayton. (S)
CFRs.
(S) A Genealogical
History of the Dormant, … Peerages of the British, Burke, 1866. (S) Transactions
of the Leicestershire A&A Society, V4, 1878, P27.
Children of Ralph and Hawise:
i. Margaret Basset (60845657), born 1280 in England.
ii. Ralph Bassett (15210340) born ~1282 in England.
iii. Joan Bassett, born ? in England.
Joan married William de Heriz.
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