BASSETT, William (1602-56), of Claverton, Som. and Uley, Glos.

Family and Education

b. 1602, 1st s. of William Bassett of Uley, Glos. and a da. of Rees Davies of Backwell, Som.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 207n; Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. P. Fenwick, W.C. Metcalfe (1884), 11; PROB11/122/229; Sales of Wards ed. Hawkins, 84. educ. adm. L. Inn 1622.LI Admiss. i. 190. m. (1) 30 Jan. 1627, Mary (d. 13 May 1628), da. of Moses Tryon of Harringworth, Northants. 1s. d.s.p. ;St Olave Old Jewry, London par. reg.; Claverton, Som. Bap. Index 1628; Som. RO, DD/SK/1/3/1; Collinson, Som. i. 148. (2) 18 Feb. 1630 (settlement 20 Jan. 1630), Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Joseph Killigrew† of Low Ham, Som. 3s. 1da.Dwelly’s Par. Recs. ed. E. Dwelly (Herne Bay, 1913-26), i. 477; Cal. of…the Muniment Room at Sherborne House (1900), 191-2; Som. RO, DD/PH/59: indenture, 20 Jan. 1636; PROB11/260/114. suc. fa. 1613.Sales of Wards ed. Hawkins, 84. d. bef. 15 Oct. 1656.PROB11/260/114.

Offices Held

Local: treas. hosps. eastern division, Som. 1630–1.QS Recs. Som., Charles I, 127, 156. J.p. Som. 1631-aft. 1643.Coventry Docquets, 66; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xx. Sheriff, 1636.Coventry Docquets, 368; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. oyer and terminer, 20 July 1640;C181/5, f. 183v. sewers, 13 July 1641;C181/5, f. 205. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

: Som. and Glos., Uley.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Will

14 Dec. 1655, pr. 15 Oct. 1656.PROB11/260/114.

Estates

inherited manor of Claverton, Som.; sold manors of Somerton and Netherham, Som. 1630; bought manor of Huntsill, Som. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 598, 686. transferred lands to feoffees, 1655;Som. RO, DD/SK/1/2/4. died heavily in debt.

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

Religion