BASSETT, Sir William (1493-1553), of Blore, Staffs. and Meynell Langley, Derbys.

Family and Education

b. 25 July 1493, s. of William Bassett of Blore by Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Meverel of Throwley, Staffs. m. (1) Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Cokayne of Ashbourne, Derbys., 3s. 2da.; (2) Isabel, poss. da. of one Cotton, (3) Ellen or Eleanor, da. of Richard Littleton of Pillaton, Staffs., wid. of one Cotes. suc. fa. 3 Apr. 1506. Kntd. 1970.Date of birth given at fa.’s i.p.m., CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 198. Wm. Salt. Arch. Soc. iii(2), 45-46, 109; Vis. Staffs. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 19-20; The Gen. vii. 70; J. C. Cox, Derbys. Churches, ii. 385; Shaw, Staffs. ii. 13; C1/936/10-12, 937/16, 1406/25.

Offices Held

J.p. Staffs. 1520 – d., Derbys. 1547 – d.; commr. subsidy, Staffs. 1524, tenths of spiritualities, Derbys. 1535, musters Staffs. 1539, benevolence Derbys. 1544/45, array Derbys. 1546, relief Derbys., Staffs. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities Derbys. 1553; knight of the body by 1533; sheriff, Notts. and Derbys. 1539 – 40, Staffs. 1542 – 43, 1551–2.LP Hen. VIII, ii-v, viii, xi, xiii-xvi, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 82, 89; 1550–3, p. 395; 1553, pp. 352, 357, 362, 417; 1553–4, p.18; HMC Shrewsbury and Talbot, ii. 13.

Parlimentarian

BASSETT, Sir William (1493-1553), of Blore, Staffs. and Meynell Langley, Derbys.

Main residences: Blore, Staffs.; Meynell Langley, Derbys.

Author

C.J.B.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

BASSETT, Sir William (1493-1553)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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