Family and Education
bap. 17 Apr. 1628, 1st s. of William Bassett of Claverton by 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Joseph Killigrew of Lothbury, London and Landrake, Cornw. m. (1) Philadelphia, da. of James Cambell of Woodford, Essex, and coh. to her bro. Sir John Cambell, 1st Bt., s.p.; (2) 28 Sept. 1685, Rachel, da. of Sir Theophilus Biddulph of Westcombe Park, Greenwich, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. 1656; Kntd. 7 July 1660.Soc. of Genealogists, Claverton par. reg.; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iii. 62; PCC 414 Berkeley; Collinson, Som. i. 148; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 89; H. H. Drake, Hundred of Blackheath, 148.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Som. Aug. 1660–80, 1689 – 90, Bath 1690; freeman, Bath 1661; capt. of militia horse, Som. 1661, maj. by 1679; j.p. Som. 1662 – d., Cornw. 1683 – 85, Bath 1684 – Oct. 1688, member, Hon. Artillery Co. 1681; commr. for recusants, Som. 1675, dep. lt. 1680 – 87, 1689–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Claverton, nr. Bath, Som.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BASSETT, Sir William (1628-93)
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Oxford 1644
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