Family and Education
bap. 6 Jan. 1627, 1st s. of Sir Richard Basset of Beaupré by 1st w. Mary, da. of Edmund Thomas of Wenvoe. educ. G. Inn 1655. m. settlement 20 July 1665, Martha, da. and coh. of Sir Hugh Wyndham, 1st Bt., of Pilsdon, Dorset, wid. of Edward Carne of Ewenny, Glam., s.p. suc. fa. 1664; Kntd. c. 1666.G. T. Clark, Gens. of Glam. 351-2; Cat. Penrice and Margam Mss. ser. 3, pp. 156-7.
Offices Held
Commr. for militia, Glam. Mar. 1660, assessment Aug. 1660 – d., oyer and terminer, Wales 1661, dep. lt. Glam. 1665 – d., sheriff 1665–d.
Lt. R. Horse Gds. (The Blues) 1661, capt. 1664 – d.; lt. Lord Rutherford’s Ft. 1662.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Beaupré, Glam.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
BASSETT, William (1627-67)
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Oxford 1644
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