BASSETT, Sir William (1628-93), of Claverton, nr. Bath, Som.

bap. 17 Apr. 1628, 1st s. of William Bassett of Claverton by his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Joseph Killigrew† of Lothbury, London and Landrake, Cornw. m. (1) Philadelphia, da. of James Campbell of Woodford, Essex and coh. to her bro. Sir John Campbell, 1st Bt., s.p.; (2) 28 Sept. 1685, Rachel, da. of Sir Theophilius Biddulph of Westcombe Park, Greenwich, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. 1656; Kntd. 7 July 1660. Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iii. 62; PCC 414 Berkeley; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 89.