BASSET (of Drayton) He d. 4 Aug. 1265, being slain at the battle of Evesham fighting against the King, who, however, continued the estates to his widow and son, as her father had fought for the King at Evesham. His widow (") w., before 26 Jan. 1270/1, as 2nd wife, Ralph de Cromwell, of Cromwell, Notts, and West Hallam, co. Derby, who d. shortly before 18 Sep. 1289. She took the veil shortly before 18 June I293.() BARONY I. Ralph Basset, s. and h. of the above, served in the BY WRIT. French and Scottish wars. He sue. his father 4 Aug. 1265. J He held lands of Ralph Basset of W^eldon 1284/5; ^e was "■^' sum. to attend the King at Shrewsbury, 28 June (1283) II Edw. !,('=) and was sum. to Pari. 23 June (1295) 23 Edw. I to 10 Apr. (1299) 27 Edw. I, by writs directed Radulfo Basset de Drayton^ whereby he is held to have become LORD BASSET OF DRAYTON. C^) Hem. Hawise. (") He d. 31 Dec. 1299, and was bur. at Drayton. II. 1299. 2. Ralph (Basset), Lord Basset of Drayton, s. and h. On 14 Mar. 12 99/ 1300, though still a minor, he had livery of all his lands, and licence to marry whom he would. From 29 Dec. (1299) 28 Edw. I to 25 Feb. (1342) 16 Edw. Ill, he was sum. to Pari. Q He received knighthood with the Prince of Wales, 22 May 1306. He was a Banneret in 1341. He was subsequently Steward of the Duchy of Aquitaine, and distinguished himself by his proud defiance of the King of France. He was Constable of Dover Castle, Warden of the Cinque Ports, Mar. to Sep. 1326; Seneschal of Gascony Gfc. He m. (settl. («) 27 Mar. 1304) Joan, da. of John de Grey, [Lord (") She has been wrongly identified, by Dugdale and others, with Margaret, widow of Urian de St. Pierre, who ;«., in 1295, Ralph Basset of Sapcote. [ex inform. G.W.W.). V.G. C') On which date Ralph Basset of Drayton did homage for, and had livery of, all the lands which Margaret Basset of Drayton had held of the King in chief, and whereof she had enfeoffed him before she took the habit of religion. {Close Roll, 21 Edw. I, m. 7). These lands were in Drayton Basset, Colston Basset, Pattingham, ^c, and her deed of enfeoffment, in free widowhood, was dated " die Jovis proximo post festum sancti Cedde Episcopi " 21 Edw. I [5 Mar. 1292/3]. {De Banco, Easter, 14 Ric. II, m. 441, no. iv r.). {ex inform. G. W. Watson). V.G. (f) As to this supposed Pari, see Preface. (^) Basset of Drayton bore for arms, Gold with 3 piles gules and a quarter ermine, [ex inform. Oswald Barron). J. H. Round adds that Sir Roger Basset {temp. Edw. I) differenced this coat by bearing the piles sable instead of gules, in which form it was adopted by his grandson, Sir Hugh Wrottesley, K.G., and has been the Wrottesley coat ever since. V.G. (') It appears from the Patent Roll, 11 Edw. Ill, pars 2, m. 30, that the mother of the Ralph Basset of Drayton who d. 1342/3 was named Helewise or Hawise. {ex inform. G. W. Watson). V.G. (') There is proof in the Rolls of Pari, of his sitting. (6) By charter dated "apud Ruthin die veneris proximo post festum Annuncia-
