lO BASSET (of Weldon) Hed. i293-( shortly before 28 Dec. 129 !.(") His widow was living 23 May BARONY 2. Richard Basset, of Great Weldon, fffc., s. and h. BY WRIT. He was a minor at his father's death. He did homage , and had livery of his inheritance, i July I295.() He ^ 99- ^as sum. to attend the King at Salisbury,('^) 26 Jan. (1296/7) 25 Edw. I, and was sum. to Pari. 6 Feb. (1298/9) 27 Edw. I, by writs directed Ricardo Basset de Weledon. By the latter of these writs he is held to have become LORD BASSET, but none of his descendants were ever sum. to Pari, in respect of this Barony.(') He m. Joan, da. of Roger DE HuNTiNGFELD, of Huntingfield, Suffolk, and of Frampton and Southorpe, CO. Lincoln, i^c, by Joyce, da. of John Engaine, of Laxton and Blatherwick, Northants, ^c. He was taken prisoner at the battle of BannockburnjO 24 June, and d. shortly afterwards, before 18 Aug. 13 14. 3. Ralph Basset, of Great Weldon, £?'c., s. and h.,(^) b. i-j Aug. 1300, at Huntingfield, and bap. in the church there. On 8 Oct. 13 14, the custody of his father's lands together with his marriage was obtained by Richard de Grey (of Codnor) for a fine of ;^8oo.C') Having proved hunt in Cornbury (Ch. Inq.p. m., Edw. I, file 46, no. 11). He left 6 children, (i) John, who d. s.p. shortly before 16 Nov. 1309 {Idem, Edw. II, file 14, no. 25). (2) Henry, aged 30 at his brother's death, who d. s.p. (3) Cicely, wife of Nicholas I'Archer, of Stoke Archer (Stoke Orchard), co. Gloucester. (4) Alianore, wife of Ralph Basset. (5 and 6) Elizabeth and Joan, who d. s.p. Geoffrey I'Archer, s. of Edmund, s. of Cicely afsd., and Ralph Basset, grandson of Alianore afsd. (and sub- sequently Ralph, his s.), sued one John Wyard for the manor of Stanton Harcourt. {De Banco, Mich., lO Edw. Ill, ?n. 357, Mich., 22 Edw. Ill, m. 52). if) Writ of diem cl. ext. 28 Dec. {Fine Roll, 20 Edw. I, m. 16). There is no Inq. p. m. extant. (b) Close Roll, 21 Edw. I, m. 8d. Pursuant to an order, 6 Feb. 129 1/2, she had assignment of dower, viz., the manor of Madeley, and lands in Weston, Welham, yc. {Idem, 20 Edw. I, m. 9, r. and d.). (<=) Close Roll, 23 Edw. I, w. 9: Escheators' Files, I, file 8, no. 81. (**) Concerning the validity of a writ of this date as a regular writ of summons to Pari., see Preface. V.G. (*) As to how far these early writs of summons did in fact create any peerage title, see Appendix A in the last volume. V.G. (^ H. Knighton, Chron., vol. i, p. 140. Writ of diem cl. ext. 18 Aug. {Fine Roll, 8 Edw. II, m. 24). There is no Inq. p. m. extant. (e) In a suit {Coram Rege, Mich., 9 Edw. II, m. b^-d) it is stated that Richard de Grey then had the custody of the manor of Madeley, by reason of the minority of the heir of Richard Basset — "ratione minoris etatis heredis Ricardi Basset in manu Regis tunc existentis." In the Extracts from the Plea Rolls {Staffordshire Collections, vol. X, p. 20), the words "the heir of" are unfortunately omitted, an omission which, if unnoticed here, might lead to some doubt as to the accuracy of the text above. C") And if Ralph should die before he reached his age and was married, then
