Ralph Basset, 2nd Baron Basset of Drayton^{[1, 2]}

Aft 1278 - 1342  (~ 63 years)

• Name	Ralph Basset
  Suffix	2nd Baron Basset of Drayton
  Birth	Aft 1278
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Feb 1342
  Notes	http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal? http://www.thepeerage.com/p10695.htm#i106947 Sir Ralph Basset, 2nd Lord Basset of Drayton was born after 1278.«sup»1«/sup» He was the son of «u»Ralph Basset, 1st Lord Basset of Drayton «/u» and «u»Hawise (?) «/u».«sup»1«/sup» He and «u»Joan de Grey «/u» obtained a marriage license on 27 March 1304.«sup»1«/sup» He died on 25 February 1342/43.«sup»1«/sup» Sir Ralph Basset, 2nd Lord Basset of Drayton succeeded to the title of «i»2nd Lord Basset of Drayton [E., 1295]«/i» on 31 December 1299.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Knight on 22 May 1306.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Constable of Dover Castle between March 1326 and September 1326.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Warden of the Cinque Ports between March 1326 and September 1326.«sup»1«/sup» He distinguished himself with his proud defiance of the King of France.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Seneschal of Gascony.«sup»1«/sup» He held the office of Steward of the Duchy of Aquitaine.«sup»1«/sup» He was invested as a Knight Banneret in 1341.«sup»1 «/sup»G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, «i»The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed.«/i», 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 2. Hereinafter cited as «i»The Complete Peerage«/i». 2. Cokayne, and others, «i»The Complete Peerage«/i», volume II, page 3. 3. Alison Weir, «i»Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy«/i» (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 84. Hereinafter cited as «i»Britain's Royal Family«/i».
  Person ID	I14395	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2009

  
  

  Family	Joan de Grey, Baroness Bassett,   b. Abt 1283, Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales d. Bef 5 Apr 1353 (Age ~ 70 years)
  Marriage	27 Mar 1304
  Children	1. Margaret Basset, Cuontess Hereford and Essex   d. Aft 1347
  Family ID	F6862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Feb 2009

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett). [S27] http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/.