Margaret Basset, Countess of Hereford and Essex

- 1347

• Name	Margaret Basset
  Birth	Father: Ralph of Brayton, Lord Basset Mother: Joan de Gray [1, 2]
  History	birth to death
  On 1 December 1347, she exchanged one of her dower properties with her brother-in-law the 10th earl of Hereford. [1]
  Death	After 1 Dec 1347  [2]
  Person ID, Branch	I23954
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2020

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	John de Bohun, Earl of Hereford and Essex,   b. 23 Nov 1305, Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England Pleshey Castle, Pleshey, Essex, England Very little remains of the castle save the earthworks and moat. d. 20 Jan 1335, Kirkby Thore, Westmorelandshire, Wales (Age 29 years)  [1, 2]  Other Partners: Alice FitzAlan  m. 1325
  Marriage	by 1330  [1]
  They had no children. [1, 2]
  Age at Marriage	She : ?? - He : ~ 24 years and 1 month.
  Marriage Event	19 Feb 1331
  A papal dispensation was issued at Avignon: "To the bishops of Lichfield and Coventry and London. Mandate to summon the parties to London, and hear the cause touching the marriage of John, earl of Hereford, and Margaret Bassett, who after their marriage discovered that they were related in the fourth degree, and thereupon ceased to live together." [1]
  Family ID	F8435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2020

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1875] Verity, Brad. "The Children of Elizabeth, Countess of Hereford, Daughter of Edward I of England", (Vowchurch, UK: Foundations: Journal of the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, volume 6, 2014). [S278] Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (web: http://www3.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html).