Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton

1335 - 1390  (55 years)

• Name	Ralph Basset
  Birth	1335	Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England   [2, 4]
  He was 8 years old in 1343. [2]
  General Information	He was the 4th Lord Basset of Drayton. According to Burke (1866) This nobleman was distinguished in arms during the reigns of Edward III and Richard II, and was honored with the Garter, in consequence of which his achievement is still to be seen in one of the stalls of the chapel at Windsor.  [1]
  Title(s)	25 Feb 1342/43 (8 years)  [4]
  On 25 February 1342/43 he succeeded as the 4th Lord Basset of Drayton.
  Military	8 Jan 1355/56 (21 years)  [2, 4]
  He was in the Army of the Black Prince at Bordeaux on 8 January 1355/56.
  Land/House	6 Jun 1355/56 (21 years)	Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England   [2]
  On 6 June 1355/56 he received livery of his grand-father's lands in Drayton Basset, England.
  Offices Held	25 Dec 1357 (22 years)  [1, 2]
  On 25 December 1357 he was summoned to parliament. That parliament dissolved on 6 December 1389.
  Knighted	1368 (33 years)  [2, 4]
  He was knighted a Knight of the Garter in 1368.
  Legal	30 Oct 1386 (51 years)  [2]
  On 30 October 1386 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy giving his age as 51.
  Will	16 Jan 1390 (55 years)  [1, 2]
  On the 13th of Richard II, he made his will directing his body to be buried in the Litchfield Cathedral near the alter of St. Nicholas. His estates to go to Sir Hugh Shirley, his nephew, son of his sister, Isabel, upon the condition that he assume the surname and arms of Basset. If this did not happen, the estate was to pass to his cousin, Edmund, Lord Stafford. Other authorities have differing outcomes with Lord Stafford being out of the equation. He directed that his heir would have use of his great velvet bed during his life, and four silver basins, with two ewers whereupon his arms were engraved. Six silver dishes, two silver pots, and four charges as well all marked with his arms. His executors were Walter Skyelaw, Bishop of Durham; Richard Scrope, Bishop of Chester; and Sir Richard Scrope. The will was proved 13 January 1390/91.
  Death	10 May 1390	Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2, 3]
  On his death, the Barony Basset of Drayton became dormant, or possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great-aunts. [3, 4]
  Burial	Aft 10 May 1390	Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England   [1, 2]
  Half siblings	1 half brother (family of Hugh de Meinill and Alice Audley)
  1. Sir Richard de Meinill,   b. Meynell Langley, Derbyshire, England d. 1376, Burton-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England Often called Burton
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Osmond de Centville,   b. Abt 960, Ouilly-Basset (now Pont-d'Ouilly), Normandy, France   (10 x Great Grandfather)  Mor ingen Muirchertaig   d. 1164  (7 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I6549	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Ralph Basset,   b. Abt 1305, Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England d. 1335, England (Age 30 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Alice Audley,   b. Heleigh Castle, Staffordshire, England d. Before 1359, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F4871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Joan Beauchamp
  Marriage	Abt May 1338  [2, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 3 years and 5 months - She : ??.
  Children	They had no children together.  [2]
  Family ID	F7817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Jeanne de Bretagne
  Marriage	Y  [2, 4]
  Children	+   1. Jane Basset,   b. Abt 1378, Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England  [Father: Birth] ▻ John de Stourton
  Family ID	F4861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Jun 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sir Ralph Basset, KG, Lord Basset of Drayton(1335 – 1390) 2Ralph Basset(Abt 1305 – 1335) 4Ralph Basset(Abt 1279 – 1343) 8Ralph Basset, Lord Basset of Drayton(Abt 1242 – 1299) 16Ralph Basset, Lord Basset of Drayton(1215 – 1265) 17Margaret de Somery(1293 – ) 9Hawise de Gray(Abt 1239 – ) 18John de Gray(Abt 1205 – 1265) 19Joan(Abt 1211 – 1265) 5Joan de Gray(Abt 1283 – ) 10John de Gray(1268 – 1323) 20Reynold de Gray(Abt 1235 – 1308) 21Maud de Longchamp(Abt 1245 – ) 11Anne de Ferrers(Abt 1268 – Abt 1323) 22Sir William de Ferrers of Groby(Abt 1240 – 24 Jan 1298/99) 23Anne le Despenser 3Alice Audley( – 1359) 6Nicholas Audley, Lord Audley(1289 – 1316) 12Nicholas de Audley, Lord Audley(1285 – 1299) 24James of Aldithley, Justiciar of Ireland(Abt 1220 – Abt 1276) 25Ela Longspée( – 1299) 13Katherine Gifford(1272 – ) 26Sir John Gifford, Lord Gifford of Brimsfield(1241 – 1299) 27Maud de Clifford(Abt 1234 – 1285) 7Joan de Martin(Abt 1291 – 1322) 14William Martin, Lord Martin(1257 – 1324) 28Nicholas Martin 29Maud de Brian 15Eleonor FitzPiers 30Sir Reynold FitzPiers( – 1286) 31Joan de Vivonia(1251 – 1314)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1335 - Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England Land/House - 6 Jun 1355/56 - Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England Death - 10 May 1390 - Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England Burial - Aft 10 May 1390 - Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Arms of Ralph Basset KG, Lord Basset of Drayton Or, three piles, gules, a canton, Ermaine

  
  

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

  [S11] Burke, Bernard, A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire , (London: Harrision, 1866). [S1568] Cokayne, George E. The Complete Peerage of England Scotland Ireland Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Volume II (Bass to Canning), (London: The St. Catherine Press, 1912). [S1567] Lodge, Edmund. The Genealogy of the Existing British Peerage, (London: Saunders and Otley, 1838). [S1569] Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage web site, (Wellington, New Zealand: http://www.thepeerage.com/index.htm, 2019). [S304] Wikipedia, Thomas Beauchamp, 11th Earl of Warwick.