Isabel (Lygon) Davis (abt. 1562 - 1610)

Born about 1562 in Kingsgrove, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Wife of Edward Bassett — married [date unknown] in England

Descendants

Died 7 Aug 1610 at about age 48 in Uley, Gloucestershire, England

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Biography

Isabel (or Elizabeth) Ligon (or Lygon) was born about 1562, in Kingsgrove, Gloucester, England.

Isabel's father was Henry Lygon and her mother was Elizabeth Berkeley

Isabel was a legatee in her father's 1577 will.

She married Edward Bassett (abt.1558-bef.1602), gentleman of Uley, co. Gloucester, and son of William Basset of Uley and Highfield, co. Gloucester, and Jane, daughter of John Ashe (or Asshe), Esq.

They had 4 sons, William, Esq., Barnaby, Edward, and Giles, and 4 daughters. Elizabeth (m. William Clayfield, Gent and Thomas Poyntz, Gent), Margery (or Margaret; m. Samuel Shellom), Susanna (m. Michael Dorney), and Jane (Bassett) Deighton (abt.1586-1631) (m. John Deighton). Edward Basset left a will 3 Jun 1601, proved 5 Nov 1602, and she m. (2; as his 2nd wife) Rice Davis, Esq. of Tickenham, Somerset. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II p. 39

• http://thepeerage.com/p40771.htm#i407706

Also See

• LEE AULT SUPPLEMENT, by Richard Scott, https://archive.org/details/lee-ault-supplement/page/n69/mode/2up?q=Isabel+or+Elizabeth+Ligon+Lygon

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Magna Carta Project

Isabel (Lygon) Davis appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestors Jane (Deighton) Negus, Frances (Dighton) Williams, and Katherine (Deighton) Allin to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy (vol. II, pages 34-40 DEIGHTON). This trail has not yet been developed on WikiTree. See profiles on that trail in the Magna Carta Trails section of Jane Bassett's profile.

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