William Bassett MP (1628 - 1693)

Born 17 Apr 1628 in Claverton Manor, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Rachel (Biddulph) Bassett — married 28 Sep 1685 in England

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Biography

William was born in 1628. He was the son of William Bassett and Elizabeth Killigrewe.

He passed away childless on the 25th of September 1693.

Sources

Book, "The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690, ed. B.D. Henning, 1983

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/bassett-sir-william-1628-93

BASSETT, Sir William (1628-93), of Claverton, nr. Bath, Som

bap. 17 Apr. 1628, 1st s. of William Bassett of Claverton by 2nd w. Elizabeth,

da. and h. of Sir Joseph Killigrew† of Lothbury, London and Landrake, Cornw.

m. (1) Philadelphia, da. of James Cambell of Woodford, Essex, and coh. to her bro. Sir John Cambell, 1st Bt., s.p.;

(2) 28 Sept. 1685, Rachel, da. of Sir Theophilus Biddulph of Westcombe Park, Greenwich, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. 1656;

kntd. 7 July 1660.1

His father, a conscientious ship-money sheriff, sat for the city in the Long Parliament and was nominated to the original county committee; but he was disabled as a Royalist in 1644 and compounded at one-third in 1651 for £1,935.

Bassett’s grandfather moved to Somerset, buying Claverton, an estate of 1,300 acres just outside Bath, in 1609.

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Book, The history and antiquities of the county of Somerset: collected ...,

Volume 1 By John Collinson, Edmund Rack

p146 tells of the manor of Claverton, sold in 1609 to William Bassett esq. whose grandson sir William Basset, having deeply mortgaged it, conveyed it 1701 to Robert Holder, esq. [claverton manor situated abt 2 miles east of Bath]

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• Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1531-1812 (Claverton 17 Apr 1628 William Bassett son of William Bassett)