Thomas Basset

Abt 1130 - Abt 1182  (52 years)

• Name	Thomas Basset
  Birth	Abt 1130	Oxfordshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1182	Oxfordshire, England
  Person ID	I7441	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Family	Adeliza Dunstanville,   b. 1118, Wiltshire, England d. 1186, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1139	Nottinghamshire, England
  Children	+ 1. Gilbert Basset,   b. 1154, Oxfordshire, England d. 1207, Oxfordshire, England (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Alan Basset,   b. Abt 1158, Buckhamshire, England d. Abt 1233, Oxfordshire, England (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3692	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1130 - Oxfordshire, England Marriage - 1139 - Nottinghamshire, England Death - Abt 1182 - Oxfordshire, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas had entered Henry II's service by 1163. His first known post in t h e r o y a l administration was as sheriff of Oxfordshire (1163?4). A baron o f t h e e x c hequer from 1169 to c.1181, he was an itinerant justice in the s o u t h a n d west in 1175, and again in 1179; in December 1180 he joined th e j u s t i ciar Ranulf de Glanville and other royal justices at Lincoln in a p p r o v ing a final concord. He was custodian of the honour of Wallingford f o r t h e k i ng from 1172 to 1179. He witnessed royal documents in England f o u r t e en times between 1174 and 1179, and he was with the king in Norman d y , c . 1 181, attesting at Barfleur. He died shortly afterwards, perhaps i n 1 1 8 2 .