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About Richard Basset
Richard Basset was a royal judge and sheriff during the reign of King Henry I of England. His father was also a royal justice. In about 1122, Basset married the eventual heiress of another justice; the marriage settlement has survived. In 1129–1130, Basset was co-sheriff of eleven counties. Basset and his wife founded a monastic house in 1125 from their lands, which, before the donation, were equivalent to 15 knight's fees.
Everything about Richard Basset →- Occupation
- feudatory
- Position held
- High Sheriff of Leicestershire, Justiciar
- Born
- 1102
- Died
- 1144