Background
Basset was a younger son of Thomas Basset of Headington (Old English "Hedena"s dun" or "Heden don"), Oxfordshire.
Bishop of London sheriff of Rutland
Basset was a younger son of Thomas Basset of Headington (Old English "Hedena"s dun" or "Heden don"), Oxfordshire.
In like favour with Richard I and with John, he received from the former the lordships of Woking and Mapledurwell, and from the latter those of Wycombe and Berewick. At the accession of Henry III he was one of the witnesses to his re-issue of the charter (11 November 1216), and on the royalist reaction his loyalty was rewarded by his being occasionally employed in the Curia Regis and sent to France on a political mission in 1219-1220. He also acted as sheriff of Rutland from 1217 to 1229.
Dying in 1232-1233 he left three sons: Gilbert, his heir.
Fulk, afterwards bishop of London. And Philip, afterwards justiciary of England.