Background
Bassett was born at Colchester the son of Martin Bassett.
Bassett was born at Colchester the son of Martin Bassett.
He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. He was at school in Colchester and was admitted at Christ"s College, Cambridge on 15 January 1627 aged 15. His father bought Claverton, an estate of 1,300 acres outside Bath, in 1609 and moved there.
He was nominated to the county committee but he was disabled as a Royalist in 1644.
He compounded for £1,935 in 1651.
In November 1640, Bassett was elected Member of Parliament for Bath in the Long Parliament.