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Sir Robert Basset (1573–11 November 1641), lord of the manor of Umberleigh and lord of the manor of Heanton Punchardon in Devon, England, was MP for Plymouth in 1593.
Robert Basset | |
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Member of Parliament for Plymouth | |
In office 1593 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1573 |
Died | 11 November 1641 (aged 67–68) |
Spouse | Elizabeth Periam |
Children | 7 |
Parent |
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Relatives | Basset family John Basset (grandfather) John Chichester (grandfather) |
He was the eldest son and heir of Sir Arthur Bassett (1541-1586), of Umberleigh and Heanton Punchardon, a member of the ancient and prominent west-country Basset family, MP for Barnstaple in 1563 and Devon in 1572 and Sheriff of Devon in 1574–5. Robert's mother was Eleanor Chichester (died 1585), a daughter of Sir John Chichester (died 1569), MP, lord of the manor of Raleigh in the parish of Pilton, Devon.
His grandfather John Basset (1518–1541) had married Frances Plantagenet, the daughter and co-heiress of his step-father Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle (died 1542), bastard son of King Edward IV. Sir Robert Basset was thus a great-grandson of Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle on his paternal grandmother's side. On his paternal grandfather's side Robert Basset was a great-grandson of Honor Plantagenet, Viscountess Lisle (c.1493/5–1566), née Honor Grenville (the second wife of Sir John Basset (1462–1528) of Umberleigh) who married secondly (as his second wife) the aforementioned Arthur Plantagenet.
Due to his Plantagenet ancestry he made what turned out to be a foolish and costly decision to offer himself as one of the many claimants to the throne of England after the death of Queen Elizabeth (1558-1603), perhaps encouraged by his father-in-law Peryam.[1] He suffered a heavy fine for his action which according to the biographer John Prince, involved the sale of thirty of the family's manors.[2]
He married Elizabeth Periam (1571-1635) the second daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Peryam (1534-1604), of Little Fulford, near Crediton in Devon, Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. Her mural monument survives in the Basset Chapel (now the vestry) of Heanton Punchardon Church. Within a lozenge at the top and on an escutcheon to the sinister are shown her paternal arms of Peryam: Gules, a chevron engrailed or between three lion's faces affrontes of the last. The arms of Peryam are also shown on an oval cartouche underneath, impaled by Bassett.
He died on 11 November 1641 aged 68 and was buried in the Basset Chapel (now the vestry) of Umberleigh Church, in the floor of which survives his plain ledger stone inscribed in Latin as follows:
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