Alan was one of the three sons of Thomas Basset . He founded the Bassets of Wycombe, and was a noted servant of Richard I, John, and Henry III.
"Basset and his brothers each held only enough knights' fees in chief to constitute a very small barony. Richard I granted Alan the manor of Woking in Surrey and the vill of Mapledurwell in Hampshire as one half fee each, while John granted him part of the manor of Wycombe, on highly favourable terms, to hold in chief as one fee of the honour of Wallingford. He held five fees of that honour, two being in Wootton Bassett and Broad Town which he held of the inheritance of his wife, Alina de Gai, together with the manor of Compton Bassett, also in Wiltshire. John also granted him the manors of Berwick Bassett in Wiltshire and Greywell in Hampshire.
"Basset and Aline had a daughter, Aline, and another daughter, whose name is unknown. With his likely first wife, Alice de Gray , he had seven children:
Thomas, Gilbert, Alice, Fulk, David, Warin, and Philip."
Alan Bassett, son of Thomas Bassett of Headington, Oxfordshire and his wife Alice de Dunstanville, died about 1231. [1]
The Honor Roll, dated 1186/87 states that 'Gilberto Basset Alano Basset held land in the honor of Walingford. [2]
Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer records that Alanus Basset held one knight fee in Woking and one knight fee in Wycombe. [3]
A genealogical table of Medieval origin show that Alan Bassett married Aline de Gai, and they had the following children:[4]
Thomas
Gilbert
Warin
Philip: his children were: Aline and Margery
Fulk
22 November 1200: Alan Bassett accompanied King John to Northampton when King William of Scotland swore fealty to King John for his English fiefs. [5]
June 1210: Alan Bassett accompanied King John to Ireland. Alan was with King John when he landed near Waterford with a great fleet and great host of soldiers. John brought his rebellious English lords under control, secured the city of Limerick, and reformed the government of Dublin and the eastern counties. [6]
15 June 1215: Alan Basset, a favorite of King John's, accompanied the king to the meeting with the barons of Magna Carta. Alan Basset's name appears in Magna Carta Preamble among those of the king's counselors. [7]
11 November 1216: At the accession of Henry III to the crown, Alan Basset was among the witnesses to the reissue of Magna Carta. [8]
1217 to 1229: Alan was Sheriff of Rutland. [9]
1219 to 1220: Alan Bassett was sent on a political mission to France when he was about sixty-four years old. [10]