Basset: Egeline wife of Gilbert B

[Richard Borthwick]

In an earlier posting I was agnostic on the identity of Egeline wife of
Gilbert Basset (d.1205) because ES does not give give her a guernsey. But I
was also wary because the VCH (Oxford) while referring to her does not
identify her as a Courtenay. However, in VCH (Bucks.) IV: 114 in the
discussion of Westcott hamlet (part of Waddesdon manor) it is noted that the
Courtenays held Waddesdon and that Reynold de Courtenay settled Westcott
lands on his daughter Egeline on her marriage with Gilbert Basset. Gilbert
and Egeline later gave these lands to Bicester Priory (cf. VCH(Oxford)
VI:21). This would make Egeline daughter of Reynold de Courtenay (d.1194)
and Hawise de Curcy (d.1219) lady of Okehampton.