Clue to Identity of Joan, wife of Ralph Basset, of Weldon
Douglas Richardson
Complete Peerage includes an account of the Basset family of Weldon,
co. Northampton. Ralph Basset, 2nd Lord Basset of Weldon, was born in
1300. He married say 1320 to Joan _____, whose identity is unknown.
She is said by Nichols' Leicestershire, 4:905, to have been the
daughter of .... Sturdon, of Winterbourne, co. Gloucester. I know of
no evidence to support this statement.
Recently, while I was combing through obscure lawsuits of this period,
I came across a suit which identified Ralph Basset's wife Joan as the
"kinswoman" of William le Latimer, Knt., "bailiff in the fee of the
hundred of Corby." [Reference: Donald W. Sutherland, ed., Eyre of
Northamptonshire, A.D. 1329-1330 (Selden Soc., vols. 97-98) (1983), 1:
259-261, 423, 450-451; 2: 502-504, 533, 615].
Presumably William le Latimer, Knt., mentioned here was William le
Latimer, 3rd Lord Latimer, of Corby, co. Northampton. At the present
time, the specific connection between the Latimer family and Joan
Basset is unknown. A list of the colonial immigrants who descend from
the Basset family of Weldon is presented below.
Best always, Douglas Richardson, Salt Lake City, Utah
e-mail: royala...@msn.com
List of immigrants descended from Joan, wife of Ralph Basset, 2nd Lord
Basset of Weldon:
1. Thomas Booth.
2. Elizabeth Bosvile.
3. George, Giles & Robert Brent.
4. Kenelm Cheseldine.
5. Grace Chetwode.
6. Francis Dade.
7. Frances, Jane & Katherine Deighton.
8. Edward Foliot.
9. Muriel Gurdon.
10. Elizabeth & John Harleston.
11. Jane Haviland.
12. Thomas Ligon.
13. Henry, Jane & Nicholas Lowe.
14. Gabriel, Roger & Sarah Ludlow.
15. Anne & Katherine Marbury.
16. Anne Mauleverer.
17. Philip & Thomas Nelson.
18. Thomas Owsley.
19. John Oxenbridge.
20. Thomas Savage.
21. Amy Wyllys.