Richard Basset, 1st Baron Basset of Weldon | |
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| Born | Richard Basset Weldon, Northamptonshire England |
| Died | 24 June 1314 Bannockburn Scotland |
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| Issue | Ralph Basset |
Richard Basset, 1st Baron Basset (died 18 Aug. 1314), Lord of Weldon, was an English noble.
Richard was a son of Ralph Basset and Eleanor de la Wade. He was summoned to Parliament between 1299 and 1314. Richard was captured during the Battle of Bannockburn, Scotland on 24 June 1314. [2] He later died in captivity.
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Cokayne, George (1910) states the following John Knyvet obtained Weldon, and Sir John Aylesbury, Drayton Beauchamp, Bucks, Thorpe Langton, ^c. In the windows of the Church of Weldon are or were the following shields of arms: — (i) [Or], three piles [Gules], a border [Sable] bezant(^e [Basset of TFeldon), impaling, [Or], on a fesse [Gules], three plates [Huntingfeld) : (2) Basset, impaling, [Azure], two bars wavy [Argent] (Pole) : (3) [Azure], a cross [Argent] [A\'lesbury), impaling Basset. (See external link.)
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