Arms of Basset of Weldon: Paly of six or and gules, within a bordure azure bezantee.[1]
Richard Basset, 1st Baron Basset (died 18 Aug. 1314), Lord of Weldon, was an English noble.
House Basset of Weldon Lords of Great Weldon Barons Basset of Weldon Issued from Richard Basset, Justiciar of England and 2nd son of Ralph Basset, Justiciar of England
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.
Ralph Basset married Alianore Wade daughter of Henry Wade
Richard Basset married Joan de Huntingfield daughter of Roger de Huntingfield and Joyce d'Engaine they had issue:
Ralph Basset 2nd Baron Basset of Weldon (b 27 Aug 1300) married Joan Sturdon
Ralph Basset 3rd Baron Basset of Weldon married (1) Joan de Weldon (2) Joan de la Pole
Ralph Basset 4th Baron Basset of Weldon married Joan Clisseby
Richard Basset 5th Baron Basset of Weldon (End of Line.)
Joan Basset married Thomas de Aylesbury
Eleanor Basset married John Knyvett
Ralph Basset
Thomas Basset
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.)
^Hanna, Ralph; Turville-Petre, Thorlac (2010). The Wollaton Medieval Manuscripts: Texts, Owners and Readers. Manuscript culture in the British Isles. Vol. 3. University of York. Centre for Medieval Studies. Boydell & Brewer. p. 34. ISBN9781903153345.
^Armstrong, Peter (2012). Bannockburn 1314: Robert Bruce's great victory. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 57. ISBN9781846035579.
