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Name:
Ralph IX*, Lord Basset of Drayton
 Relationship to John, 6th Earl of Arundel FitzAlan
Birth:
ABT 1335 Drayton Basset, Staffordshire, England
Father:
Ralph* VIII Basset
Mother:
Alice Audley
Married:
Joan de Bretagne
Children:
Married:
Joan de Beauchamp MAY 1338
Children:
Jane Basset
Born: ABT 1378 Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Death:
10 MAY 1390 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England aged 55
Remarks:
succeeded to the title of «i»3rd Lord Basset of Drayton [E., 1295]«/i» on 25 February 1342/43. He fought in the Battle of Bordeaux on 8 January 1355/56, in the army of the Black Prince. He distinguished himself in the various wars with France. He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) in 1368. On 30 October 1386 he was a deponent in the Scrope and Grosvenor controversy.
On his death, the Barony Basset of Drayton became dormant, or possibly fell into abeyance between the heirs of his two great-aunts.
m1. Joan Beauchamp (dau of Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick)
m2. Joane of Richmond

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