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About Col. Arthur Bassett, MP
Arthur Basset (1597 - 7 January 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1625 to 1626.
Basset was the son of Sir Robert Basset of Umberley, a colonel in the army. He subscribed at Oxford University on 11 June 1613 and was awarded BA from Exeter College, Oxford on 8 February 1616. He was a student of the Inner Temple in 1617 when he was of High Hampton, Devon. In 1625, he was elected Member of Parliament for Fowey. He was re-elected MP for Fowey in 1626.[1]
Basset died at the age of 75.[1]
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Col. Arthur Basset (1598-1673), second son and heir to his elder brother. He was a law student at the Inner Temple in 1616 and during the Civil War served as a Royalist commander. For his delinquency he was fined by Parliament and compounded for his estates in the sum of £1,321 6 shillings 6 pence. He served as Deputy Lieutenant of Devon. He married Agnes Leigh, daughter of Sir William Leigh of Northam, Devon. His elaborate mural monument survives in Heanton Punchardon Church.
Col. Arthur Bassett, MP's Timeline
1597 |
1597
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Shobrooke, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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1630 |
1630
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Heanton Punchardon, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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January 7, 1673
Age 76
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Heanton Punchardon, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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Atherington, Devon, England (United Kingdom)
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