Thomas Basset of Headington

✓ Thomas Basset of Headington, Oxon. (d. c.1182), royal justice, Sheriff of Oxfordshire 1163-64, baron of the Exchequer 1169-81, itinerant justice 1179; son of Gilbert Basset; m. Adeliza de Dunstanville; father of Gilbert, Thomas (of Colyton) and Alan (of Wycombe) - Howden names the three brothers together in 1200 - and of Alice (wife of William Malet) and Isabel (wife of Guy de Craon). Sources: ODNB 'Basset, Thomas (d. c.1182), justice' (via Wikipedia 'Thomas Basset (judge)', 'Alan Basset'); Roger of Howden IV pp.141-2 ('Gilleberto Basset, et Thoma et Alano fratribus ejus', 1200); Keats-Rohan, Domesday Descendants p.167. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 25 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]