“Radulfus Basset” confirmed donations to Canwell priory by “Geua Ridel et pater meus Radulfus Basset”, by undated charter, witnessed by "…Willielmo Basset…". Military fee certifications in the Red Book of the Exchequer, in 1166, record that "Radulfus filius Radulfi Baiset" held "vii carucatas et dimidiam in Dicutone" from "Galfridi Ridel" in Northamptonshire. "…Thoma Basset" subscribed the charter dated to May [1175/79] under which Henry II King of England confirmed donations to the lepers of Saint-Lazare de Jerusalem.
The name of Ralph’s wife is not known. However, the following charter suggests that she may have been Isabel de Pattingham: "Dominam Isabel de Patingham…cum assensu heredum suorum" donated "assartum in Chyltun" to the nuns of Brewood, in exchange for land "in Patingham…de dono Radulfo Bassed", by charter dated to [1211/16], witnessed by "…Radulfo Bassed juvene et Ricardo fratre suo…". 1
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