Philip Basset
Politician
1185 – 1271
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Who was Philip Basset?
Philip Basset was the Justiciar of England.
Philip was the son of Alan Basset of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire and his wife, Aline Degai.
He inherited the manor of Wycombe; the town received market borough status in 1237.
Basset served as the Justiciar of England between the two terms served by his son-in-law, Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer.
He served during the period that Henry III regained control of the government from the Barons.
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- Born
- 1185
- Children
- Nationality
- Kingdom of England
- Lived in
- High Wycombe
- Died
- Oct 19, 1271
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on July 23, 2013
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