Adam de Basing (died 1266) was a 13th-century
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politician and
Mayor of London
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. The scion of a
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political family, he was the son of alderman Peter Basing and grandson of an earlier mayor,
Salomon de Basing
Salomon de Basing ( 13th century) was an English politician of medieval London. He served alongside Hugh Basing as a Sheriff of London in 1214, and was elected Lord Mayor in 1216 after the deposition of Jacob Alderman on Trinity Sunday
Trin ...
.
[Fox, Christine M. (2014)]
"A History of Bassishaw Ward"
Ch. 7 Adam was a draper who supplied the household of
Henry III, for which he was rewarded with several pieces of property in the
Bassishaw
Bassishaw is a ward in the City of London. Small, it is bounded by wards: Coleman Street, east; Cheap, south; Cripplegate, north; Aldersgate, west.
It first consisted of Basinghall Street with the courts and short side streets off it, and Milk Street areas. He served as
sheriff
A sheriff is a government official, with varying duties, existing in some countries with historical ties to England where the office originated. There is an analogous, although independently developed, office in Iceland that is commonly transla ...
in 1243/1244, alderman from 1247 - 1260, and mayor in 1251/1252. He married a woman named Desiderata and they had at least one son, Thomas de Basing, who entered the wool trade but died young. Another of their children, Joan, married
Henry le Walleis, who would later serve five terms as mayor of London.
Basinghall Street
Bassishaw is a ward in the City of London. Small, it is bounded by wards: Coleman Street, east; Cheap, south; Cripplegate, north; Aldersgate, west.
It first consisted of Basinghall Street with the courts and short side streets off it, in London is named after his family.
[Thomas, Henry]
"The Wards of London"
pg. 55
References
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Sheriffs of the City of London
13th-century mayors of London
1260s deaths
Year of birth unknown
Year of death uncertain