The baronage of England, or, An historical account of the lives and most memorable actions of our English nobility in the Saxons time to the Norman conquest, and from thence, of those who had their rise before the end of King Henry the Third's reign deduced from publick records, antient historians, and other authorities

Dugdale, William, Sir, 1605-1686.

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THE BARONAGE OF ENGLAND AFTER THE Norman Conquest.

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Ridell.

IN 7 Hen. 1. Geffrey Ridell * being an Eminent and Learned Person, upon a that great Con∣troversie then hapning betwixt Osbert at that time Sheriff of Yorkshire, and the Church of S. Wilfrid at Kipon, touching the Priviledge of Sanctuary there, whereof the Sheriff would b not allow, was c by speciall Commission imploy∣ed, together with Robert Bishop of Lincoln, Rophe Basset, Raphe de Meschines, and Peter de Valoines, to hear and determine therein; who gave d judgment for the Church. And not long after that, growing famous for his knowledge in the Laws, succeeded the same Raphe Basset in that great Office of Justice e of England.

But in 20 Hen. 1. upon f the return of K. Henry out of Normandy, where Prince William his eldest Son (then eighteen years of age) had in testimony of the peoples obedience, received,g their Homage and Fealty by his Father's appointment; being h in the Ship with that Prince, and some other of the King's Children, as also divers of the Nobi∣lity, he perished i with them through the violence of a sudden Tempest, which split the Ship near to the Port of Barvactore; leaving Issue k by Geva his Wife l daughter to Hugh (the first of that name) Earl of Chester, Foundress;* of the Priory of Canwell, in Com. Staff. one only Daughter his Heir, called Maude m, married n to Richard Basset, Son of Raphe Basset Justice of England. Which Richard being afterwards also Justice o of Eng∣land (viz. towards the latter end of King Henry the First's Reign) left Issue p by her two Sons; Geffrey who assumed q the sirname of Ridell from his Mother; and Raphe called rBasset: of which Raphe and his Posterity, having already spoke in my discourse of the Family of Basset of Drayton, I need not here to say any more.

To proceed therefore.

In 12 Hen. 2. this last mentioned Geffrey,* upon s levying the Aid for marriage of the King's Daughter, certified t his Knights Fees to be fifteen, containing one hundred eighty four Carucates, and one Virgate of Land. Likewise, that Richard Basset his Father, possessed them all at the time of the death of King Hen. 1. And in 24 Hen. 2. was grievously amerced u for trespassing in the King's Forest (of Rokingham;) but all that I have far∣ther seen of him which is memorable, is, that having married two x Wives, he left Issue by both; viz. by his first Wife, Richard y, who assumed the sirname of Basset; from whom the Bassets of Well•don did descend; and by his second Wife Sibyll the Sister z of William Manduit (of HanslapePage 556 in Com. Buck. two a Sons and one Daughter who retained the sirname of Ridell.

Of which Hugh * (the elder) in 31 Hen. 2. gave b two hundred Marks to the King, for the like Seisin of the Mannor of Witering, in Com. Northt. as he had when Peter de Sancto Medardo died.

To whom succeeded Raphe Ridell;* which Raphe in 6 Ioh. gave c a Fine of fifty Marks, and two Palfries to that King, for the Daughter of Fulke de Oyri widow of Iohn Belet.

Not long after this likewise I find another Geffrey Ridell; who being d one of those that conspired against King Iohn in the fifteenth of his Reign, and discovered e before they grew powerful e∣nough, fled f into France.

And after him another Hugh Ridell * of gWite∣ring; who (having h no Issue, as 'tis said) quitted i his whole right and title in all the Lands, Tene∣ments, and Services which descended to him from Richard Basset. and Geffrey Ridell his Ancestor, formerly Lords of Weldon, unto Raphe Lord Basset of Welledon and his Heirs.

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