Born about in Haddon, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England
Daughter of William (Avenal) d'Avenal
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Avice (Avenal) d'Avenal [half]
Wife of
Simon Basset
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
John Basset and William Basset
Died about
at about age 61
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 15 May 2012
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Birth
- Birth:
- Date: ABT 1165
- Place: Haddon, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Sources
- [ODNB] Basset, William [d. in or after 1185] by Ralph V Turner. [William] was father of Simon Basset [d. 1205] who was an assessor of tallage upon Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire in 1197, and who married Elizabeth, heir of [corrected to William II Avenel] [PR 24HII, page 50] 1178. Northampton
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William Avenel married as her second husband Helewise eldest daughter and coheir of Wakelin Wadard who was the mother of Wakelin Hareng by her first unnnamed husband. By William Avenel she had two daughters who married respectively Richard de Vernon and Simon Basset. In 1194 Simon Basset accounted in the counties of Buckingham and Bedford for 100 marks for having the land of Richard de Vernon which he took with his wife, In 1201 Simon Basset held 1½ knights' fees of the honour of Peverell of Nottingham. At the time he was holding in addition, of the honour of Peverel 10 pounds yearly value of land in Baslow. He and Richard Vernon paid 23s 8d of scutage that year in the counties of Buckingham and Bedford. In 1205 he gave 20 marks for confirmation of land which William de Hommet [Humez] constable of Normandy gave him in Essex. He died that year when Elizabeth his widow gave 80 marks and a palfrey to have her inheritance and not be forced to marry. She held 1 ½ fees in Haddon and Baslow in 1212 and died 1226. Her son William Basset had livery of the land of the honour of Peverel in Buckinghamshire which the said Elizabeth Avenel had demised during her lifetime to her said son.
Others references pertaining to Elizabeth, wife of Simon Basset. Honours & Knights' Fees Volume III by William Farrer – Adstock, Buckinghamshire at www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62553 Blakewell, Derbyshire at www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50721 Irthlingborough at www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=66290 Biographica Juridica: A Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England by Edward Foss Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus. Page 307. Date 1205 Book of Fees [Liber Feodorum]. Commonly the Testa de Neville. Page 21, date 1208-1209