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GAI OF WOOTTON BASSET

[GAII371] Stephen de Gai of Wootton Basset m. [PIPA371] Aline de Pipard
. [GAII381] Philip de Gai of Wootton Basset m. Cecily
. . [GAII392] Aline de Gai of Wootton Basset m. [WYCO461] Lord Alan Basset of Wycombe

27.  [GAII371] Stephen de Gai (born c.1105), of Wootton Basset, married (c.1141) [PIPA372] Aline (daughter of 28. [PIPA361] Walter de Pipard). Aline previously married 1. (1130) John [MARS361] FitzGilbert the marshal (divorced, see PEMBROKE (MARSHAL) EARLDOM).

26.  [GAII381] Philip de Gai (born c.1143), of Wootton Basset, married (c.1165) Cecily. He died 1177.

WYCOMBE (BASSET) BARONY

[BAS1451] Gilbert Basset, Justice of England m2. [OILL242] Edith d'Oilly
. [WYCO451] Lord Thomas Basset of Hedendon m. [DUNS432] Alice de Dunstanville
. . [WYCG461] Lord Gilbert Basset of Hedendon m. [COUR373] Egeline de Courtenay
. . . [WYCG472] Eustache de Basset of Hedendon m2. [CAMV451] Richard de Camville
. . [WYCO462] Isabel Basset m2. [CROU471] Guy de Creon
. . [WYCO461] Lord Alan Basset of Wycombe m1. [GAII392] Aline de Gai of Wootton Basset
. . . [WYCO473] Aline Basset of Wycombe m1. [SAL2471] Drew de Montagu
. . . [WYCO474] Alice Basset m. [SANF391] Sir John de Sanford
. . . [WYCO471] Lord Philip Basset of Wycombe m1. [LOUZ402] Hawise of Little Easton
. . . . [WYCO482] Aline Basset of Wycombe m. [DESP471] Sir Hugh le Despenser of Loughborough

27.  [WYCO451] Thomas (born c.1130, son of [BAS1451] Justice Gilbert, see BASSET), Sheriff of Oxon, married (1163-64, [or c.1154]) [DUNS432] Alice (born c.1134, son of Alan I, see DUNSTANVILLE). He was Sheriff of Oxfordshire (1163-64), became 1st feudal Lord of Hedendon [Headington] (Oxon) (c.1171), and obtained a life grant of Wycombe Manor (1171). He died c.1179.

25.  [WYCO461] Alan (younger son of Thomas, and doubtless named for his maternal grandfather), Sheriff of Rutland, became feudal Lord of Wycombe after the death of his elder brother Gilbert (1205), acquiring Bassets Bury Manor. He married 1. (c.1185) [GAII392] Aline (daughter of [GAII381] Philip de Gai, see GAI OF WOOTTON BASSET above); then 2. Amice of Foxton. Alan died c.1231.

24.  [WYCO471] Sir Philip (born c.1205, younger son of Alan) became feudal Lord of Wycombe after the deaths of his elder brothers, Gilbert (1241) and Fulk (1259), and was also Chief Justiciar. He married 1. (c.1235) [LOUZ402] Hawise (see LOUVAIN Second Line); then 2. (1255) Countess Ela (widow of [WARW391] Thomas, 6th Earl of Warwick, and only daughter WARWICK (MAUDUIT) EARLDOM & heiress of [LONG451] William, 3rd Earl of Salisbury, see SALISBURY (LONGESPEE) EARLDOM). Philip died 29th October 1271, and was buried at Stanley (Wilts). Ela died 1298.