Some BASSETT authorities call him Hugh. (PM-606 pg 5)
See PM-186.5 for drawing of fortified Manor at Beaupre.
1320 Spenser Survey: Llantrithyd Place was in the wife of John Bassett (of Beaupre), a Welsh heiress. (PM-393.10)
It is said that this John or Hugh was engaged in a duel in which he killed his opponent but then the Crown tooks his lands. (PM-606 pg 5)
John (or Hugh) had a descendant, John Basset, Feoffee to part of the estate of Sir Matthew Cradock. (PM-606 pg 5)
1397 John Basset was a witness to the Cardiff Charter. (PM-606 pg 5)
St. Hilary Church (dating to Norman origin) has an altar tomb with the effigy of a knight in armor, representing Thomas Basset of Beaupre (Christopher Bassett’s book says it was high father, John) who died in 1423. Both arms are missing and the face is mutiliated. (PM-178.2) See file: IMG_0105.jpg for a photo of it.