See also

Frances MERES (1669-1733)

1. Frances MERES, daughter of Sir Thomas MERES Knight (1634-1715) and Anne de la FOUNTAIN ( - ), was born in 1669. She was baptised on 2 July 1669 in St. Mary Magdalin, Lincoln. She married George WHICHCOT on 11 November 1699 in London. She was buried on 10 April 1733 in Harpswell, Lincs.. She died in August 1733.

 

Pl F7/2/1/13 15.7.1737 24.9.1777
Agreement by the coheirs at law to divide Sir John Meeres' estates; 15 July 1737

First Party: Dame Elizabeth Pettus of Racketh, Norfolk, widow.
Second Party: Thomas Hayley of Bedford Row, Middlesex, Esq.
Third Party: Thomas Whichcot of Harpswell, Lincolnshire, Esq.

Attested copy articles of agreement for the division of the estate of the late Sir John Meres between his three coheirs at law:cc (1) receives the mansion house and manor of Kirby Bellers, lands and premises there and at Asfordby and Stonesby, Leicestershire, and the advowsons of Kirby Bellers and Stonesby. (2) receives the manor of Scotton, Lincolnshire, lands and premises there and at East Ferry, Harwick, Sidworth, Finton and Holton and the advowson of Scotton, in the counties of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, and lands in the City of Lincoln. (3) receives the manor of Hiptoft Hall and lands and premises in Boston, Skirbeck, Kirton, Frampton, Fosdyke, Algarkirk, Sibsey, Wynthrope and Burghe, Lincolnshire; and Nonsuch House and other messuages and lands at Nonsuch in the parish of Tunbridge, Kent. The £ 8000 mortgage on the estates passing to (2) to be redeemed from Sir John Meres's personal estate. London property and fee farm rents at Tonbridge and Speldhurst, Kent to remain undivided. Schedule showing the value of the estates taken by each party and the monies paid by (1) to (2) and (3) to equalise their portions. Recites the background to the transaction, the rental income of the various estates, etc.
Examined, 24 Sept. 1777.
No. 13.

 

Colonel George WHICHCOT MP, of Harpswell, son of Sir William WHICHCOT of Fotherby ( -c. 1657) and Lady Margaret CLIFTON (c. 1628-c. 1697), was born in 1653. He was christened on 6 June 1653. He was baptised on 8 June 1653 in Fotherby, Lincs.. He died circa 5 September 1720. He was buried on 9 September 1720 in Harpswell. He and Frances MERES had the following children:

 

+2

Thomas WHICHCOT (c. 1700-1776)

+3

Katherine WHICHCOT (1701-1787)

+4

John WHICHCOT (1702-1750)

+5

Elizabeth WHICHCOT (1705-c. 1774)

Second Generation

2. Thomas WHICHCOT MP, son of Colonel George WHICHCOT MP, of Harpswell and Frances MERES, was born circa 1700. He was a Politician. He died on 30 September 1776.

 

3. Katherine WHICHCOT, daughter of Colonel George WHICHCOT MP, of Harpswell and Frances MERES, was born in 1701. She was baptised on 21 October 1701. She died on 4 July 1787.

 

4. Revd. John WHICHCOT, son of Colonel George WHICHCOT MP, of Harpswell and Frances MERES, was born on [Julian] 1 January 1702. He was a Clergyman. He died on 29 September 1750.

 

5. Elizabeth WHICHCOT, daughter of Colonel George WHICHCOT MP, of Harpswell and Frances MERES, was born on [Julian] 24 February 1705. She was baptised on [Julian] 20 March 1705 in Harpswell. She married William BASSETT on [Julian] 19 February 1729 in Glentworth, Lincs.. She died circa [Julian] 14 February 1774. She was buried on [Julian] 19 February 1774 in Glentworth.

 

the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln, son of Revd. William BASSETT (c. 1663-1729) and Lydia ADDERLY (c. 1675-1729), was born on 7 June 1703. He was a Clergyman. He died in 1765. He was buried on 13 July 1765 in Glentworth. He and Elizabeth WHICHCOT had the following children:

 

+6

Frances BASSETT (1731- )

+7

Katherine BASSETT (1732- )

+8

Elizabeth BASSETT (1734-1736)

+9

Harriet BASSETT (1735-1736)

+10

William BASSETT (c. 1737-1738)

+11

Ann BASSETT (1739- )

+12

George BASSETT (1740- )

+13

Lydia BASSETT (1742- )

+14

Charlotte BASSETT (1743- )

+15

Richard BASSETT (1744-1805)

+16

Thomas BASSETT (1746- )

+17

John BASSETT (1747-1805)

+18

Charles BASSETT (1749- )

Third Generation

6. Frances BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 22 February 1731.

 

7. Katherine BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 14 January 1732.

 

8. Elizabeth BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 14 April 1734 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 16 May 1734. She died on 30 May 1736 in Glentworth.

 

9. Harriet BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 4 November 1735. She died on 19 May 1736.

 

10. William BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born circa 1737. He died on 18 November 1738.

 

11. Ann BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born in 1739. She was baptised on 24 May 1739.

 

12. George BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 27 September 1740. He was a Clergyman.

 

George was the vicar at the marriage of his sister Lydia to William Martindale. According to Lincolnshire Pedigrees he followed his father as vicar of Glentworth in 1756; rector of Toft-by-Newton in 1768; resigned about Easter 1779; then vicar of Gainsborough and Willoughton; died at Bath 16 December 1796 aged 57. He was buried at Glentworth.

 

13. Lydia BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 17 February 1742. She married William MARTINDALE on 8 September 1775 in Glentworth.

 

14. Charlotte BASSETT, daughter of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 20 September 1743. She married Benjamin CODD on 17 April 1766.

 

This lady is the ancestor of Jackie Wildgoose.

 

Benjamin CODD was the son of John CODD ( - ) and Mary UNK ( - ).

 

15. Richard BASSETT of Glentworth, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 15 September 1744 in Glentworth. He was a Gentleman, Soldier. He married Martha ARMITAGE on 1 July 1774. He died on 12 July 1805 in Glentworth. He was buried on 17 July 1805 in Glentworth. He married Mary UNK.

 

... of Glentworth, Lincs. His will is available at the National Archives, and Philip Wilson has a copy which he will be transcribing for these records. According to Lincolnshire Pedigrees, Richard was in the army.

 

Mary UNK died in 1771. She was buried on 11 October 1771.

 

Martha ARMITAGE, daughter of Joseph ARMITAGE of High Royd, Huddersfield ( - ), married Thomas DUNGWORTH on 24 October 1810. She and Richard BASSETT had the following children:

 

19

Martha BASSETT (1776-1869). Martha was born in 1776 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 27 September 1776. She married John WILSON on 17 October 1798. She died on 18 February 1869.

20

Henry BASSETT (1778-1852). Henry was born in 1778. He was baptised on 12 April 1778. He died on 1 May 1852.

21

Harriet BASSETT (1781-1785). Harriet was born on 24 April 1781 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 24 April 1781 in Glentworth. She died in 1785 in Glentworth. She was buried on 27 May 1785 in Glentworth.

22

Louisa BASSETT (1787-1796). Louisa was born in 1787 in Glentworth. She was baptised on 7 July 1787 in Glentworth. She died in 1796 in Glentworth. She was buried on 24 November 1796 in Glentworth.

23

Richard BASSETT ( -1792). Richard died in 1792 in Glentworth.

 

16. Thomas BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on [Julian] 22 January 1746 in Glentworth. He was baptised on 23 July 1746 in Glentworth.

 

17. Revd. John BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on [Julian] 22 February 1747. He was a Clergyman. He died in 1805. He was buried on 10 January 1805.

 

According to "The Plantagent Roll of the Blood Royal" by Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval Staff: ".

 

18. Charles BASSETT, son of the Venerable William BASSETT Archdeacon of Stow, Lincoln and Elizabeth WHICHCOT, was born on 21 July 1749 in Glentworth. He was baptised on 21 July 1749 in Glentworth.

 

He is noted in Lincolnshire Pedigrees as living in Glentworth in 1811 with his wife.