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Ralph BASSET, Of Sapcote, Sir[1]
Abt 1310 - Yes, date unknown-
Name Ralph BASSET Suffix Of Sapcote, Sir Birth Abt 1310 Sapcote, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England 
Gender Male _UID 3CA7BFFB1B8A4D4C81866B95DDC5C283C981 Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I12862 Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy Last Modified 5 Feb 2012
Father Simon BASSET, Of Sapcote, Sir, b. Bef 1295, Sapcote, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England d. 1328 (Age ~ 33 years) Mother Isabel BOTELER, b. Abt 1295, Wem, Shropshire, England d. Aft 1330 (Age ~ 36 years) Marriage Bef 1309 1st Husband Family ID F6471 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Sibyl ASTLEY, b. Abt 1310, Astley, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England d. Bef 1360 (Age ~ 49 years) Children 1. Ralph 1St Baron BASSET, Of Sapcote, Sir, b. Abt 1329, Sapcote, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England d. 17 Jul 1378, Bytham Castle, Bourne, Lincolnshire, England (Dspm) (Age ~ 49 years)Family ID F6466 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Aug 2016
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Notes - The Complete Peerage does not have this Ralph in its ancestry. They claim that the Ralph, b. 1329, married as his 1st wife, abt 1346, Sybil Astley, daughter of Giles Astley, who d. 1316. At best you would have a 17 year old boy marrying a 30+ (most likely 35-40) year old woman; not very likely at all. Therefore I envision two generations where CP has one. I believe that this Ralph m. (long before 1346, which is when CP says the marriage took place) Sybil Astley and had the Ralph who was a minor in 1349.
Of course Ralph could have been born as early as 1310, married Sybil for the 1st time at age 36 (1346) and married again at 51 (1361) and had children. I think that genealogy, even the well respected sources, are too full of really old men having children. It seems to be the rule rather than the exception. The average life expectancy in the middle ages was in the mid to lower 40's which was considered old age. While men can have children in their 80's, I think it is the exception rather than the rule for men after the age of 50 having children.
- The Complete Peerage does not have this Ralph in its ancestry. They claim that the Ralph, b. 1329, married as his 1st wife, abt 1346, Sybil Astley, daughter of Giles Astley, who d. 1316. At best you would have a 17 year old boy marrying a 30+ (most likely 35-40) year old woman; not very likely at all. Therefore I envision two generations where CP has one. I believe that this Ralph m. (long before 1346, which is when CP says the marriage took place) Sybil Astley and had the Ralph who was a minor in 1349.
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Sources - [S579] Jim Weber.
- [S579] Jim Weber.