Henry Bisset

Hugh Bisset (died 1208), Lord of Kidderminster, was an English noble. He served as dapifer, or steward, to King John of England.

He was the only known son of Manasser Biset and Alice de Falaise. Henry at his father's death in 1177,[1] was still underage and placed under the care of a relative.[2]

During 1202, Henry is referred to as the dapifer.[3] He was patron to the hospital that his father Manassar built for leper women at Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire. He owned the manor of Shamblehurst in Hampshire.[4] Henry died in 1208.

Marriage and issue

He married Iseult, daughter of William Pantulf and Joan de Goldington, they are known to have had the following known issue:

  • William Bisset (died 1220), married Sarah de Huntingfield, without issue, was succeeded by his brother John.
  • John Bisset, married Alice Basset, had issue.
  • Margaret Bisset, married Roger la Zouche, had issue.

Citations
  1. Keats-Rohan 1999, p. 177.
  2. Waugh 1983, p. 980 footnote 150.
  3. Richardson 2013, pp. 568-569.
  4. Woodward 1861, p. 120.

References
  • Keats-Rohan, K. S. B. (1999). Domesday Descendants: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066–1166: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Ipswich, UK: Boydell Press. ISBN 0-85115-863-3.
  • Richardson, Douglas (2013). Royal Ancestry. III.
  • Waugh, Scott L. (October 1983). "Reluctant Knights and Jurors: Respites, Exemptions, and Public Obligations in the Reign of Henry III". Speculum. 58 (4): 937–986. JSTOR 2853791.
  • Woodward, Bernard Bolingbroke; Wilks, Theodore C.; Lockhart, Charles (1861). A General History of Hampshire Or the County of Southampton Including the Isle of Wight: Southampton and Alresford, and the adjacent country. By T. C. Wilks. Virtue and Company Henry Sotheran and Company.
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