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Excerpt from The History of Bicester, Its Town and Priory Gilbert Basset No. 2 (1179 - 1203) married Egiline, daughter of Reginald de Courteney.l He had no sooner entered on his patrimony, than with the full consent of his wife, he deter mined to found a religious house in this neighbourhood, where no such had as yet been established. Like his forefathers he was a liberal benefactor to the Knights Templars. He is mentioned among the Barons present at the Coronation of King Richard I., in 1189 Afterwards he became an adherent of the party of Earl John, and for this was compelled to purchase the king's pardon at the cost of £8. After the accession of King John, he followed the king into France, and it is generally believed that he died and was buried abroad) two years later. His wife succeeded to much of his property. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.