Thomas Basset
- Born: 1125, Wellingford, Oxfordshire
- Marriage: Alice De Dunstanville in 1155 in Wellingford, Oxfordshire
- Died: 1182, Wellingford, Oxfordshire aged 57
 General Notes:
Thomas Basset's name frequently appears among the barons acting judicially in the Curia Regis starting in 1175. He served as a justice itinerant for six years in no less than fifteen other counties
Thomas was High Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire in 1163, and appointed as on of the 18 Itinerant Justices with Oxfordshire and the adjoining counites. He served King Henry II in various wars during Henry's reign, and was rewarded by a grant of the lordship of Hedendon, the Hudred of Boledon, and the Hundred without the North Gate of Oxford in fee farm at a yearly rent of £20. He died the same year he recieved the mark of royal favor, leaving one daughter and three sons, Gilbert, Thomas, and Alan.
Noted events in his life were:
• Marriage: to Alice de Dunstaville, 1155, Wellingford, Oxfordshire.
• Occupation: Sheriff of Oxfordshire and Berkshire, 1163.
Thomas married Alice De Dunstanville, daughter of Alan I De Dunstanville and Unknown, in 1155 in Wellingford, Oxfordshire. (Alice De Dunstanville was born in 1138 in Castle Combe, Wiltshire.)
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