Ann Basset^{[1, 2, 3]}

1521 - Bef 1557  (< 36 years)

• Name	Ann Basset  [1]
  Birth	1521  [1, 2, 4]
  	Father: John Bassett Witness Role: Father: Name: John Bassett
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 7 Jun 1557  [2]
  Person ID	I19600	DBH Twigs
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	John Basset
  Family ID	F7993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sir Walter Hungerford,   b. 1532, Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England d. 1596, Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England (Age 64 years)  [1, 3]
  Marriage	11 Jun 1554	Richmond, Surrey, England   [1]
  Family ID	F2963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Hampton Court 1 Keywords: Picture
  		Hampton Court 1 Keywords: Picture
  		Hampton Court 2 Keywords: Picture
  		Hampton Court 2 Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  ANNE BASSETT (c.1521-before June 7,1557) Anne Bassett was the third daughter of Sir John Bassett (1462-January 21,1528) and his second wife, Honor Grenville (c.1494-April 1566). Her stepfather, Arthur Plantagenet, Viscount Lisle, was Lord Deputy of Calais and Anne was sent to a French family to be educated. In 1537 she obtained a post at court as one of Queen Jane Seymour’s six maids of honor, having been told in 1536 that, at fifteen, she was too young for the post. At the queen’s death, she was placed in the household of her cousin, Mary Arundell, countess of Sussex, to await the king’s next marriage. Later she resided with Peter Mewtas and his wife (Jane Asteley) and then with a distant cousin, Anthony Denny, and his wife (Joan Champernowne). The king took a particular interest in her, at one point giving her a gift of a horse and saddle. Upon his marriage to Anne of Cleves, Anne Bassett resumed her position as a maid of honor and she also held this post under Catherine Howard. After that queen’s disgrace, Anne was particularly provided for because at the time her stepfather, mother, and two sisters were being held in connection with a treasonous plot to turn Calais over to England’s enemies. This does not seem to have affected the king’s feelings for Anne. At a banquet held a short time later, she was one of three ladies to whom he paid particular attention and there was speculation that Anne Bassett might be wife number six. When King Henry chose Katherine Parr instead, Anne resumed her role as maid of honor. She left court during the reign of Edward VI with an annuity of forty marks for her service to Katherine Parr but returned as a lady of the privy chamber in 1553 when Mary Tudor took the throne. On June 11, 1554, Anne married Walter Hungerford of Farleigh (c.1526-1596) in the queen’s chapel at Richmond. The queen granted Anne a number of Hungerford properties lost when Walter's father was attainted in 1540. Walter was knighted later that year. They had two sons who died young. Biography: Anne’s story is told and some of her correspondence reprinted in M. St. Clare Byrne’s The Lisle Letters.

  
  

• Sources

  [S349] Dennis Martin. [S536] http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenHi-Hu.htm. [S797] DBHT (exported from Ancestry).ged. Record originated in... [S7] Find My Past.