Salomon de Basing explained

Birth Place:London
Death Place:London
Nationality:English
Known For:Sixth Lord Mayor of London
Predecessor:Jacob Alderman
Successor:Serlo le Mercer 1217-1222 (earlier Mayor who served again),

Salomon de Basing (13th century) was an English politician of medieval London. He served alongside Hugh Basing as a Sheriff of London in 1214, and was elected Lord Mayor in 1216 after the deposition of Jacob Alderman on Trinity Sunday.[1] He was succeeded by earlier mayor Serlo le Mercer in 1217.[2]

Adam de Basing, his son or grandson, served as a Sheriff in 1243 before being elected Lord Mayor in 1251.[3] London's Basinghall Street took its name from the Basing/Bassing family, which, Stow writes, was 'of great antiquity and renown' within the realm.[4]

References

  1. [Henry Thomas Riley|Riley, H. T.]
  2. [Christopher N. L. Brooke|Brooke, Christopher N. L.]
  3. [John Stow|Stow, John]
  4. Stow, John (1929). The Survey of London (Everyman's Library). London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 257. (Original work published 1598).