Salomon de Basing (fl. 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]
Salomon de Basing | |
|---|---|
| Born | London |
| Died | London |
| Nationality | English |
| Known for | Sixth Lord Mayor of London |
| Predecessor | Jacob Alderman |
| Successor | Serlo le Mercer 1217-1222 (earlier Mayor who served again), |
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
edit- ^ Riley, H. T. (1863). Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London, A.D. 1188 to A.D. 1274. London: Trübner. p. 4. (Translated from Arnold Fitz Thedmar's Liber de Antiquis Legibus).
- ^ Brooke, Christopher N. L. (1975). London, 800-1216: The Shaping of a City. California: University of California Press. p. 257.
- ^ Stow, John (1929). The Survey of London (Everyman's Library). London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 258. (Original work published 1598).
- ^ Stow, John (1929). The Survey of London (Everyman's Library). London: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. p. 257. (Original work published 1598).