Edward Bashe

Bashe was the son of Ralph Bashe, of Stanstead Abbots, Hertfordshire and his wife Frances Carey, daughter of Sir Edward Carey, Master of the Jewel Office.[https://archive.org/stream/lenevespedigrees08byulene#page/28/mode/2up Le Neve's Pedigrees] He matriculated at Peterhouse, Cambridge in Autumn 1608.{{acad|id=BS608E|name=Bashe, Edward}} He received a knighthood at Theobalds on 6 June 1616.[https://archive.org/stream/knightsofengland02shawuoft#page/n167/mode/2up Knights of England]

In 1625 he obtained the post of Chamberlain of the Exchequer for life.

Bashe was elected Member of Parliament for Stamford in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In April 1640, he was elected MP for Grantham in the Short Parliament.{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}}

Bashe lived at Stanstead Abbots which had previously belonged to Anne Boleyn and which was granted to Bashe's grandfather Edward Baeshe in 1559. Bashe married Mary Montagu, daughter of Sir Charles Montagu.

Bashe died in 1653 and was buried at Stanstead Cussans, Hertfordshire. By deed of 10 November 1635 and under his will he founded charities to support almshouses and a school at Stanstead.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43627 Parishes: Stanstead Abbots, A History of the County of Hertford: volume 3 (1912), pp. 366-373. Date accessed: 17 February 2011] He had no children and his property went to a cousin Ralph Bashe. At the Restoration in 1660, Ralph unsuccessfully petitioned King Charles II to inherit the office of Chamberlain.{{cite web |title=Charles II - volume 1: May 29-31, 1660 Pages 1-16 Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II, 1660-1. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1860. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/domestic/chas2/1660-1/pp1-16 |website=British History Online |accessdate=13 July 2020}}

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