Fulk Basset (bishop of London)

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = bishop

| name =Fulk Basset

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| religion =Catholic

| title = Bishop of London

| elected = 1241

| consecration = 9 October 1244

| ended = 21 May 1259

| predecessor = Roger Niger

| successor =Henry Wingham

| death_date =21 May 1259

| buried = 25 May 1259

}}

Fulk Basset (died 1259) was a medieval Bishop of London.

He was a younger son of Alan Basset, of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. He became Dean of York in 1239, then was elected as Bishop of London in 1241, probably in December.Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 258 His election was confirmed by the archbishop on 23 January 1244 and he was consecrated on 9 October of that year.Greenway [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/fasti-ecclesiae/1066-1300/vol1/pp1-4 Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300: Volume 1, St. Paul's, London: Bishops]

On the death of his brother Gilbert in 1241, he inherited estates including the manors of Berwick{{Cite book|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol17/pp9-17|title=A History of the County of Wiltshire, Volume 17|date=2002|publisher=University of London|editor-last=Crowley|editor-first=D. A.|series=Victoria County History|pages=9–17|chapter=Berwick Bassett|access-date=19 October 2021|via=British History Online}} and Marden,{{cite web|url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol10/pp119-125|title=Victoria County History: Wiltshire: Vol 10 pp 119–125 – Parishes: Marden|author-last1=Baggs|author-first1=A.P.|year=1975|editor-last=Crittall|editor-first=Elizabeth|website=British History Online|publisher=University of London|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=19 September 2018|author-first2=D.A.|author-last2=Crowley|author-first3=Ralph B.|author-last3=Pugh|author-first4=Janet H.|author-last4=Stevenson|author-first5=Margaret|author-last5=Tomlinson}} both in Wiltshire.

He died on 21 May 1259. His death was commemorated on that day and he was buried on 25 May.

His nephew, Richard Talbot, was elected Bishop of London in 1262, but died before he could be consecrated.