Arthur Bassett (died 1586)

His father-in-law Sir John Chichester (died 1569) conveyed to him for a term of five years the rectory of Pilton Priory, which he had himself acquired following the Dissolution of the Monasteries.

He volunteered for military service in the Netherlands to defend the Protestant cause against the Spanish, where in 1586 he obtained a command at The Hague, serving under Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, the maternal uncle of his friend Sir Philip Sidney who was killed in 1586 at the Battle of Zutphen.

By her he had five sons and two daughters including: Bassett died of Gaol Fever in 1586 whilst serving in his judicial role at the notorious Lent Black Assize of Exeter from 14 March 1586.

The surface of the slate has largely flaked off, but the central escutcheon showing the arms of Bassett impaling Chichester is still visible, with part of the inscription in a ledger line around the perimeter, and some verse beneath the shield:[5] "Here lie ye bodies of ye Right Worshipful and Worthy Knight, Sir Arthur Bassett and Elianora his wife, daughter of Sir John Chichester of Rawleigh... the 2nd April 1586.

Requiescant in pace" ("May they rest in peace")" Below is the impaled shield, below which is the following verse: "He that is three in one and one in three, First made us two, then one, this one were wee, One love, one life we lived, one year, one death Rocked us asleepe by borrowing but our breath.