Bás Mezőpilis

The name of the kindred is mentioned only once by a single document in 1293, regarding Peter, the son of Bás (II), who is referred to as "Petrus filius Baas de genere Mezeupylis".

[1] Bás possessed landholdings and villages along the river Garam (Hron) in Esztergom, Bars and Hont counties in Upper Hungary (present-day Slovakia).

With the permission of the king, Bás sold the estate Szobotist "due to lack of money" to Aba the Great from the clan of the same name for 40 silver marks in 1251.

[4] Bás entered the service of Duke Stephen, the king's eldest son and heir by the year 1259, when he was styled as treasurer of the ducal court in Styria.

[5] In March 1260, Béla IV confirmed Bás' right of ownership over two portions in Orlóc in Trencsén County, which he had previously purchased from local converted Jew called Pouka.

[7] Bás is last mentioned in both positions in late November 1264, when judged over a lawsuit between members of the gens Balogsemjén over the estate Panyola in Szatmár County.

The monarch forgave Bás for his earlier betrayal, but he could no longer get an important position in the royal court,[10] and Stephen returned the estate Benőc to Merse.

[13] Bás and vice-chancellor Benedict were sent as envoys to the court of Ottokar II of Bohemia in the summer of 1270, in order to prepare the personal meeting of the two monarchs.