[1] In 1159 he served as under-sheriff to his brother Ralph, who was Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire.
He served as a justice on eyres as well as in the curia regis from 1168 to 1183.
In 1177 he was appointed Sheriff of Lincolnshire and continued to hold that office until 1185.
[3] Basset's legal opinions are cited in the Tractatus de legibus et consuetudinibus regni Anglie, or Glanvill, a treatise on legal procedures in England.
[1] Basset gave lands to Launde Priory, which had been founded by his parents.