 Adam was a draper who supplied the household of Henry III, for which he was rewarded with several pieces of property in the Bassishaw and Milk Street areas.He served as sheriff in 1243/1244, alderman from 1247 - 1260, and mayor in 1251/1252.He married a woman named Desiderata and they had at least one son, Thomas de Basing, who entered the wool trade but died young.