BASIN, THOMAS bishop of Lisieux and his torian, was born probably at Caudebec in Normandy, and in he became bishop of Lisieux. In 1464 the bishop joined the League of the Public Weal, and the king seized the temporalities of his see. In 1474 Pope Sixtus IV. bestowed upon him the title of archbishop of Caesarea.
Basin's principal work, Historiae de rebus a Carob VII. et Ludovico XI. Francorum regibus eorumque in tempore in Gallia gestis, is of considerable historical value, but is marred to some extent by the author's dislike for Louis XI. At one time it was regarded as the work of a priest of Liege, named Amelgard, but it is now practically certain that Basin was the writer. His other works include a defence of Joan of Arc entitled Opinio et con silium super processu et condemnatione Jolianne, dicte Puelle.