Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 12-10-2023.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ernulf De MANDEVILLE Birth: 1 Death: Abt Apr 1178
  2. Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE, Earl Of Essex Birth: Abt 1135 Death: 21 Oct 1166 in Chester
  3. William De MANDEVILLE, Earl Of Essex Birth: 3 Death: 14 Nov 1189 in Normandy
  4. Robert De MANDEVILLE Birth: 4 Death: Before 14 Nov 1189

Bibliography
  1. Wilson, Alan, Early Beauchamps, Barons of Bedford. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/17/1998. Subject: Lanvallei + Beauchamp + Mowbray. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/uPTdbtQ-d7I/m/88OME-BFyCgJ. Author address: abwilson at uclink2 dot berkeley dot edu. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Alan B. Wilson SGM 9/17/1998].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Phillips, Chris, Corrections and Additions to the Complete Peerage, http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/index.shtml Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP++ .*].
  5. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
  6. Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].
  7. Fowler, G Herbert, Mandeville, Fitz Geoffrey, and Beauchamp of Eaton, in The Genealogist, New Series, v29 (Oct 1912). NYPL *ZAN-G233 Reels 18-32. LDS Film#086970. Journal available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/14199. Article available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/008649244 images 259-262. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fowler Mandeville p[0-9]*].
  8. Holloway, Naomi D, The Genealogy of Mary Wentworth, Who Became the Wife of William Brewster, Revised Edition, October 1969. LDS Film#1738313 item#5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p[0-9a]*].
  9. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
  10. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
  11. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sanders Baronies p[0-9]*].
  12. Watney, Vernon James, The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, Oxford:John Johnson, 1928. LDS Film#1696491 items 6-9. NYPL ARZ+ (Wallop) (Watney, V. J. Wallop family). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/213421. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Watney WALLOP #[0-9]*].
  13. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].
  14. Weis, Frederick L, Magna Charta Sureties 1215: The Barons Named in the Magna Charta and Some of Their Descendants. 4th Ed. Baltimore: Gen Pub Co, 1991. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis MC #[0-9][0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP V p113, CP++ Essex 8/26/2004 (CP V p113), Foss Judges p427, Holloway WENTWORTH p17, Keats-Rohan DD p568 (with corr on proposon web site), Keats-Rohan DD p845, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p560],
father:
[Ref: CP IV AppH p669, CP V p116f, Fowler Mandeville p85, Keats-Rohan DD p566, Sanders Baronies p71, Watney WALLOP #647]
Sources for death Information
date:
1144 [Ref: CP IV AppH p669, Foss Judges p427, Fowler Mandeville p85, Keats-Rohan DD p565, Keats-Rohan DD p566, Sanders Baronies p71, Watney WALLOP #1000]
14 (or 16) Sep 1144 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p561]
14 Sep 1144 [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p17]
14 or 16 Sep 1144 [Ref: CP V p116, CP V p116f, Watney WALLOP #647]
about Sep 1144 [Ref: Weis MC #159],
place:
[Ref: CP V p116, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p561, Weis MC #159]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p116],
place:
[Ref: CP V p116]
Sources with Information about marriage to Rohese De VERE
date:
first marriage of Rohese [Ref: Alan B. Wilson SGM 9/17/1998, CP V p115, CP V p116f, Keats-Rohan DD p312, Keats-Rohan DD p762, Keats-Rohan DD p763],
names:
[Ref: CP V p113, Clutterbuck Hertford v3p104, Holloway WENTWORTH p17, Sanders Baronies p71(5), Watney WALLOP #1000, Watney WALLOP #647, Watney WALLOP #73, Weis MC #159],
child:
[Ref: CP IV AppH p669, CP V p116, CP V p116f, CP V p118, Foss Judges p427, Fowler Mandeville p85, Keats-Rohan DD p566, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p560]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Alice (#10309), wife of John Fitz Richard Constable of Chester [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p17]
Beatrice (#13889) wife of Hugh TALBOT [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1123]
Maud (#11317), wife of (1) Piers de Lutegareshale and (2) Hugh de Boclande [Ref: Weis MC #159]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Essex, of Earldom cr 1140 [Ref: CP V p113]
1st Earl of Essex [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p560]
Earl of Essex [Ref: Fowler Mandeville p85, Holloway WENTWORTH p17, Weis AR7 #169A]

of Great Waltham, High Easter, Pleshey, and Saffron Waldon, Essex, Streatley, Berkshire, Quarrendon and Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Chippenham, Cambridgeshire, Edmonton and Enfield, Middlesex, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, Long Compton, Warwickshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p560]
of Great Waltham, Saffron Walden, High Easter, and Pleshey, Essex, Edmonton and Enfield, Middlesex, Sawbridgeworth, Herts, Quarrendon and Amersham, Bucks, Streatley, Berks, Long Compton, co Warwick, etc [Ref: CP V p113]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p560]

inherited Barony of Pleshy from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p71]

Constable of the Tower of London [Ref: CP V p113, Holloway WENTWORTH p17, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p560]

Chief Justice of Essex [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p17]

owed 866 pounds 13s 4d (1300m) for his father's lands [Ref: Sanders Baronies p71(4)]

infamously set out to restore the family fortunes during the troubles of Stephen's reign [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p566]

Sheriff of London Middlesex, Essex and Herts [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p17]

founder of Abbey of Waldern [Ref: Holloway WENTWORTH p17]

1140: created Earl of Essex [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p566]

created Earl of Essex by charter of King Stephen, charter dated between Dec 1139 and Dec 1140 [Ref: CP++ Essex 8/26/2004 (CP V p113)]

received a charter from Empress Maud confirming to him all his lands and the grants from herself and the King, and giving him the lands and the office of Eoun Dapifer. Charter dated between 25 Jul and 1 Aug 1141 (rather than in 1142 as stated in CP V p114); there is therefore no reason to believe that Geoffrey rejoined Maud's side after returning to Stephen's at Christmas 1141 [Ref: CP++ Essex 8/26/2004 (CP V p114)]

1141: was granted some lands from the honour of Hatfield Peverel [Ref: Sanders Baronies p120(4)]

1141-43: perhaps Sheriff of Essex [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p566]



Pedigree of Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE, Earl Of Essex
          /-----Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE, Baron Of Pleshy
 /-----William De MANDEVILLE, Baron Of Pleshy
|         \-----Athelaise
Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE, Earl Of Essex
|                  /-----Hubert De Ryes
|         /-----Eudo De RIE, Dapifer
 \-----Margaret RIE
         |                                                      /-----Hrolfr (Rollo) Duke Of Normandy
         |                                             /-----William Longspee Duke Of Normandy
         |                                            |         \-----Poppa
         |                                    /-----Richard I The Fearless Duke Of Normandy
         |                                   |         \-----Espriota
         |                           /-----Godfrey Count Of Brionne
         |                          |        |         /-----(Unk) Forquelar Of Cirques
         |                          |         \-----Gunnora
         |                  /-----Gilbert Count Of Brionne
         |         /-----Richard FITZ GILBERT De CLARE, Baron Of Clare
          \-----Rohais
                  |                  /-----Osbern De Bolbec, Seigneur Of Longueville
                  |         /-----Walter Giffard Lord Of Longueville
                  |        |        |         /-----(Unk) Forquelar Of Cirques
                  |        |         \-----Wevie
                   \-----Rohese GIFFARD
                           |         /-----Gerard De FLEITELL
                            \-----Ermengarde FLATEL



Descendants of Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE, Earl Of Essex
1. Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE, Earl Of Essex m. Rohese De VERE
m. Rohese De VERE father: Alberic II De VERE, Baron Of Hedingham mother: Adeliza De CLARE

2nd generation

2. Ernulf De MANDEVILLE m. Alice De Oilly
m. Alice De Oilly father: Robert De Oilly, Baron Of Hook Norton mother: Edith SIGULFSSON
4. William De MANDEVILLE, Earl Of Essex m1. m2. Hawise Countess Of Aumale
m. Hawise Countess Of Aumale father: William Le GROS, Count Of Aumale mother: Cecily Lady Of Skipton

3rd generation

7. Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE m.
10. Gilbert De MANDEVILLE m.
11. Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE m. Maud De BIDUN
m. Maud De BIDUN father: John De BIDUN, Baron Of Lavendon mother: Alice MAUDIT

4th generation

13. Geoffrey De MANDEVILLE m.
14. Ralph De MANDEVILLE m. Rohese
m. Rohese
15. Geoffrey Fitz GEOFFREY De TEYL m.
16. Robert Fitz GEOFFREY m.
17. William Fitz GEOFFREY m. Olive De BEAUCHAMP
m. Olive De BEAUCHAMP father: Oliver De BEAUCHAMP mother: Agnes

5th generation

18. Ralph De MANDEVILLE m.
19. Gilbert De MANDEVILLE m.
22. John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Eaton m.