Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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 available to be downloaded.

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


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Robert Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh Birth: 1 Death: Abt 1132
  2. Henry Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh Death: Abt 1163


Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. 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].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Belvoir: The Heirs of Robert and Berengar de Tosny, in Prosopon: Newsletter of the Unit for Prosopographical Research 9 (Jul 1998). Available at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/issue9-1.pdf. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan Belvoir p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday People, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol I: Domesday Book. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1999. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 1. Corrections in Volume II (Domesday Descendants) pp 4-5. Further corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-people-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p[0-9]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p450, Keats-Rohan DP p424, Sanders Baronies p139]
Sources for death Information
date:
1132-40 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p174, Sanders Baronies p139]
Sources with Information about marriage to Gunnor BIGOD
date:
first marriage of Gunnor [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p174, Keats-Rohan DD p43, Keats-Rohan DD p450]
first marriage of Robert [Ref: CP X p206(c)]
soon after 1107 [Ref: Keats-Rohan Belvoir p3],
names:
[Ref: CP IX p578(c)],
child:
[Ref: CP X p206(c), Keats-Rohan DD p174, Weis AR7 #246]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Gunnor of Essex (#198187) wife of Robert HELION [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p451, Keats-Rohan DD p510, Keats-Rohan DD p76]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Robert fitz SWEIN & Alice de VERE (#11321) [Ref: CP X p206(c)]
Research Notes:
Baron of Rayleigh [Ref: Sanders Baronies p139]

1114: succeeded his father [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p450, Keats-Rohan DP p424]

abt 1114: a charter for Lewes priory refers to his grandmother Beatrice [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p977]

inherited Barony of Rayleigh from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p139]

Lord of Rayleigh [Ref: CP IX p578(c)]
Lord of Rayleigh [Ref: Weis AR7 #246D]

of Essex [Ref: CP V p115(f)]

cannot have been the Robert of Essex who was married to Adeliz, daughter of Alberic de Vere, as is often stated, since his widow was certainly Gunnor, who had a son Hubert by her second husband Haimo [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p450]

founded the priory of Prittlewell as a cell of Lewes, for the souls of his wife (a possible reference to a dead first wife), his parents and of his grandmother Beatrice, attested by Alberic II de Vere and his brother Robert [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p450]



Pedigree of Robert FITZ SURIN Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
          /-----Robert Fitz WINMARK
 /-----Swain Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
|         \-----Beatrix
Robert FITZ SURIN Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
|                           /-----Thursten De Bastenburgh
|                  /-----Hugh With The Beard De Montfort
|         /-----Hugh De Montfort, Baron Of Haughley
 \-----(Unk Dau) De Montfort



Descendants of Robert FITZ SURIN Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
1. Robert FITZ SURIN Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh m1. Gunnor BIGOD m2.
m. Gunnor BIGOD father: Roger BIGOD, Baron Of Framlingham mother: Alice De TOENI

2nd generation

3. Henry Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh m. Cicely De VALOGNES
m. Cicely De VALOGNES father: Roger De VALOINES, Baron Of Bennington mother: Agnes FITZJOHN De VESCY

3rd generation

5. Gunnor Of Essex m. Robert HELION, Baron Of Helion Bumpstead
m. Robert HELION, Baron Of Helion Bumpstead father: William HELION, Baron Of Helion Bumpstead
8. Agnes Lucia Of Essex m. Aubrey III De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
m. Aubrey III De VERE, Earl Of Oxford father: Alberic II De VERE, Baron Of Hedingham mother: Adeliza De CLARE

4th generation

10. William HELION, Baron Of Helion Bumpstead m. Mabel De CLARE
m. Mabel De CLARE father: Roger De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford mother: Maud St. HILLARY
12. Robert De VERE, Earl Of Oxford, MC Surety m. Isabel De BOLEBEC
m. Isabel De BOLEBEC father: Hugh De BOLEBEC, Baron Of Whitchurch
15. Alice De VERE m. Geoffrey De SAY
m. Geoffrey De SAY father: William De SAY mother: Beatrice De MANDEVILLE

5th generation

16. Andrew HELION, Baron Of Helion Bumpstead m.
17. Eleanor De VERE m. Ralph De GERNON, Lord Of East Thorpe
m. Ralph De GERNON, Lord Of East Thorpe father: William De GERNON, Marshall Of Kings Household
18. Sir Hugh De VERE, Earl Of Oxford m. Hawise De QUINCEY
m. Hawise De QUINCEY father: Saire De QUINCEY, Earl Of Winchester, MC Suret mother: Margaret BEAUMONT
19. Geoffrey De SAY m1. m2. Margaret De BRIWERE m3. Aline
m. Margaret De BRIWERE father: Sir William De BRIWERE, Baron Of Horsley mother: Beatrice De VALLE
m. Aline