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. Agnes De HALTON
  2. William Fitz WILLIAM, Constable Of Chester Death: Before 1149
  3. Maud De HALTON

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Robert le Constable. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/14/2008. Subject: Robert le Constable. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/hzre-usTVrM/m/ugCgJBrU9ZYJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2008-164418].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Wurts, John S., Magna Charta: The Pedigrees of the Barons, Philadelphia, PA: Brookfield Publishing Co, 1942. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/197851. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wurts MCBarons p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2008-164418, Watney WALLOP #738]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 1129/30 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p975]
before 1130 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2008-164418, Keats-Rohan DP p486]
Sources with Information about marriage to Adeliz Of Widness
names:
William FitzNIGEL & dau of Yerfrid of Widness [Ref: Watney WALLOP #738],
child:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2008-164418, Watney WALLOP #738]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
note:
William FitzNigel & Agnes De GANT [Ref: Wurts MCBarons p426]
Research Notes:
of Halton, Cheshire [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2008-164418]

Constable of Chester [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p486, Watney WALLOP #738]
Lord of Flamborough [Ref: Watney WALLOP #738]

appears to be related to Walter de Gand, who described him as "nepos meus" [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p486]

1079-87: attested a pancarte of Saint-Etienne de Caen [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p486]

1086: Domesday tenant of Earl Hugh of Chester; probably also of Robert of Mortain in Buckinghamshire [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p486]

founded the Abbey of Norton [Ref: Watney WALLOP #738]

after 1086: acquired Flamborough [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/14/2008-164418]



Pedigree of William FITZ NIGEL, Constable Of Chester
 /-----Nigell De HALTON, Constable Of Chester
William FITZ NIGEL, Constable Of Chester



Descendants of William FITZ NIGEL, Constable Of Chester
1. William FITZ NIGEL, Constable Of Chester m. Adeliz Of Widness
m. Adeliz Of Widness father: Yarfield Of Widness

2nd generation

2. Agnes De HALTON m1. Eustace Fitz John De BURGO, Constable Of Chester m2. Robert FitzCOUNT, Constable Of Chester
m. Eustace Fitz John De BURGO, Constable Of Chester father: John FITZRICHARD
m. Robert FitzCOUNT, Constable Of Chester
3. William Fitz WILLIAM, Constable Of Chester m.
4. Maud De HALTON m. Albert De GRELLEY, Baron Of Manchester
m. Albert De GRELLEY, Baron Of Manchester father: Robert De GRELLEY, Baron Of Manchester mother: Matilda De Brancewell

3rd generation

5. Richard FITZ EUSTACE, Constable Of Chester m. Albreada LIZOURS, Baroness Of Pontfract
m. Albreada LIZOURS, Baroness Of Pontfract father: Robert LIZOURS mother: Aubrey De LACY
7. Robert Fitz WILLIAM m.
8. Albert De GRELLEY, Baron Of Manchester m. Isabella BASSET
m. Isabella BASSET father: Thomas BASSET mother: Adeliza De DUNSTANVILLE

4th generation

9. John Fitz Richard, Constable Of Chester m. Alice Fitz Roger
m. Alice Fitz Roger father: Roger FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Warkworth mother: Alice De VERE
11. Aubrey FITZ EUSTACE m. Henry BISET
m. Henry BISET father: Manasser BISET mother: Alice De Cany
12. Robert CONSTABLE m. Eufemia TISON
m. Eufemia TISON father: William TISON mother: Alice De ARUNDEL
13. Robert De GRELLE, Baron Of Manchester, MC Baron m. Margaret De LONGCHAMP
m. Margaret De LONGCHAMP father: Henry De LONGCHAMP, Baron Of Freiston

5th generation

14. Roger De LACY, Baron Of Pontefract m. Maud De CLERE
m. Maud De CLERE father: Ebrard IV Seigneur De Puiset, Vicount Chartres mother: Heloise De ROUCY
18. Joan De Chester m. Peter I De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
m. Peter I De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton father: Adam II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton mother: Juetta De ARCHES
21. John BISSET m. Alice BASSET
m. Alice BASSET father: Thomas BASSET, Baron Of Headington And Colynton mother: Philippa MALBANK
22. Margaret BISET m. Roger La ZOUCHE
m. Roger La ZOUCHE father: Alan CEOCHE mother: Alice De Belmeis
24. William CONSTABLE m. Juliana DEIVILLE
m. Juliana DEIVILLE father: John De DAIVILLE mother: Maud De PERCY
26. Thomas De GRELLE, Baron Of Manchester m1. m2. Christiana LEDET
m. Christiana LEDET father: Wischard LEDET mother: Margaret FOLIOT