Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 05-01-2023.

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. Helen FITZHARDING Birth: 1
  2. Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING, Baron Of Berkele Birth: Abt 1120 in Bristol Death: 16 Jun 1190
  3. Robert De GHENT, Baron Of Beverstone Birth: 3 Death: 1194
  4. Nicholas De BERKELEY Death: 1195
  5. Aldeva FITZHARDING
  6. Henry FITZHARDING, Archdeacon Of Exeter Death: Aug 1188 in Rome

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Phillips, Chris, Proposed Corrections and Additions to the Complete Peerage, http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/index.shtml Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP++(proposed) .*].
  4. 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]*].
  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. Lyte, Henry C Maxwell, A History of Dunster and the families of Mohun and Luttrell, 1909, Vol 1 available at http://archive.org/details/historyofdunster01lyte_0, vol 2 at http://archive.org/details/historyofdunster02lyte. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Lyte Dunster v1p[0-9]*].
  8. 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 v3p[0-9]*].
  9. 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]*].
  10. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
died 1170-1 aged 75 [Ref: Watney WALLOP #93]
died 1170/1 age 75 [Ref: CP II p125]
second son [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p244],
father:
[Ref: CP II p124, Keats-Rohan DD p904, Keats-Rohan DP p244, Lyte Dunster v1p63, Watney WALLOP #93]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p125, Keats-Rohan DD p905]
1170-1 [Ref: Burke Peerage p180]
1170s [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p244]
1171 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p13]
5 Feb 1170 [Ref: Foss Judges p85]
5 Feb 1171 [Ref: Watney WALLOP #93]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p905]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eve
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p180, CP II p125, Keats-Rohan DD p905, Watney WALLOP #93]
Research Notes:
of Bristol [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p64]

called "Robert the Devout" [Ref: CP II p124]

Merchant of Bristol, of great wealth and influence [Ref: CP II p125]

1141: founded the Abbey of St. Augustine, at Bristol, of which he afterwards became a canon [Ref: CP II p125, Keats-Rohan DD p905]

1153: joined the party of Duke Henry, in a charter in which he occurs with his son Henry, his brother Jordan, and his nephews Jordan and David [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p904]

1153-54: Duke Henry confirmed the dower of Robert's daughter Aldeva, given to her by her husband Nigel fitz Arthur [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p905]

obtained a grant from Henry II, while Duke of Normandy, of the castle and lordship of Berkeley, of which Roger de Berkeley had been deprived for his adherence to King Stephen; but Roger still urging his claim, an agreement was entered that Maurice, the son of Robert, should marry Alicia, the daughter of Roger. [Ref: Foss Judges p85]

soon after 1154: granted lordship of Berkeley, Gloucestershire, from which Roger III of Berkeley was displaced [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p905]

before 1166: received the Barony of Beverstone (manors of Beverstone, Elberton, and King's Weston) [Ref: Sanders Baronies p14]

before 1166: manor of Berkeley was separated from the lordship of Dursley, and granted to Robert fitz Harding; it became the caput of an independent barony [Ref: Sanders Baronies p13]



Pedigree of Robert FITZHARDING, Lord Of Berkeley
          /-----Eadnoth The Constable
 /-----Harding
Robert FITZHARDING, Lord Of Berkeley



Descendants of Robert FITZHARDING, Lord Of Berkeley
1. Robert FITZHARDING, Lord Of Berkeley m. Eve
m. Eve father: Sir Estmond mother: Godiva

2nd generation

2. Helen FITZHARDING m. Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley
m. Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley father: Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley
3. Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING, Baron Of Berkele m. Alice De BERKELEY
m. Alice De BERKELEY father: Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley
4. Robert De GHENT, Baron Of Beverstone m1. Hawise De GOURNEY m2. Avice De GAUNT
m. Hawise De GOURNEY father: Nigel De GOURNEY
m. Avice De GAUNT father: Robert De GAUNT mother: Alice PAYNEL
5. Nicholas De BERKELEY m. Ala
m. Ala father: Guy Fitz TECII

3rd generation

8. Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m. Lecuaria
m. Lecuaria
11. Thomas De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley m1. m2. Joan SOMERY
m. Joan SOMERY father: Sir Ralph De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley mother: Margaret Le GROS
12. Maud m. Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
m. Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston father: Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston mother: Berta
13. Eve De GURNAY m1. Anselm De GURNAY m2. Roger De PEAUTON
m. Anselm De GURNAY
m. Roger De PEAUTON

4th generation

17. Henry De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m. Agnes
m. Agnes
18. Maurice De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley m. Isabel FITZ ROY
m. Isabel FITZ ROY father: Richard Fitz Roy, Baron Of Chilham mother: Rohese De DOVER
25. Margaret De BERKELEY m1. Sir John FITZ MATTHEW, Baron Of Erlestoke m2. Sir Anset BASSETT
m. Sir John FITZ MATTHEW, Baron Of Erlestoke father: Matthew Fitz HERBERT mother: Joan PATRIC
m. Sir Anset BASSETT
26. Sir Osbern GIFFARD m. Isabel BOCLAND
m. Isabel BOCLAND father: Sir Alan De BOCLAND mother: Alice MURDAC
27. Robert De GURNAY, Baron Of Beverstone m.

5th generation

28. John De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m.
30. Sir Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley m. Joan De FERRERS
m. Joan De FERRERS father: William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby mother: Margaret De QUINCEY
36. Sir Osbern GIFFARD m. Joan
m. Joan
37. Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF m.
38. Anselm De GURNAY, Baron Of Beverstone m.