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:
Children:
  1. Gilbert MALET
  2. Sir Baldwin MALET Death: Before 1197
  3. William MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet Birth: 1 Death: 1169

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. 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]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Book and the Malets: Patrimony and the Private Histories of Public Lives, in Nottingham Medieval Studies, XLI, 1997. p13-56. Available (for a fee) at https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/epdf/10.1484/J.NMS.3.267. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan Malet p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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
parents:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p40, Keats-Rohan Malet p53],
father:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p390],
grandfather:
possibly William MALET, at battle of Hastings, d.1071 [Ref: Weis AR7 #234A]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Gilbert MALET (#39421) [Ref: Burke Peerage p1317]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 1156 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1023, Sanders Baronies p38, Weis AR7 #234A]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1317, Keats-Rohan DD p1023, Keats-Rohan DD p40, Sanders Baronies p38, Weis AR7 #234A]
Research Notes:
Baron of Curry Malet, Somerset [Ref: Weis AR7 #234A]

abt 1120: attested charters of Bury St Edmunds [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1023]

steward of King Stephen, who held the honour of Eye forfeited by the Malets since abt 1113 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1023]

1130: mentioned in connection with Warminster, Wilts [Ref: Sanders Baronies p38]

Barony of Curry Malet passed to Robert, possibly before the death of Henry I [Ref: Sanders Baronies p38]

acquired 12 fees in Somerset late in the reign of Henry I [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1023]

1135: held the barony of Curry Malet, Somerset [Ref: Weis AR7 #234A]

active during the civil wars, atesting for both sides [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1023]

widely believed to be grandson of William MALET (d. 1071) of Graville-Saint Honorine, Normandy, who was a companion of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, and afterwards served as Sheriff of York in 1068. [Ref: Weis AR7 #234A]



Pedigree of Robert MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet
          /-----William MALET
 /-----Robert MALET
|        |                           /-----Grimold Prince Of Monaco
|        |                  /-----Crispin De BEC
|        |                 |         \-----Crispina
|        |         /-----Gilbert Crespin, Lord Of Tillieres
|        |        |        |         /-----Sigfrid Count Of Guines
|        |        |         \-----Heloise De GUINES
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Baldwin I Bras De Fer Count Of Flanders
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Baldwin II The Bald Count Of Flanders
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Judith
|        |        |                 |         /-----Arnold I The Old Count Of Flanders
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Alfred The Great King Of England
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Alfthryth Of England
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Ealhswith
|        |        |                  \-----Elsunde Of Flanders
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Herbert I Count Of Vermandois
|        |        |                          |         /-----Herbert II Count Of Vermandois
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Beatrice Of Morvois
|        |        |                           \-----Alix De Vermandois
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Robert I King Of France
|        |        |                                    \-----Hildebrante/Liegarde/Adela
|        |        |                                             \-----Aelis
|         \-----Esilia CRISPIN
|                 |         /-----Baudry
|                  \-----Gunnor De ANJOU
|                          |                                    /-----William Longspee Duke Of Normandy
|                          |                           /-----Richard I The Fearless Duke Of Normandy
|                          |                          |         \-----Espriota
|                          |                  /-----Godfrey Count Of Brionne
|                          |                 |        |         /-----(Unk) Forquelar Of Cirques
|                          |                 |         \-----Gunnora
|                          |         /-----Robert Of Brionne
|                           \-----(Unk Dau) Of Brionne
Robert MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet
|                           /-----Thursten De Bastenburgh
|                  /-----Hugh With The Beard De Montfort
|         /-----Hugh De Montfort, Baron Of Haughley
 \-----Emily Of Montfort



Descendants of Robert MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet
1. Robert MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet m.

2nd generation

3. Sir Baldwin MALET m. Emma
m. Emma
4. William MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet m1. Basilia m2. Eugenia PICOT
m. Basilia father: Robert The Butler Of Dene mother: Sibyl
m. Eugenia PICOT father: Ralph PICOT

3rd generation

5. Sir William MALET m. Maud KITENORE
m. Maud KITENORE father: Adam De KITENORE
6. Gilbert MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet m. Alice PICOT
m. Alice PICOT father: Ralph PICOT

4th generation

7. Sir William MALET m. Sara De SULLY
m. Sara De SULLY father: Raymond De SULLY
8. Sir Ralph MALET m. Lucy
m. Lucy
9. Sir William MALET, Baron Of Curry Malet, MC Surety m1. m2. Alice BASSET
m. Alice BASSET father: Thomas BASSET, Baron Of Headington And Colynton mother: Philippa MALBANK

5th generation

10. Sir William MALET m. Maria
m. Maria
13. Hawise MALET m1. Sir Hugh POYNTZ m2. Sir Robert De MUSCEGROS
m. Sir Hugh POYNTZ father: Nicholas POYNTZ, Lord Of Tockington mother: Juliane BARDOLF
m. Sir Robert De MUSCEGROS father: Richard De MUSCEGROS
14. Mabel MALET m1. Nicholas AVENEL m2. Sir Hugh De VIVONNE
m. Nicholas AVENEL
m. Sir Hugh De VIVONNE father: Guillaume De FORZ, Seigneur of Vivonne