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. Geoffrey RIDEL, Baron Of Great Weldon Birth: 1 Death: 1180
  2. Ralph BASSET Birth: 2 Death: Abt 1163
  3. William BASSET Birth: 3 Death: Abt 1185
  4. Philip BASSET
  5. Roger BASSET
  6. Sibil BASSET Birth: Abt 1135
  7. Matilda BASSET

Bibliography
  1. Barron, Oswald, Our Oldest Families XIII: The Bassets, in The Ancestor: A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldy and Antiquities, Xi (October 1904), pp55-60. Available at http://archive.org/details/ancestorquarterl11londuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Barron Bassets p[0-9]*].
  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. 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]*].
  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. Phair, Raymond, Basset of Sapcote. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/1/1999. Subject: Basset of Sapcote. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/8dBpWo0UYnQ/m/p2CbXCFSyeYJ. Author address: rphair at CapAccess dot org. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Raymond Phair SGM 12/1/1999].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p327],
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p327],
father:
[Ref: Foss Judges p57, Keats-Rohan DD p166, Keats-Rohan DP p327, Sanders Baronies p49(6)],
sister:
mother of wife of Robert RIDEL [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p165],
niece:
wife of Robert RIDEL [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p165]
Sources for death Information
date:
1135-46 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p49]
1136-45 [Ref: Raymond Phair SGM 12/1/1999]
abt 1154 [Ref: Foss Judges p58]
between 16 Sep 1144 and 29 May 1147 [Ref: CP II p1(b) (with corr in XIV p71)]
by 1144 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p166]
Sources with Information about marriage to Maud RIDEL
date:
[Ref: Sanders Baronies p49(6)]
1120-3 [Ref: Raymond Phair SGM 12/1/1999]
between 1120 and 1123 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p166],
names:
[Ref: Foss Judges p57, Keats-Rohan DP p231],
child:
[Ref: CP II p1(a), CP II p1(b), Foss Judges p559, Foss Judges p58, Keats-Rohan DD p1108, Keats-Rohan DD p165, Keats-Rohan DD p166, Keats-Rohan DD p167, Raymond Phair SGM 12/1/1999, Sanders Baronies p49(6)]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Gilbert BASSET (#14078) [Ref: Barron Bassets p56]
Research Notes:
heir of his father [Ref: Foss Judges p57]

succeeded his father as Baron of Welden in Northamptonshire [Ref: Foss Judges p57]

Justiciar temp Henry I [Ref: CP II p1(b)]

Orderic writes that he was of ignoble stock, one whom Henry I had raised up as it were from the dust [Ref: Barron Bassets p55]

of Great Weldon, Northamptonshire [Ref: Raymond Phair SGM 12/1/1999]

after 1122: held lands of Robert de Buci (Barony of Great Weldon) [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p375]

obtained a grant of the Barony of Great Weldon; these lands were held by Robert de Buci when Domesday was compiled. a large part of his lands, which seem either to have escheated or to have been forfeit to the crown, were granted to Ricahrd Basset some time after 1122 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p49]

held Drayton through his marriage with Maud Ridel [Ref: CP II p1(b)]

1129-30: co-sheriff, with Aubrey de Vere, of Buckinghamshire and Huntingdonshire [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p166]

five sons assigned to the justice [Ref: Barron Bassets p55]

1135: last witnessed a royal charter [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p166]

1144: Empress Matilda and Henry her son restored his inheritance to Geoffrey Ridel II, Richard's son [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p166]



Pedigree of Richard BASSET, Justiciar Of England
 /-----Ralph BASSET
Richard BASSET, Justiciar Of England



Descendants of Richard BASSET, Justiciar Of England
1. Richard BASSET, Justiciar Of England m. Maud RIDEL
m. Maud RIDEL father: Geoffrey RIDEL mother: Geva Of Chester

2nd generation

2. Geoffrey RIDEL, Baron Of Great Weldon m1. Amice m2. Sibil MAUDIT
m. Amice
m. Sibil MAUDIT father: William II MAUDIT mother: Maude De HAMESLAPE
3. Ralph BASSET m. Alicia
m. Alicia
4. William BASSET m.
7. Sibil BASSET m. Robert De CAUZ
m. Robert De CAUZ father: Robert De CALZ mother: Isabel FERRERS
8. Matilda BASSET m1. Saswalo Fitz FULCHER m2. John De STUTEVILLE
m. Saswalo Fitz FULCHER father: Fulk Fitz SASWALO mother: Margaret
m. John De STUTEVILLE

3rd generation

9. Richard BASSET, Baron Of Great Weldon m.
10. Ralph BASSET m.
11. Simon BASSET m. Elizabeth AVENEL
m. Elizabeth AVENEL father: William AVENEL mother: Helewise WAARD
12. Emma BASSET m. Robert De GRENDON
m. Robert De GRENDON
13. Maud De CAUZ m1. Adam FITZ PETER m2. Ralph FITZ STEPHEN
m. Adam FITZ PETER father: Peter FITZ ESSULF mother: Emma De LASCELLES
m. Ralph FITZ STEPHEN father: Stephen TURONENSIS
15. Henry Fitz SASWALO m. Joanna De CLINTON
m. Joanna De CLINTON father: John De CLINTON

4th generation

16. Ralph BASSET, Baron Of Great Weldon m.
17. Ralph BASSET m.
18. Ralph BASSET m. Margaret
m. Margaret
20. Sir Ralph De GRENDON m. Isabel
m. Isabel
22. John De BIRKIN m1. Joan Le ENVEISE m2. Agnes De FLAMVILLE
m. Joan Le ENVEISE father: Jordan De LENVEISE mother: Cecily De ARUNDEL
m. Agnes De FLAMVILLE father: Roger De FLAMVILLE mother: Juetta De ARCHES
26. (Unk) De BIRKIN m. Sir Robert VAVASOUR
m. Sir Robert VAVASOUR father: Sir William VAVASOUR, Lord Of Hazelwood
27. Sewallis De SHIRLEY m. Isabel De MEINILL
m. Isabel De MEINILL father: Robert De MEINILL

5th generation

28. Richard BASSET, Baron Of Great Weldon m.
29. Ralph BASSET m. Margaret De SOMERY
m. Margaret De SOMERY father: Sir Roger De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley mother: Nichole D'AUBIGNY
30. Maud BASSET m. Sir William HERRIZ
m. Sir William HERRIZ father: Gervaise De HERIZ mother: Matilda
31. Ralph BASSET m1. Elizabeth De Colville m2. Milicent CHAUCOMBE
m. Elizabeth De Colville
m. Milicent CHAUCOMBE father: Sir Robert De CHAUCOMBE mother: Julian De CORNHILL
32. Sir Ralph De GRENDON, Lord Grendon m1. Joan BURNELL m2. Joan CLINTON m3. Sibyl
m. Joan BURNELL father: Sir Hugh BURNELL mother: Sibyl
m. Joan CLINTON father: Sir John De CLINTON
m. Sibyl
35. Isabel De BIRKIN m. Robert De EVERINGHAM
m. Robert De EVERINGHAM father: Robert De EVERINGHAM
36. Maud VAVASOUR m1. Theobald WALTER m2. Sir Fulk FITZ WARIN, Robin Hood
m. Theobald WALTER father: Harvey WALTER mother: Maud De VALOINES
m. Sir Fulk FITZ WARIN, Robin Hood father: Fulk FITZ WARIN mother: Hawise De DINAN
38. Sir James De SHIRLEY m. Agnes De WALTON
m. Agnes De WALTON father: Simon De WALTON, Bishop of Norwick