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.


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Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. Davis, Walter Goodwin, Ancestry of Abel Lunt, 1769-1806, of Newbury, Massachusetts, Portland, Maine: Anthoensen Press, 1963. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/28623. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Davis LUNT p[0-9]*].
  3. 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 v2p[0-9]*].
  4. 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]*].
  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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
came of age in 1308 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116]
prob 24 Jun 1287 [Ref: CP V p644]
probably 24 Jun 1287 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p322],
parents:
[Ref: CP V p644, Davis LUNT p204, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p322, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p614],
father:
[Ref: Sanders Baronies p116]
Sources for death Information
date:
1322 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116]
Mar, in 15 Edw II [Ref: CP V p644(c)]
end of Apr or early in May 1322 [Ref: CP V p646, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323],
place:
[Ref: CP V p646, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]
Sources with Information about marriage to Aveline COURTENAY
date:
before 6 Nov 1311 [Ref: CP V p645, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p322]
Research Notes:
2nd Lord Giffard, of Barony cr 1295 [Ref: CP V p644]
2nd Lord Giffard [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p322, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p614]

Knt, of Brimpsfield, Badgeworth, Rockhampton, etc, Gloucestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p322]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p322]

Keeper of the Castle and town of Dryslwyn, Carmarthenshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p322]

executed as a traitor after battle of Boroughbridge [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116]

his lands were confiscated and granted away, but in Feb 1329 they were resumed into the king's hands. The task of finding an heir proved complicated, but finally it was decided that the lands should go to John de Caillewe, cousin of John Giffard [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116]

d.s.p [Ref: CP V p646]

had four half-sisters, but their claims to the lands were disallowed [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116(5)]

captured at the battle of Boroughbridge, while fighting with the barons under Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, against the forces of Edward II. Proclaimed atraitor, he was hanged, drawn and quartered [Ref: Davis LUNT p204]

taken prisoner at battle of Boroughbridge 16 Mar 1321/2; subsequently hanged at Gloucester [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p323]

at Wilton in 1327 (1 Edward III) the escheator of Wilts had the task of determining who was Giffard's heir; he and the jury could reach no judgement [Ref: Davis LUNT p204]

his IPM is one of the most highly genealogical documents which good fortune can provide. [Ref: Davis LUNT p204]



Pedigree of John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield
                                              /-----Osbern GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                                     /-----Elis I GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                                    |         \-----Hadvise
                            /-----Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                           |         \-----Ala
                   /-----Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
                  |        |                           /-----Pons
                  |        |                  /-----Pons
                  |        |         /-----Richard Fitz PONS, Baron Of Clifford
                  |         \-----Berta
                  |                 |                           /-----(Unk) De PITRES
                  |                 |                  /-----Roger De PITRES
                  |                 |         /-----Walter FITZ ROGER
                  |                 |        |         \-----Adeliza
                  |                  \-----Maud Of Gloucester
                  |                          |         /-----Dru De BALLON
                  |                           \-----Berthe De BALLON
          /-----Sir Elis IV GIFFORD, Baron Of Elston
 /-----Sir John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield
|        |                                             /-----Hugh MAUTRAVERS
|        |                                    /-----Hugh MAUTRAVERS
|        |                           /-----Walter MAUTRAVERS
|        |                  /-----John MAUTRAVERS
|        |         /-----John MAUTRAVERS
|         \-----Alice MAUTRAVERS
|                 |         /-----Roger FITZ GEOFFREY
|                  \-----Alice FITZ GEOFFREY
John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield
 \-----Margaret
         |         /-----Ralph BELET
          \-----(Unk Dau) BELET
                  |                                    /-----Ansfrid De CORMEILLES, Baron Of Tarrington
                  |                           /-----Walter De CORMEILLES, Baron Of Tarrington
                  |                          |        |         /-----(Unk) De LACY
                  |                          |         \-----(Unk) De LACY
                  |                  /-----Richard De CORMEILLES, Baron Of Tarrington
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Baderon Baron Of Monmouth
                  |                 |        |         /-----William Fitz BADERON, Baron Of Monmouth
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret De MONMOUTH
                  |                 |                  \-----Hawise
                  |         /-----Walter De CORMEILLES, Baron Of Tarrington
                  |        |        |                  /-----Odo CAMERARIUS, Chamberlain Of The Earl Of R
                  |        |        |         /-----Robert CAMERARIUS, Chamberlain Of The Earl Of R
                  |        |         \-----Beatrice
                   \-----Sibyl De CORMEILLES



Descendants of John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield
1. John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield m. Aveline COURTENAY
m. Aveline COURTENAY father: Sir Hugh De COURTENAY, Baron Of Oakhampton mother: Eleanor Le DESPENSER