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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston Birth: 1 Death: Before 1190
  2. Walter GIFFARD Birth: 2

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. 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) .*].
  3. 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]*].
  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. Reed, Paul C, Seymour Family of Hatch, Somerset, and de la Mare Family of Little Hereford, in Foundations for Medieval Genealogy, vol 3 no 3 (2010), pp217-266. Available at https://fmg.ac/publications/journal/volume-3/file/277-seymour-2. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reed SEYMOUR p[0-9]*].
  6. 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
parents:
[Ref: CP V p639(c), Keats-Rohan DD p994],
father:
[Ref: Davis LUNT p205, Sanders Baronies p116]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1165/66 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p994]
abt 1166 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116]
Sources with Information about marriage to Berta
date:
abt 1127 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p855],
names:
[Ref: Davis LUNT p205, Keats-Rohan DD p938, Reed SEYMOUR p230],
child:
[Ref: CP V p639(c), Keats-Rohan DD p994, Keats-Rohan DD p995]
Research Notes:
Lord of Elston in Orcheston St George, Wiltshire [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p994]

inherited Barony of Elston in Orcheston St George from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116]

abt 1130: succeeded his father at Elston [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p994]

charged 100m relief for Barony of Elston [Ref: Sanders Baronies p116(1)]

became a monk in Gloucester Abbey [Ref: CP V p639(c)]



Pedigree of Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
          /-----Osbern GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
 /-----Elis I GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
|         \-----Hadvise
Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
 \-----Ala



Descendants of Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
1. Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston m. Berta
m. Berta father: Richard Fitz PONS, Baron Of Clifford mother: Maud Of Gloucester

2nd generation

2. Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston m1. Maud m2.
m. Maud father: Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING, Baron Of Berkele mother: Alice De BERKELEY
3. Walter GIFFARD m.

3rd generation

4. Sir Osbern GIFFARD m. Isabel BOCLAND
m. Isabel BOCLAND father: Sir Alan De BOCLAND mother: Alice MURDAC
5. Sir Elis IV GIFFORD, Baron Of Elston m1. Isabel MUSARD m2. Alice MAUTRAVERS
m. Isabel MUSARD
m. Alice MAUTRAVERS father: John MAUTRAVERS mother: Alice FITZ GEOFFREY
6. Gilbert GIFFARD m.
7. Berta GIFFORD m. Elis De CAYLEWE
m. Elis De CAYLEWE
8. Hugh GIFFARD m. Sibyl De CORMEILLES
m. Sibyl De CORMEILLES father: Walter De CORMEILLES, Baron Of Tarrington

4th generation

9. Sir Osbern GIFFARD m. Joan
m. Joan
10. Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF m.
11. Isabel GIFFORD m. Thomas Le TABLER
m. Thomas Le TABLER
12. Sir John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield m1. Maud De CLIFFORD m2. Margaret
m. Maud De CLIFFORD father: Walter De CLIFFORD, Baron Of Clifford mother: Margaret Of Wales
m. Margaret mother: (Unk Dau) BELET
13. Gilbert GIFFARD m.
14. Elis De CAYLEWE m.
15. Maud GIFFARD m. William De EBROICIS
m. William De EBROICIS
16. Alice GIFFARD m. (Unk) De MANDEVILLE
m. (Unk) De MANDEVILLE

5th generation

21. Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF m. Alexandra De GARDINIS
m. Alexandra De GARDINIS father: Sir Thomas De GARDINIS
22. Guy Le TABLER m.
23. Catherine GIFFARD m. Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY
m. Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY father: James De AUDLEY mother: Ela LONGESPEE
24. Eleanor GIFFORD m. Fulk Le STRANGE, Lord Strange
m. Fulk Le STRANGE, Lord Strange father: Robert Le STRANGE mother: Eleanor De BLANCMINSTER
29. Alexander GIFFARD m.
30. John De CAYLEWE m.
32. Alexander De FREVILL m. Joan De CROMWELL
m. Joan De CROMWELL father: Sir Ralph De CROMWELL mother: Mazere MARMION
34. Sibyl De MANDEVILLE m1. Piers Le POER m2. Sir Henry BODRIGAN
m. Piers Le POER father: John Le POER
m. Sir Henry BODRIGAN father: Roger De BODRUGAN mother: Isolda De PYN