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. John Le DESPENSER Death: 1275

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Ravilious, John, Origins of the Despenser. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/13/2006. Subject: Origins of the Despenser: Geoffrey, father of Thomas. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/ruz92uBAhhk/m/sPzxTlksN4EJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/13/2006-084347].
  4. Ravilious, John, Ancestry of Sir Hugh le Despenser. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/16/2006. Subject: Ancestry of Sir Hugh le Despenser (d. 1238). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/V1OQdMYA2K4/m/y55evpZOLJYJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/16/2006-112540].
  5. Ravilious, John, Origins of the Despensers (redux). Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/31/2003. Subject: Origins of the Despensers (redux). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/k2x2qcVs5kE/m/x-V8oV0QHksJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847].
  6. Ravilious, John, Early Despenser family. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/9/2007. Subject: #Geoffrey / Galfridus le Despenser Lord Marcheley. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/E4fQCP9woZ8/m/X2ZYFWq5_G0J. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106].
  7. Watson, John, Origin of the Despensers. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/9/2014. Subject: Origin of the Despensers. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/Sy8623EOTPQ/m/Ct3nWMwEtR0J. Author address: watsonjohnm at gmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Watson SGM 6/9/2014-165509].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
fourth child, third son [Ref: CP IV p259(c)],
parents:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 1/13/2006-084347, John Ravilious SGM 1/16/2006-112540, John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106],
father:
[Ref: CP IV p259(c), CP XI p347, John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847, John Watson SGM 6/9/2014-165509],
great-nephew:
Hugh 1st Lord Despenser [Ref: CP XI p347 (with corr in XIV p564)]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP IV p259(c), CP XI p347, John Ravilious SGM 1/16/2006-112540, John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847, John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106, John Watson SGM 6/9/2014-165509]
Sources with Information about marriage to Emma
date:
before Dec 1231 [Ref: CP XI p347]
second marriage of Emma [Ref: CP IV p259(c), John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106],
names:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847],
child:
[Ref: CP IV p259(c), CP XI p348]
Research Notes:
of Martley [Ref: CP IV p259(c), John Ravilious SGM 1/13/2006-084347, John Ravilious SGM 1/16/2006-112540]
of Martley, co Worcester [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847, John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106]

witness to charters of the Earls of Chester, together with others [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847]

23 Jan 1229/30: paid 100 pounds for "custody of the land and of the heir of John de St John" (Roger) [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847]

1238: guardian of his nephew Hugh le Despenser [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/31/2003-174847]

great uncle of Hugh, 1st Lord Despenser [Ref: CP XI p347 (with corr in XIV p564)]



Pedigree of Geoffrey Le DESPENSER
                            /-----Hugh De BERGES
                   /-----Ansketil De BERGES
                  |        |         /-----(Unk) De QUENIBOROUGH
                  |         \-----(Unk) De QUENIBOROUGH
          /-----Geoffrey Le DESPENSER
         |         \-----Rohese
 /-----Thomas Le DESPENSER
Geoffrey Le DESPENSER
 \-----Recuara



Descendants of Geoffrey Le DESPENSER
1. Geoffrey Le DESPENSER m. Emma
m. Emma father: Richard Sire De Harcourt