Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth Death: Abt 4 Dec 1265
  2. Ranulph De MERLAY Birth: 1

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Richardson, Douglas, Joan de Somerville, wife of Ralph de Cromwell. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/10/2005. Subject: C.P. Addition: Joan de Somerville, wife of Ralph de Cromwell, Knt.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/d4xpAffc8h8/m/NYV229xXnh0J. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454].
  2. Richardson, Douglas, Roger de Merlay. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/18/2005. Subject: Re: C.P. Addition: Parentage of Isabel de Roos, wife of Roger de Merlay and A.... Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/RAvZPyNbRD0/m/LfyPHffpFSwJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/18/2005-191232].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Descendants of Sir Richard de Lucy and Rohese of Boulogne. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 7/29/2005. Subject: Descendants of Sir Richard de Lucy and Rohese of Boulogne. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/F9_d7JZUuk0/m/5jgR9n064yQJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 7/29/2005-174625].
  4. Farrer, William, Early Yorkshire Charters: being a collection of documents anterior to the thirteenth century made from the public records, monastic chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's manuscripts and other available sources, Volume 9, Edinburgh: Ballantyne, Hanseon & Co, 1914. NYPL CO(Yorkshire) (Farrer, W, Early Yorkshire Charters, 1914) (Rm315). LDS Film#1426222#4. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007959067 images 615-783. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. MichaelAnne, Roger de Merlay. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/18/2005. Subject: Re: C.P. Addition: Parentage of Isabel de Roos, wife of Roger de Merlay and A.... Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/RAvZPyNbRD0/m/76-ifULM5BAJ. Author address: ClaudiusI0 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MichaelAnne SGM 11/18/2005-150821].
  8. 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 v4p[0-9]*].
  9. 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 1194 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
first son and heir [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p30]
first son, of age 1194 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p582],
parents:
[Ref: Farrer EYC v9p30, Foss Judges p444, Keats-Rohan DD p582],
father:
[Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Farrer EYC v9p31, Foss Judges p444, Sanders Baronies p65]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Foss Judges p444]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ada MACDUFF
date:
first marriage of Roger [Ref: MichaelAnne SGM 11/18/2005-150821, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665],
names:
[Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454],
child:
[Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/18/2005-191232, MichaelAnne SGM 11/18/2005-150821, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margery De UMFREVILLE
date:
before Nov 1226 [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/18/2005-191232]
first marriage of Margery [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 7/29/2005-174625]
second marriage of Roger [Ref: MichaelAnne SGM 11/18/2005-150821],
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p11]
Roger de MERLAY & dau Richard de UMFRAVILLE [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65(9)]
Research Notes:
of Morpeth and Witton, Northumberland, Knaptoft, Leicestershire, Burton Agnes, Yorkshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]

inherited Barony of Morpeth from father [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65]

Duncan, Earl of Fife, paid 500m to be guardian of Roger, and for him to marry his daughter [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65(9)]

9 Hen III (1225): justice itinerant, for Northumberland [Ref: Foss Judges p444]

10 Hen III (1226): justice itinerant, for Cumberland [Ref: Foss Judges p444]



Pedigree of Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
                   /-----William De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
          /-----Ralph De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
         |         \-----Menialda
 /-----Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|        |                                                      /-----Duncan Abthane Of Dule, Abbot Of Dunkeld
|        |                                             /-----Duncan Lord Of Mormaer Of Athol
|        |                                    /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
|        |                           /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Cinaed (Kenneth II) Mac MAEL COLUIM, King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |         /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm II) Mac CINAED, King Of Scots
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----(Unknown) Of Leinster
|        |                          |         \-----Bethoc
|        |                  /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Oswulf Earl Of Northumbria
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Waltheof Earl Of Northumberland
|        |                 |        |         /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
|        |                 |         \-----Ealdgyth
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Aelfthryth
|        |                 |                  \-----Alfgifu
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
|        |                 |                           \-----Alfflaed
|        |         /-----Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Edward The Elder King Of England
|        |        |        |                           /-----Edmund The Magnificent King Of England
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Eadgifu
|        |        |        |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Saint Alfgifu
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Wynflaed
|        |        |        |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Ordgar Ealdorman Of Devonshire
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Aelfthryth
|        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau)
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Gunnor Ealdorman In Deise
|        |        |                 |         /-----Thored Ealdorman Of Northumbria
|        |        |                  \-----Alfflaed
|         \-----Juliana Of Dunbar
|                 |         /-----Arkil Morel
|                  \-----Sybil
Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|                                             /-----(Unk) De Estouteville
|                                    /-----Robert De Estouteville
|                           /-----Robert De Estouteville
|                          |         \-----Beatrix
|                  /-----Osmund De Estouteville
|                 |         \-----Erneburga
|         /-----Roger De STUTEVILLE
 \-----Alice De STUTEVILLE



Descendants of Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
1. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m1. Ada MACDUFF m2. Margery De UMFREVILLE
m. Ada MACDUFF father: Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot mother: Ela
m. Margery De UMFREVILLE father: Richard De UMFREVILLE, Baron Of Prudhoe And Rede

2nd generation

2. Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth m. Isabel De ROS
m. Isabel De ROS father: Sir Robert De ROS, Baron Of Wark

3rd generation

4. Mary De MERLAY m1. Walter De BOLEBEC m2. William De GREYSTOCK, Baron Of Greystoke
m. Walter De BOLEBEC father: Sir Hugh De BOLEBEC mother: Tiphaine De BAILLIOL
m. William De GREYSTOCK, Baron Of Greystoke father: Sir Thomas FITZWILLIAM De GREYSTOCK, Baron Of Greys mother: Christian De VIPONT
5. Isabel De MERLAY m1. Robert De EURE m2. Robert De SOMERVILLE
m. Robert De EURE father: John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety mother: Ada De BALIOL
m. Robert De SOMERVILLE father: Sir John De SOMERVILLE

4th generation

12. Sir Philip De SOMERVILLE m. Margaret De PYPE
m. Margaret De PYPE father: Sir Thomas De PYPE mother: Joan De JARPENVILLE
14. Joan De SOMERVILLE m1. Ralph De CROMWELL m2. Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor
m. Ralph De CROMWELL father: Sir Ralph De CROMWELL mother: Margaret De SOMERY
m. Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Codnor father: Sir John GREY mother: Lucy De MOHUN

5th generation

16. Elizabeth De SOMERVILLE m. Sir John De STAFFORD
m. Sir John De STAFFORD father: Sir William De STAFFORD mother: Isabella De STAFFORD
17. Joan SOMERVILLE m. Sir Rhys Hen Ap Gruffudd
m. Sir Rhys Hen Ap Gruffudd father: Gruffudd Ap Hywel mother: Nest Fechen Ferch Gwrwared
21. Sir Ralph De CROMWELL m. Joan De La MARE
m. Joan De La MARE father: Geoffrey De La MARE mother: (Unk wife1)