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. Mary De MERLAY Birth: Before 4 Dec 1241
  2. Isabel De MERLAY Birth: Abt 1256 Death: After 1303
  3. Alice De MERLAY Birth: Abt 1258 Death: Abt 7 Feb 1267/8

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. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. 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 VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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].
  4. 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].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Hedley, W Percy, Northumberland Families. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: H.Hill, 1968. NYPL ARX+ (Northumberland) (Hedley, W.P. Northumberland families). Available (search only) at https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000319577. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hedley Northumberland p[0-9]*].
  8. Ravilious, John, Elizabeth, wife of Roger de Lascelles. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 8/30/2006. Subject: CP Addition: Elizabeth, wife of Roger de Lascelles, Lord Lascelles. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/ASE0ruPqH8s/m/LI5lbxj0tf8J. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 8/30/2006-212530].
  9. 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].
  10. 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]*].
  11. 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]*].
  12. 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 v5p[0-9]*].
  13. 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]*].
  14. Shaw, Stebbing, The history and antiquities of Staffordshire. Compiled from the manuscripts of Huntbach, Loxdale, Bishop Lyttelton, and other collections of Dr. Wilkes. London, England: J Nichols, 1798. Available through NYPL, Gale Virtual Reference Library, Eighteenth Century Collections Online, at https://go-gale-com.i.ezproxy.nypl.org/ps/retrieve.do? docId=GALE%7CCW0103537075 &docType=Monograph&contentSegment=ZCET &prodId=ECCO&pageNum=1 &contentSet=GALE%7CCW0103537075 &searchId=R5&userGroupName=nypl &inPS=true Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Shaw Staffordshire p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
of age in 1239 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665],
parents:
[Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/18/2005-191232, MichaelAnne SGM 11/18/2005-150821, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665],
father:
[Ref: Farrer EYC v9p31, Foss Judges p444, Sanders Baronies p65]
Sources for death Information
date:
1265 [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454, Farrer EYC v9p31, Sanders Baronies p65]
1266 [Ref: Foss Judges p444]
shortly before 4 Dec 1265 [Ref: CP V p185(a), Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel De ROS
date:
before 1241 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]
first marriage of Isabel [Ref: CP V p185(a), Richardson RoyalAnc v4p302],
names:
[Ref: Hedley Northumberland p225],
child:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 8/30/2006-212530, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665, Sanders Baronies p50(6), Sanders Baronies p65]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Morpeth, Benton, Killingworth, North Weetslade, South Weetslade, and Walker, Northumberland, Knaptoft, Leicestershire, Burton Agnes, Yorkshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]
of Morpeth, Northumberland [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p157]
Baron of Morpeth [Ref: Sanders Baronies p50(6)]
of Morpeth, Northumberland, and Burton Agnes, Yorkshire [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454]
Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p354]

eldest surviving son and heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]

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

charged 100 pounds relief for Barony of Morpeth [Ref: Sanders Baronies p65(9)]

1257: granted free warren in his demesne lands in Burton Agnes, and a weekly market and a yearly fair at his manor there [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p31]

d.s.p.m [Ref: CP V p185(a)]



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 Lord Of Mormaer Of Athol
         |        |                                    /-----Crinan The Thane Abbot Of Dunkeld
         |        |                           /-----Maldred Lord Of Carlisle
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Mael Coluim (Malcolm II) Mac CINAED, King Of Scots
         |        |                          |         \-----Bethoc
         |        |                  /-----Gospatric I Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Waltheof Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Uchtred Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |         \-----Ealdgyth
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Ethelred II The Redeless King Of England
         |        |                 |                  \-----Alfgifu
         |        |                 |                           \-----Alfflaed
         |        |         /-----Gospatric II Earl Of Dunbar, Baron Of Beanley
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Edmund The Magnificent King Of England
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Edgar The Peaceful King Of England
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Saint Alfgifu
         |        |        |        |         /-----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
Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|                                    /-----Constantine Earl Of Fife
|                           /-----Gillemichel MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife
|                  /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Regent Of Scotlan
|         /-----Duncan MACDUFF, Earl Of Fife, Justiciar Of Scot
 \-----Ada MACDUFF
          \-----Ela



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

2nd generation

2. 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
3. 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

3rd generation

10. Sir Philip De SOMERVILLE m. Margaret De PYPE
m. Margaret De PYPE father: Sir Thomas De PYPE mother: Joan De JARPENVILLE
12. 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

4th generation

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

5th generation

21. Sir Rhys Ap Griffith m1. Isabel STACKPOLE m2. Margaret ZOUCHE
m. Isabel STACKPOLE father: Richard De STACKPOLE
m. Margaret ZOUCHE father: Nicholas ZOUCHE
22. Sir Henry Griffith m. Joan CLINTON
m. Joan CLINTON father: Sir John De CLINTON mother: Joan HILLARY
23. Margred Ferch Rhys Hen m. Philip Dorddu Ap Hywel
m. Philip Dorddu Ap Hywel
26. Sir Ralph De CROMWELL m. Amice De BELLERS
m. Amice De BELLERS father: Sir Roger De BELLERS mother: Alice WAKEBRUGGE