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. Edmund De SOMERVILLE Birth: 1
  2. Robert De SOMERVILLE
  3. Sir Roger De SOMERVILLE Birth: 4 Death: 1337
  4. Adam De SOMERVILLE
  5. Sir Philip De SOMERVILLE Birth: Abt 1287 Death: Abt 23 Jan 1356/7
  6. John De SOMERVILLE
  7. Joan De SOMERVILLE
  8. Isabel De SOMERVILLE

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. 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]*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011. NYPL JFF 19-2494. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v1p[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 v2p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  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]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. Wedgwood, Josiah, Staffordshire Parliamentary History, 1917, in Collections for a History of Staffordshire, 3rd series, volume 1917-8, London: Harrison and Sons, 1918. Available at https://archive.org/details/collectionsforhi191719183staf. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Wedgwood StaffordshireParl v1p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p666]
Sources for death Information
date:
1297 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p66, Wedgwood StaffordshireParl v1p44]
shortly before 17 Oct 1297 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p666]
Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel De MERLAY
date:
before 1272 [Ref: Farrer EYC v9p31]
before 7 May 1275 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665],
child:
[Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454, Farrer EYC v9p31, Richardson MCA2 v1p568, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p354, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p666, Sanders Baronies p66, Shaw Staffordshire p126]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Wichnor (in Tatenhill), Alrewas, Curborough House (in Streethay), and Tunstall, Staffordshire, and in right of his wife, of Great Benton, Witton Underwood, Horsley, Stanton, and Wingates, Northumberland, and Knaptoft, Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p665]
Knt, of Wichnor (in Tatenhill), Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p354]
of Wichnor (in Tatenhill), Yorkshire, and Great Benton, Northumberland [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 11/10/2005-031454]
of Winchnor and Burton Agnes, Yorkshire [Ref: Wedgwood StaffordshireParl v1p44]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p666]

shown on chart as son of John de SOMERVILLE, occ 17 and 47 Henry III, who died 1280 8 Edward I [Ref: Shaw Staffordshire p126]



Pedigree of Robert De SOMERVILLE
 /-----Sir John De SOMERVILLE
Robert De SOMERVILLE



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

2nd generation

6. Sir Philip De SOMERVILLE m. Margaret De PYPE
m. Margaret De PYPE father: Sir Thomas De PYPE mother: Joan De JARPENVILLE
8. 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

3rd generation

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

4th generation

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

5th generation

23. Johanna Ferch Rhys Ap Gruffudd m. Sir Richard VERNON
m. Sir Richard VERNON father: Sir Richard De VERNON mother: Juliana De PEMBRUGGE
25. Thomas Ap Griffith m. Ann BLOUNT
m. Ann BLOUNT father: Sir Walter Le BLOUNT mother: Sancha De AYALA
28. Cadwgon Ap Philip Dorddu m. Ela Ferch Llywelyn Crugeryr
m. Ela Ferch Llywelyn Crugeryr
32. Sir Ralph CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell m. Maud BERNAKE
m. Maud BERNAKE father: Sir John BERNACKE mother: Joan MARMION