Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

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. Margery MOTON Death: After 1470
  2. Reginald MOTON Death: 31 Mar 1445

Marriage: Children:
  1. Anne MOTON
  2. Hawise MOTON
  3. Sir William MOTON Birth: 1430 Death: 1482

Bibliography
  1. Acheson, Eric, Gentry Community: Leicestershire in fifteenth century. Cambridge: Univ Press, 1993. NYPL JFD 92-12870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Acheson Leicester p[0-9]*].
  2. Craig, F N, Maternal Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley - Purefoy, Ayot, and Denton, NEHGR v142 (Jul 1988) pp227-244. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy p[0-9]*].
  3. Craig, F N, Corrections and Additions to the Purefoy Line of Thomas Dudley, TAG v77 (2002) pp57-65. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p[0-9]*].
  4. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  5. Farnham, George F, Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees. Leicester: Thornley, 1925. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007941560 images 458-633. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p[0-9]*].
  6. Roskell, J S, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421. Wolfboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton, 1992. NYPL JFE 95-5018. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
  7. Reed, Paul C., Gaveston, Driby and Mallory. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/21/1999. Subject: Gaveston, Driby and Mallory. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/gdgT32VExcE/m/gcyi_O6iP7gJ. Author address: reedpcgen at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paul Reed SGM 6/21/1999].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
  9. 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]*].
  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 v4p[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 v5p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p62f]
1374 [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p58]
abt 1372-74 (age 17 in 1391, 30 in 1412) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453]
abt 1375 [Ref: Faris PA2 p300]
age 17 in 1391 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p241],
parents:
[Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p58, Faris PA2 p300, Farnham Pedigrees p62f, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p58, Faris PA2 p300, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p454]
before 1457 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p242]
before Trin 1457 [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p62f]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margert MALLORY
date:
before 1412 [Ref: Faris PA2 p300]
first marriage of Robert [Ref: Acheson Leicester p241, Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p58, Farnham Pedigrees p62f, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453],
names:
[Ref: Paul Reed SGM 6/21/1999, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p451],
child:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p241, Craig Dudley-Purefoy p232, Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p58, Faris PA2 p296, Faris PA2 p301, Farnham Pedigrees p62f, HoP 1386-1421 v2p408, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth MULSHO
date:
before 1444 [Ref: Faris PA2 p300, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p454]
second marriage of Robert [Ref: Acheson Leicester p241, Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p58, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p107]
third marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p126f],
child:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p241, Farnham Pedigrees p62f, Richardson MCA p803, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p454, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p107]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Peckleton, Leicestershire, and Cheadle, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p107]
Knt, of Peckleton and Sapcote, co Leicester, Cheadle, co Stafford, CastleBytham, co Lincoln, and Stoke Mandeville, co Buckingham [Ref: Faris PA2 p300]
of Peckleton [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v2p408]
of Peckleton [Ref: Paul Reed SGM 6/21/1999]
Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p474]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453]

Ancestors of Robert MOTON were provided by S.M.Skillington. Footnote #15 on this page notes "There are chronological difficulties on the chart published with this article... [WTM: especially if I trust the dates given in CP] [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy-Corr p60]

1422: Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453]

1422: elected Knight of the Shire for Leicestershire [Ref: Acheson Leicester p242]

1435: legatee in will of Joan Beauchamp, Lady Bergavenny, who bequeathed him 100 marks [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p454]

1451-2: Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p453]

1451: Sheriff of Leicestershire [Ref: Acheson Leicester p242]



Pedigree of Sir Robert MOTON
                                                       /-----William MOTON
                                              /-----Robert MOTON
                                     /-----Robert MOTON
                            /-----William MOTON
                           |         \-----Juliana
                   /-----William MOTON
          /-----Sir Robert MOTON
         |        |         /-----William INGE
         |         \-----Joan INGE
         |                 |         /-----Henry GRAPINEL
         |                  \-----Margaret GRAPINEL
 /-----Sir William MOTON
|        |                                                      /-----Ralph BASSET
|        |                                             /-----Ralph BASSET
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret
|        |                                    /-----Simon BASSET
|        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth De Colville
|        |                           /-----Ralph BASSET
|        |                  /-----Simon BASSET
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Walter De COLEVILLE
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Beatrice
|        |                 |        |         /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth COLVILL
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----John De BRAOSE, Baron Of Bramber
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De BREUSE, Lord Of Stinton
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Margaret Of Wales
|        |                 |                  \-----Margaret De BREUSE
|        |                 |                          |         /-----William Le RUS
|        |                 |                           \-----Alice Le RUS
|        |                 |                                    \-----Agatha De CLERE
|        |         /-----Sir Ralph BASSET, Lord Basset Of Sapcote
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Maurice Le BOTELER
|        |        |        |                           /-----Ralph Le BOTELER
|        |        |        |                  /-----William Le BOTELER
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----William PANTULF, Baron Of Wem
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Matilda De PANTULF
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Hawise FITZ WARIN
|        |        |        |         /-----William Le BOTILLER, Lord Botiller
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Madog Ap Maredudd, Prince Of Powys Fadog
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Gruffudd Ap Madog, Prince Of Powys Fadog
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Iseult
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Angharad Ferch Gruffudd
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Henry Of Aldithley
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Emma Of Aldithley
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Bertrad MAINWARING
|        |        |         \-----Isabel BOTELER
|        |        |                  \-----Beatrice
|         \-----Alice BASSET
|                 |                                             /-----Thomas Of Astley
|                 |                                    /-----Walter Of Astley
|                 |                                   |         \-----Maud CAMVILLE
|                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas Of Astley
|                 |                          |         \-----Isabel
|                 |                  /-----Andrew Of Astley, Lord Astley
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Ermald Du BOIS
|                 |                 |         \-----Joan Du BOIS
|                 |         /-----Sir Giles ASTLEY
|                 |        |         \-----Sibyl
|                  \-----Sibyl ASTLEY
|                          |         /-----Sir Thomas WOLVEY
|                           \-----Alice WOLVEY
|                                    \-----Alice
Sir Robert MOTON
 \-----Agnes



Descendants of Sir Robert MOTON
1. Sir Robert MOTON m1. Margert MALLORY m2. Elizabeth MULSHO
m. Margert MALLORY father: Sir Anketil MALLORY mother: Alice De DRIBY
m. Elizabeth MULSHO father: Sir Edmund MULSHO

2nd generation

2. Margery MOTON m. William PUREFOY
m. William PUREFOY father: William PUREFOY mother: Marian AYETE
3. Reginald MOTON m. Margaret BUGGE
m. Margaret BUGGE father: Edmund BUGGE mother: Felicity BROKESBY
6. Sir William MOTON m. Margaret HARCOURT
m. Margaret HARCOURT father: Sir Robert HARCOURT, K.G. mother: Margaret BYRON

3rd generation

7. Philip PUREFOY m. Isabel BROME
m. Isabel BROME father: John BROME mother: Beatrix SHIRLEY
8. John PUREFOY m.
9. Anne MOTON m. William GRIMSBY
m. William GRIMSBY father: Thomas GRIMSBY mother: (Unk) HARCOURT
10. Elizabeth MOTON m. Ralph POLE
m. Ralph POLE
11. Robert MOTON m. Philippa WILLOUGHBY
m. Philippa WILLOUGHBY

4th generation

16. Nicholas PUREFOY m1. Alice DENTON m2. Clemence LYDIARD m3. Katherine BRAYFELD
m. Alice DENTON father: John DENTON mother: Isabel BROME
m. Clemence LYDIARD
m. Katherine BRAYFELD father: Richard BRAYFELD
17. Anne GRIMSBY m1. Richard VINCENT m2. Richard WATERTON
m. Richard VINCENT father: John VINCENT mother: (Unk) WALLIS
m. Richard WATERTON father: Thomas WATERTON mother: Beatrix RESTWOLDE
19. John POLE m.
21. Elizabeth MOTON m. Sir John HARRINGTON
m. Sir John HARRINGTON

5th generation

22. Edward PUREFOY m. Anne FETTIPLACE
m. Anne FETTIPLACE father: Richard FETTIPLACE mother: Elizabeth BESSILES
25. Susan PUREFOY m. Edmund JENNEY
m. Edmund JENNEY father: William JENNEY mother: Elizabeth BUTTON
32. George VINCENT m1. Jane SLOREY m2. Anne RATCLIFFE m3. Amy COLLES
m. Jane SLOREY father: William SLOREY mother: Elizabeth SACHEVERELL
m. Anne RATCLIFFE father: Richard RATCLIFFE
m. Amy COLLES father: Peter COLLES