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:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir William ASTLEY, Lord Astley Birth: Before 1344/5 Death: 1420 in Astley, Co Warwick
  2. Sir Thomas ASTLEY Birth: 2 Death: 1399
  3. Giles ASTLEY Birth: 3
  4. Alice De ASTLEY

Bibliography
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  2. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
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  5. Phillips, Chris, Sir William Astley, father of Joan (Astley) Grey. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 9/29/2002. Subject: CP Correction: Sir William Astley, father of Joan (Astley) Grey. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/Z88GIEwrfNM/m/du_pBwjcjgIJ. Author address: cg dot phillips at ic dot ac dot uk. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 9/29/2002-055615].
  6. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
  7. Richardson, Douglas, Sir Thomas de Astley, 3rd Lord Astley (living 1385). Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 3/4/2014. Subject: Complete Peerage Addition: Sir Thomas de Astley, 3rd Lord Astley (living 1385). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/p01CN27ykx4/m/uvrg3075lSQJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 3/4/2014-101215].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Death of Nicholas de Astley, 2nd Lord Astley. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/27/2018. Subject: C.P. Additions: Marriage dates of Thomas de Astley, 3rd Lord Astley [died c.1389] & Elizabeth de Beauchamp; and Geoffrey de Say, 2nd Lord Say [died 1359] & Maud de Beauchamp; Death of Nicholas de Astley, 2nd Lord Astley. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/ii3DIJbh6WE/m/m6RweUAHAgAJ. Author address: celticprince at gmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/27/2018-165443].
  9. Richardson, Douglas, Sir Thomas de Astley, 3rd Lord Astley. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/30/2010. Subject: Complete Peerage Addition: Sir Thomas de Astley, 3rd Lord Astley. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/EoDQnxyk6sw/m/aFsklpvCWFoJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/30/2010-145739].
  10. 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]*].
  11. Madan, Falconer, The Gresleys of Drakelowe: An Account of the Family, and Notes of its connexions by Marriage and Descent from the Norman Conquest, Oxford: author, 1899. Available at https://archive.org/details/The_Gresleys_of_Drakelowe. Partially (mainly illustrations) at https://archive.org/details/gri_33125007789320. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Madan Gresleys p[0-9]*].
  12. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
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  15. 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]*].
  16. Bodine, Ronny, CHAMPERNOUN OF MODBURY, DEVONSHIRE. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/30/1999. Subject: CHAMPERNOUN OF MODBURY, DEVONSHIRE. Available at (PART 1 of 2) https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/hWEOutYTTZI/m/Q_YEJ39VtDEJ and (PART 2 of 2) https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/qcRfR7_zkg0/m/gq5TziU2dK8J. Author address: rbodine996 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Ronny Bodine SGM 1/30/1999].
  17. Farmerie, Todd, Weis : Ancestral Roots, 7th Edition - Corrections. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 8/1/1995. Subject: Weis : Ancestral Roots, 7th Edition - Corrections. Apparently not archived by Google Groups. Author address: taf2 at PO dot CWRU dot EDU. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Todd Farmerie SGM 8/1/1995].
  18. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
in or before 1305 [Ref: Richardson PA p45, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171],
parents:
[Ref: CP I p283, Farnham Pedigrees p19, Richardson PA p45, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1359 [Ref: Madan Gresleys p235]
between 1385 and 13 Feb 1387 [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 3/4/2014-101215]
living 21 Jul 1381 [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/30/2010-145739]
living 28 Apr 1383 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p172]
living 3 May 1366 [Ref: CP I p284, Richardson PA p45]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret
date:
first marriage of Thomas [Ref: CP I p284(a), Richardson PA p45, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth De BEAUCHAMP
date:
before 1336/7 [Ref: CP I p284, Richardson PA p45, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171, Todd Farmerie SGM 8/1/1995]
before Easter 1332 [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/27/2018-165443],
names:
[Ref: Burke DormantPeerages p30, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p358, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p291],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p92, CP I p284, Chris Phillips SGM 9/29/2002-055615, Farnham Pedigrees p19, Madan Gresleys p235, Richardson PA p196, Richardson PA p45, Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p173, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p91, Ronny Bodine SGM 1/30/1999, Todd Farmerie SGM 8/1/1995]
Research Notes:
3rd Lord Astley, of Barony cr 1295 [Ref: CP I p283]
3rd Lord Astley [Ref: CP II p8, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p172]
Lord Astley [Ref: Weis AR7 #51]

Knt, of Astley, Bentley, Weddington, and Wolvey, Warwickshire, Broughton, Leicestershire, and Crick and Lilbourne, Northamptonshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171]

heir of his father [Ref: CP I p283, Richardson PA p45, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171]

1325: heir to his uncle, Nicholas de Astley, 2nd Lord Astley [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p171]

nephew and heir of Nicholad of Astley, 2nd Lord Astley [Ref: CP I p283, Richardson PA p45]

of Astley, Bentley, and Weddington, Warwickshire, Broughton, Leicestershire, and Crick, Northamptonshire [Ref: Richardson PA p45]

founder of the collegiate church of Astley [Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 9/29/2002-055615]

Mar 27 1326: had seizin of his lands, having proved his age [Ref: CP I p283]

possibly married first Margaret, who was living 15 Jul 1334 [Ref: CP I p284(a)]

Feb 25 1342 to Mar 10 1349/50: summoned to Parliament [Ref: CP I p283]

founded a chantry in the parish church of Astley [Ref: CP I p283]



Pedigree of Thomas ASTLEY, Lord Astley
                                              /-----Philip Of Astley
                                     /-----Thomas Of Astley
                            /-----Walter Of Astley
                           |        |                  /-----Richard De Camville
                           |        |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) De VERE
                           |        |         /-----Walter De Camville
                           |        |        |         \-----Alice
                           |         \-----Maud CAMVILLE
                   /-----Sir Thomas Of Astley
                  |         \-----Isabel
          /-----Andrew Of Astley, Lord Astley
         |        |         /-----Ermald Du BOIS
         |         \-----Joan Du BOIS
 /-----Sir Giles ASTLEY
|         \-----Sibyl
Thomas ASTLEY, Lord Astley
|         /-----Sir Thomas WOLVEY
 \-----Alice WOLVEY
          \-----Alice



Descendants of Thomas ASTLEY, Lord Astley
1. Thomas ASTLEY, Lord Astley m1. Margaret m2. Elizabeth De BEAUCHAMP
m. Margaret
m. Elizabeth De BEAUCHAMP father: Sir Guy De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick mother: Alice De TOENI

2nd generation

2. Sir William ASTLEY, Lord Astley m1. Joan WILLOUGHBY m2. Margaret
m. Joan WILLOUGHBY father: Sir John WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby mother: Cecily De UFFORD
m. Margaret
3. Sir Thomas ASTLEY m. Elizabeth HARCOURT
m. Elizabeth HARCOURT father: Sir Richard HARCOURT mother: Joan SHARESHULL
5. Alice De ASTLEY m. Sir Richard CHAMPERNOUN
m. Sir Richard CHAMPERNOUN father: Thomas CHAMPERNOUN mother: Eleanor De ROHART

3rd generation

6. Joan ASTELEY m1. Thomas RALEIGH m2. Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
m. Thomas RALEIGH father: Thomas RALEIGH mother: Elizabeth EVESHAM
m. Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin father: Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin mother: Alinore LESTRANGE
12. Thomas ASTLEY m. Jane GREASLY
m. Jane GREASLY father: Sir Thomas GREASLY mother: Margaret WALSH
13. Joan CHAMPERNOUN m1. Sir James CHUDLEIGH m2. Sir John COURTENAY
m. Sir James CHUDLEIGH father: John CHUDLEIGH, Lord Of Cliston mother: Thomasine MERTON
m. Sir John COURTENAY father: Sir Philip COURTENAY mother: Anne WAKE
14. Alexander CHAMPERNOUN m. Joan FERRERS
m. Joan FERRERS father: Sir Martin FERRERS

4th generation

15. Joan RALEIGH m1. Gerard BRAYBROKE, Lord St Amand m2. Edward BROUNFLETE
m. Gerard BRAYBROKE, Lord St Amand father: Sir Gerard BRAYBROKE mother: Eleanor De St AMAND
m. Edward BROUNFLETE father: Sir Thomas BROUNFLETE mother: Margaret St JOHN
17. Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby m. Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
m. Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby father: Sir Henry FERRERS mother: Isabel MOWBRAY
18. John De GREY m. Elizabeth
m. Elizabeth
19. Robert GREY m. Eleanor LOWE
m. Eleanor LOWE father: Humphrey LOWE mother: Alice BOTONER
20. Elizabeth GRAY m. Sir William CALTHORPE
m. Sir William CALTHORPE father: Sir John CALTHORPE mother: Anne WYTHE
22. Eleanor De GREY m. William LUCY
m. William LUCY father: Sir Thomas LUCY mother: Alice HUGFORD
25. Thomas ASTLEY m. Margaret BOTELER
m. Margaret BOTELER father: Sir William BOTELER mother: Elizabeth
28. James CHUDLEIGH m1. m2. Radigond FITZWALTER
m. Radigond FITZWALTER father: William FITZWALTER
30. Sir Philip COURTENAY m. Elizabeth HUNGERFORD
m. Elizabeth HUNGERFORD father: Sir Walter HUNGERFORD, K.G., Lord Hungerford mother: Catherine PEVERELL
32. John CHAMPERNOUN m. Elizabeth BIKEBERY
m. Elizabeth BIKEBERY father: William BIKEBERY mother: Elizabeth PAULET

5th generation

34. Sir John GREY m. Elizabeth WYDVILLE
m. Elizabeth WYDVILLE father: Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers mother: Jacquetta Of St.Pol
35. Sir Edward GREY, Viscount Lisle m1. Elizabeth TALBOT, Baroness Lisle m2. Joan NORTON
m. Elizabeth TALBOT, Baroness Lisle father: John TALBOT, Vicount Lisle mother: Joan CHEDDAR
m. Joan NORTON father: John NORTON
41. Alice De GREY m. Sir William KNYVET
m. Sir William KNYVET father: John KNYVET mother: Alice LYNNE
42. Reginald De GREY m. Beatrice
m. Beatrice
46. Humphrey GREY m. Anne FIELDING
m. Anne FIELDING father: Sir William FIELDING mother: Agnes De SEYTON
51. Sir William LUCY m1. Margaret BRECKNOCK m2. Alice HANBURY
m. Margaret BRECKNOCK father: John BRECKNOCK mother: Lettice
m. Alice HANBURY father: William HANBURY
53. Richard ASTLEY m. Joan OTELEY
m. Joan OTELEY father: Thomas OTELEY mother: Ann SCREVEN
54. John CHUDLEIGH m. Margaret KIRKHAM
m. Margaret KIRKHAM
55. Sir William COURTENAY m. Margaret BONVILLE
m. Margaret BONVILLE father: William BONVILLE, K.G., Lord Bonville mother: Margaret GREY
56. Sir Philip COURTENAY m1. Elizabeth m2. Elizabeth ASHFORD
m. Elizabeth
m. Elizabeth ASHFORD father: William ASHFORD
57. Katherine COURTENAY m1. Sir Seintclere POMEROY m2. Thomas ROGERS m3. Sir William HUDDLESIELD
m. Sir Seintclere POMEROY father: Henry POMEROY mother: Alice RALEIGH
m. Thomas ROGERS
m. Sir William HUDDLESIELD father: William HUDDLESIELD mother: Alice GOLD
58. Elizabeth COURTENAY m1. Sir James LUTTRELL m2. Sir Humphrey AUDLEY m3. Thomas MALET
m. Sir James LUTTRELL father: Sir John LUTTERELL mother: Margaret TOUCHET
m. Sir Humphrey AUDLEY father: James TUCHET, Lord Audley mother: Eleanor HOLLAND
m. Thomas MALET father: Hugh MALET mother: Joan ROYNTON
60. Sir Walter COURTENAY m. Alice COLBROKE
m. Alice COLBROKE father: Walter COLBROKE mother: Joan TRESYTHENY
67. Blanche CHAMPERNOUN m. Robert WILLOUGHBY, K.G., Lord Latimer, Lord Wi
m. Robert WILLOUGHBY, K.G., Lord Latimer, Lord Wi father: John De WILLOUGHBY, Lord Latimer mother: Anne CHEYNEY