Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

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. Richard AVENEL Birth: 1
  2. Roland AVENEL Birth: 2
  3. Oliver AVENEL Birth: 3
  4. Nicholas AVENEL Birth: 4 Death: After Abt 1210

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p157],
father:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158],
brother:
Robert Avenel [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p157, Keats-Rohan DD p158]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk Dau) De MANNEVILLE
names:
William AVENEL & dau Robert de MANNEVILLE [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p156, Keats-Rohan DD p157, Keats-Rohan DD p158, Keats-Rohan DD p569],
child:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p156, Keats-Rohan DD p157, Keats-Rohan DD p158]
Research Notes:
of Les Bairds [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p156, Keats-Rohan DD p157]

c1151/7: attested a charter of William de Albini, earl of Chichester, for Troarn abbey [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158]

1157: attested charters for Savigny, later confirmed by his son Roland [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158]

1160s: holding in Suffolk of Robert Avenel, probably his brother, passed to him [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158]

1166: held five fees of the earl at Bilsham, Slindon, and possibly Mellers [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158]

granted land at Boscherville to Montebourg abbey for the soul of his wife daughter of Robert de Manneville of Marshwood and Margaret [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158]

benefactor of the abbey at Savigny, to which he gave land at Les Cheris, manche, attested by his sons [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p158]



Pedigree of William AVENEL
          /-----(Unk) AVENEL
 /-----Ranulf AVENEL
William AVENEL
|                                                               /-----Ketil
|                                                      /-----Hrolfr (Rollo) Duke Of Normandy
|                                             /-----William Longspee Duke Of Normandy
|                                            |        |         /-----Berenger Count Of Bayeux
|                                            |         \-----Poppa
|                                            |                  \-----(Unk Dau)
|                                    /-----Richard I The Fearless Duke Of Normandy
|                                   |         \-----Espriota
|                           /-----Godfrey Count Of Brionne
|                          |        |         /-----(Unk) Forquelar Of Cirques
|                          |         \-----Gunnora
|                  /-----Gilbert Count Of Brionne
|         /-----Baldwin Fitz Gilbert, Baron Of Okehampton
 \-----Matilda
          \-----Emma



Descendants of William AVENEL
1. William AVENEL m. (Unk Dau) De MANNEVILLE
m. (Unk Dau) De MANNEVILLE father: Robert De MANNEVILLE mother: Margaret

2nd generation

2. Richard AVENEL m.