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. John ASTLEY
  2. William ASTLEY
  3. Thomas ASTLEY Birth: Abt 1415 Death: 1483
  4. Richard ASTLEY
  5. Henry ASTLEY

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. 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. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  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 v1[pc][0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p225, Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p92],
name:
Joan [Ref: Richardson PA p46]
Sources for death Information
date:
living 1463 [Ref: Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174]
Sources with Information about marriage to Thomas ASTLEY
date:
before 18 Jan 1423/4 [Ref: Richardson PA p46],
names:
[Ref: Madan Gresleys p225],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p92, Madan Gresleys p235, Richardson PA p46, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174]
Research Notes:
1424: granted an auity of 40 pounds by King Henry VI, she being his former nurse [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p174]

nurse to Henry VI [Ref: Acheson Leicester p216, Madan Gresleys p225]



Pedigree of Jane GREASLY
                                                                /-----Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                                                       /-----William De GRESLEY
                                                      |         \-----Margaret De SOMERVILLE
                                              /-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth De BAKEPUIZ
                                     /-----Sir Peter De GRESLEY
                                    |         \-----Agnes
                            /-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                           |        |                           /-----Hervey De STAFFORD
                           |        |                  /-----Robert De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
                           |        |                 |         \-----Pernell De FERRIERS
                           |        |         /-----Sir Robert De STAFFORD
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas CORBET, Baron Of Cause
                           |        |        |         \-----Alice CORBET
                           |        |        |                  \-----Isabel De VAUTORT
                           |         \-----Johanna De STAFFORD
                           |                 |                  /-----William De STAFFORD
                           |                 |         /-----William De STAFFORD
                           |                  \-----Gundrada De STAFFORD
                           |                          |         /-----Robert Fitz WALKELIN
                           |                           \-----Ermentrude Fitz WALKELIN
                           |                                    \-----Margaret De GRENDON
                   /-----Sir John De GRESLEY
                  |        |                                    /-----William De GERNON, Marshall Of Kings Household
                  |        |                           /-----Ralph De GERNON, Lord Of East Thorpe
                  |        |                  /-----Sir William GERNON
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De VERE, Earl Of Oxford, MC Surety
                  |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor De VERE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel De BOLEBEC
                  |        |         /-----Sir John GERNON
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De HERDEBURGH
                  |        |        |         \-----Isabel De HERDEBURGH
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----William TURVILLE
                  |        |        |                  \-----Isabel TURVILLE
                  |         \-----Margaret GERNON
                  |                 |                           /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
                  |                 |                  /-----Walter De COLEVILLE
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Beatrice
                  |                 |         /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
                  |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |                  \-----Alice COLVILLE
                  |                          |                  /-----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 Nicholas De GRESLEY
         |        |                                             /-----John SWINNERTON
         |        |                                    /-----Stephen De SWYNNERTON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Eleanor PESHALL
         |        |                           /-----Sir Roger De SWYNNERTON
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Roger De WAURE
         |        |                          |         \-----Joan De WAURE
         |        |                  /-----Sir Roger De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De HASTANG
         |        |                 |         \-----Joan De HASTANG
         |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAUGHTON
         |        |        |         \-----Maud HAUGHTON
         |         \-----Alice De SWYNNERTON
         |                 |                                    /-----Robert De HOLAND
         |                 |                           /-----Thurston De HOLAND
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND
         |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Roger De SAMLESBURY
         |                 |        |        |         /-----William De SAMLESBURY
         |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth De SAMLESBURY
         |                 |        |                 |         /-----William De NOTTON
         |                 |        |                  \-----Avena
         |                 |        |                           \-----Cicely
         |                  \-----Maud De HOLAND
         |                          |                           /-----Sir Alan La ZOUCHE, Constable Of The Tower Of Lon
         |                          |                  /-----Sir Roger La ZOUCHE, Lord Zouche Of Ashby And Broc
         |                          |                 |         \-----Elena De QUINCY
         |                          |         /-----Alan La Zouche, Lord Zouche
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Stephen LONGESPEE, Justiciar Of Ireland
         |                          |        |         \-----Ela LONGSPEE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Emmeline De RIDELISFORD
         |                           \-----Maud La Zouche
         |                                   |                  /-----Gilbert De SEGRAVE
         |                                   |         /-----Sir Nicholas SEGRAVE, Lord Segrave
         |                                   |        |         \-----Amabil De CHAUCOMBE
         |                                    \-----Eleanor SEGRAVE
         |                                            |         /-----Geoffrey De LUCY
         |                                             \-----Maud LUCY
         |                                                      \-----Nichole De CANTELOU
 /-----Sir Thomas GREASLY
|        |                           /-----Sir John De WASTENEYS
|        |                  /-----Sir William De WASTENEYS
|        |                 |         \-----Isabella HAY
|        |         /-----Sir Thomas De WASTENEYS
|        |        |         \-----Joanna BRET
|         \-----Thomasine De WASTENEYS
|                  \-----Joan TOLY
Jane GREASLY
|                                             /-----Roger WALSH
|                                    /-----William WALSH
|                                   |         \-----Agnes
|                           /-----Robert WALSH
|                          |         \-----Alice
|                  /-----John WALSH
|                 |        |         /-----William De KYKENHO
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth De KYKENHO
|         /-----Sir Thomas WALSH
|        |         \-----Alice
 \-----Margaret WALSH
          \-----Katherine



Descendants of Jane GREASLY
1. Jane GREASLY m. Thomas ASTLEY
m. Thomas ASTLEY father: Sir Thomas ASTLEY mother: Elizabeth HARCOURT

2nd generation

4. Thomas ASTLEY m. Margaret BOTELER
m. Margaret BOTELER father: Sir William BOTELER mother: Elizabeth

3rd generation

8. Richard ASTLEY m. Joan OTELEY
m. Joan OTELEY father: Thomas OTELEY mother: Ann SCREVEN

4th generation

12. Elizabeth ASTLEY m. John THORNES
m. John THORNES father: Roger THORNES mother: Jane KYNASTON

5th generation

16. Richard THORNES m. Joan FYCHAN
m. Joan FYCHAN father: Ieuan Llwyd FYCHAN mother: Elizabeth THORNES