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

Person Info

Name: Sir John De GRESLEY
Sex: M
Death: Abt 1395 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY Death: Abt 1331

Mother:

Margaret GERNON Death: After 1352

Family:
Marriage:

Alice De SWYNNERTON on 1 .^m1
Alice De SWYNNERTON Death: Abt 1350

Children:

Sir Nicholas De GRESLEY Birth: Abt 1345 Death: Abt 1374

Marriage:

Joan TOLY on 2 .^m2
Joan TOLY Death: 1393

Bibliography

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]*].
Stratton, Eugene, Cutting of a Royal Line - William Wentworth of NH, The Genealogist 7-8, 1 (1986) pp127-131. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Stratton Wentworth p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225],
mother:: [Ref: Stratton Wentworth p128]

Sources for death Information

date:: abt 1395 [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225]

Sources with Information about marriage to Alice De SWYNNERTON

date:: first marriage of John [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225],
child:: [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225]

Sources with Information about marriage to Joan TOLY

date:: second marriage of John [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225]

Research Notes:
knt [Ref: Madan Gresleys p225]

Pedigree of Sir John De GRESLEY
                                                                /-----William De GRESLEI
                                                       /-----Robert De GRESLEY
                                                      |         \-----Elena
                                              /-----William De GRESLEY
                                             |         \-----Basillia
                                     /-----Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                                    |         \-----Basillia
                            /-----William De GRESLEY
                           |         \-----Margaret De SOMERVILLE
                   /-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
                  |         \-----Elizabeth De BAKEPUIZ
          /-----Sir Peter De GRESLEY
         |         \-----Agnes
/-----Sir Geoffrey De GRESLEY
|        |                                                      /-----Bagod
|        |                                             /-----Hervey BAGOT
|        |                                    /-----Hervey BAGOT
|        |                           /-----Hervey De STAFFORD
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Nicholas De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Maud MOOLTE
|        |                          |         \-----Millicent De STAFFORD
|        |                          |                  \-----Avice
|        |                  /-----Robert De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Robert FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Robert De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Hawise
|        |                 |        |         /-----William FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William PEVERIL, Baron Of Peverel
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret PEVERIL
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Avice De LANCASTER
|        |                 |         \-----Pernell De FERRIERS
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Philip De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
|        |                 |                 |         /-----William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Aenor De TOTENEIS
|        |                 |                  \-----Sibyl De BRAOISE
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Miles FITZ WALTER, Earl Of Hereford
|        |                 |                           \-----Bertha Of Hereford
|        |                 |                                    \-----Sibyl De NEUFMARCHE
|        |         /-----Sir Robert De STAFFORD
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Robert CORBET, Baron Of Cause
|        |        |        |                           /-----Roger CORBET, Baron Of Cause
|        |        |        |                  /-----Robert CORBET, Baron Of Cause
|        |        |        |         /-----Thomas CORBET, Baron Of Cause
|        |        |         \-----Alice CORBET
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Ralph De VAUTORT, Baron Of Trematon
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Reginald De VAUTORT, Baron Of Trematon
|        |        |                 |         /-----Roger De VAUTORT, Baron Of Trematon
|        |        |                  \-----Isabel De VAUTORT
|        |        |                           \-----Alice
|         \-----Johanna De STAFFORD
|                 |                                             /-----Bagod
|                 |                                    /-----Hervey BAGOT
|                 |                           /-----Hervey BAGOT
|                 |                  /-----William De STAFFORD
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Nicholas De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Maud MOOLTE
|                 |                 |         \-----Millicent De STAFFORD
|                 |                 |                  \-----Avice
|                 |         /-----William De STAFFORD
|                  \-----Gundrada De STAFFORD
|                          |                           /-----Walchelin of Radbourne
|                          |                  /-----Robert Fitz WALKELIN
|                          |         /-----Robert Fitz WALKELIN
|                           \-----Ermentrude Fitz WALKELIN
|                                   |         /-----William De GRENDON
|                                    \-----Margaret De GRENDON
|                                             \-----Ermentrude
Sir John De GRESLEY
|                                                               /-----Matthew De GERNON, Lord Of Mont-Bures
|                                                      /-----Ralph De GERNON
|                                                     |         \-----Hodierna De SACKVILLE
|                                             /-----Ralph De GERNON
|                                            |         \-----(Unk) De BRIWERE
|                                    /-----William De GERNON, Marshall Of Kings Household
|                           /-----Ralph De GERNON, Lord Of East Thorpe
|                  /-----Sir William GERNON
|                 |        |                                    /-----Alberic De VERE, Baron Of Hedingham
|                 |        |                           /-----Alberic II De VERE, Baron Of Hedingham
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Beatrix
|                 |        |                  /-----Aubrey III De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Gilbert FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Clare
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Adeliza De CLARE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Adeliza De CLERMONT
|                 |        |         /-----Robert De VERE, Earl Of Oxford, MC Surety
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Robert FITZ SURIN Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Henry Of Essex, Baron Of Rayleigh
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Gunnor BIGOD
|                 |        |        |         \-----Agnes Lucia Of Essex
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Roger De VALOINES, Baron Of Bennington
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Cicely De VALOGNES
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Agnes FITZJOHN De VESCY
|                 |         \-----Eleanor De VERE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Hugh I De BOLBEC, Baron Of Whitchurch
|                 |                 |                  /-----Walter I De BOLBEC, Baron Of Styford
|                 |                 |         /-----Hugh De BOLEBEC, Baron Of Whitchurch
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Helewise
|                 |                  \-----Isabel De BOLEBEC
|         /-----Sir John GERNON
|        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De HERDEBURGH
|        |         \-----Isabel De HERDEBURGH
|        |                 |         /-----William TURVILLE
|        |                  \-----Isabel TURVILLE
\-----Margaret GERNON
         |                                    /-----William De COLEVILLE
         |                           /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
         |                          |        |                  /-----Osmund De Estouteville
         |                          |        |         /-----Roger De STUTEVILLE
         |                          |         \-----Beatrice De STUTEVILLE
         |                  /-----Walter De COLEVILLE
         |                 |         \-----Beatrice
         |         /-----Roger De COLEVILLE
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth
          \-----Alice COLVILLE
                  |                                             /-----William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
                  |                                    /-----William De BRAOS, Baron Of Bramber
                  |                                   |         \-----Bertha Of Hereford
                  |                           /-----William De BRAOSE, Lord Of Gower
                  |                          |        |         /-----Bernard De St VALERY, Baron Of Beckley
                  |                          |         \-----Matilda De ST VALERIE De HAIA
                  |                          |                  \-----Matilda
                  |                  /-----John De BRAOSE, Baron Of Bramber
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Roger De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford
                  |                 |        |         /-----Richard De CLARE, Earl Of Hertford, MC Surety
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Maud St. HILLARY
                  |                 |         \-----Matilda DE CLARE
                  |                 |                 |         /-----William Meullant FITZ ROBERT, Earl Of Gloucester
                  |                 |                  \-----Amice MEULANT, Countess Of Gloucester
                  |                 |                           \-----Hawise DeBEAUMONT
                  |         /-----Sir Richard De BREUSE, Lord Of Stinton
                  |        |        |                           /-----Owain Gwynedd Prince Of Gwynedd
                  |        |        |                  /-----Iorworth Drwyndwn Prince Of Gwynedd
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Gladys Ferch Llywarch
                  |        |        |         /-----Llewellyn Fawr The Great AP IORWORTH, Prince Of North Wales
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Madog Ap Maredudd, Prince Of Powys Fadog
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Margred Ferch Madog
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Susanna Ferch Gruffudd Ap Cynan
                  |        |         \-----Margaret Of Wales
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Henry II Curt Mantel PLANTAGENET, King Of England
                  |        |                 |         /-----John Lackland PLANTAGENET, King Of England
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor Duchess Of Aquitaine
                  |        |                  \-----Joan
                  |        |                          |         /-----William FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
                  |        |                           \-----Agatha De FERRERS
                  |        |                                    \-----Sibyl De BRAOISE
                   \-----Margaret De BREUSE
                           |                                    /-----Ernald Le RUS
                           |                           /-----Ernald Le RUS
                           |                  /-----Hugh Le RUS
                           |                 |         \-----Isabel
                           |         /-----William Le RUS
                           |        |        |                  /-----Roger De HUNTINGFIELD, Lord Of East Bradenham
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir William De HUNTINGFIELD, MC Surety
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De SENLIS
                           |        |         \-----Alice De HUNTINGFIELD
                           |        |                 |         /-----William De GRESSINGHALE
                           |        |                  \-----Isabel De GRESSINGHALE
                           |        |                           \-----Alina De WARENNE
                            \-----Alice Le RUS
                                    |                           /-----Ralph De CLERE
                                    |                  /-----Ralph II De CLERE
                                    |                 |         \-----Mabel
                                    |         /-----Roger De CLERE
                                    |        |        |         /-----Peter FITZ HENRY
                                    |        |         \-----Margaret
                                    |        |                  \-----Isabel De CHESNEY
                                     \-----Agatha De CLERE
                                             |                  /-----Ralph De FAY
                                             |         /-----Ralph De FAY
                                              \-----Maud De FAY
                                                      |         /-----Stephen De TURNHAM
                                                       \-----Beatrice De TURNHAM
                                                                \-----Edeline De BROC

Descendants of Sir John De GRESLEY

1. Sir John De GRESLEY m1. Alice De SWYNNERTON m2. Joan TOLY

m. Alice De SWYNNERTON father: Sir Thomas De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton mother: Maud De HOLAND

2+ Sir Nicholas De GRESLEY m. Thomasine De WASTENEYS

2nd generation

2. Sir Nicholas De GRESLEY m. Thomasine De WASTENEYS

m. Thomasine De WASTENEYS father: Sir Thomas De WASTENEYS mother: Joan TOLY

3+ Roger De GRESLEY m. Isabel De TIMHORN

4+ Sir Thomas GREASLY m. Margaret WALSH

3rd generation

3. Roger De GRESLEY m. Isabel De TIMHORN

m. Isabel De TIMHORN

5+ Margaret De GRESLEY m. William BABTHORPE

4. Sir Thomas GREASLY m. Margaret WALSH

m. Margaret WALSH father: Sir Thomas WALSH mother: Katherine

6+ Sir John GRESLEY m1. Elizabeth CLARELL m2. Margaret NORWOOD

7+ Jane GREASLY m. Thomas ASTLEY

8+ Innocentia GREASLY m. John CURZON

9 Geoffrey GREASLY

10+ Margaret GRESLEY m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT

4th generation

5. Margaret De GRESLEY m. William BABTHORPE

m. William BABTHORPE

11 William BABTHORPE

6. Sir John GRESLEY m1. Elizabeth CLARELL m2. Margaret NORWOOD

m. Elizabeth CLARELL father: Sir Thomas CLARELL, Of Aldwark, Lord Of Penistone mother: Matilda MONTGOMERY

12+ Thomasine GREASLEY m. Hugh WROTTESLEY

13+ Katherine GRESLEY m1. Thomas De STAFFORD m2. Sir William PEYTO

14 Nicholas GRESLEY

15+ Sir John GRESLEY m. Anne STANLEY

m. Margaret NORWOOD father: John NORWOOD

7. Jane GREASLY m. Thomas ASTLEY

m. Thomas ASTLEY father: Sir Thomas ASTLEY mother: Elizabeth HARCOURT

17 William ASTLEY

18+ Thomas ASTLEY m. Margaret BOTELER

19 Richard ASTLEY

20 Henry ASTLEY

8. Innocentia GREASLY m. John CURZON

m. John CURZON father: John CURZON mother: Ciceley

21+ Thomas CURZON m. Margaret HARTINGTON

22 William CURZON

24 Ralph CURZON

25 Richard CURZON

26 Elizabeth CURZON

27 Alice CURZON

28 Margaret CURZON

10. Margaret GRESLEY m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT

m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT father: Sir Walter Le BLOUNT mother: Sancha De AYALA

29+ Sir Walter BLOUNT, K.G., Lord Mountjoy m1. Ellen BYRON m2. Anne NEVILLE

30+ Sir Thomas BLOUNT m1. Catherine CLIFTON m2. Agnes HAWLEY

31+ Elizabeth BLOUNT m. Ralph SHIRLEY

32 Agnes BLOUNT m. Ralph WOLSELEY; Ralph WOLSELEY father: Thomas De WLSELEA mother: Margery BROCTON

33+ Sanchia BLOUNT m. Edward LANGFORD

5th generation

12. Thomasine GREASLEY m. Hugh WROTTESLEY

m. Hugh WROTTESLEY father: John De WROTTESLEY mother: Elizabeth STANDISSHE

34+ Sir Walter WROTTESLEY m. Jane BARON

13. Katherine GRESLEY m1. Thomas De STAFFORD m2. Sir William PEYTO

m. Thomas De STAFFORD father: Sir Thomas De STAFFORD mother: Alice SULNEY

35 Richard De STAFFORD

m. Sir William PEYTO father: William PEYTO mother: Joan THORNBURY

36+ John PEYTO m. Eleanor MANFIELD

15. Sir John GRESLEY m. Anne STANLEY

m. Anne STANLEY father: Thomas STANLEY mother: Maud ARDERNE

37+ Thomasine GRESLEY m. Thomas DARRELL

38+ Elizabeth GRESELEY m. Thomas MONTFORT

39 Alice GRESLEY m. John EGERTON

40 Richard GRESLEY

41+ Sir Thomas GRESLEY m. Anne FERRERS

18. Thomas ASTLEY m. Margaret BOTELER

m. Margaret BOTELER father: Sir William BOTELER mother: Elizabeth

42 William ASTLEY

43+ Richard ASTLEY m. Joan OTELEY

21. Thomas CURZON m. Margaret HARTINGTON

m. Margaret HARTINGTON

45 John CURZON m. Anne ASHBY

29. Sir Walter BLOUNT, K.G., Lord Mountjoy m1. Ellen BYRON m2. Anne NEVILLE

m. Ellen BYRON father: Sir John BYRON

47+ Sir William BLOUNT m. Margaret De ECHYNGHAM

48+ John BLOUNT, Lord Mountjoy m. Lora BERKELEY

m. Anne NEVILLE father: Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland mother: Joan De BEAUFORT

30. Sir Thomas BLOUNT m1. Catherine CLIFTON m2. Agnes HAWLEY

m. Catherine CLIFTON father: Sir Gervase CLIFTON mother: Maud STANHOPE

49+ Richard BLOUNT m. Dorothy DE LA FORD

m. Agnes HAWLEY father: Sir John HAWLEY

50 Robert BLOUNT

51 Elizabeth BLOUNT m. Richard HANSARD

52+ Ann BLOUNT m. William MARBURY

31. Elizabeth BLOUNT m. Ralph SHIRLEY

m. Ralph SHIRLEY father: Sir Ralph SHIRLEY mother: Joan BASSET

53 Ralph SHIRLEY

54 Elizabeth SHIRLEY

55 Alice SHIRLEY

56 Sanche SHIRLEY

57 Anne SHIRLEY

58 Margaret SHIRLEY

33. Sanchia BLOUNT m. Edward LANGFORD

m. Edward LANGFORD

59+ Alice LANGFORD m1. John STRADLING m2. Sir Richard POLE, K.G.