Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 06-30-2022.

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:
Bibliography
  1. Ravilious, John, brother of William le Despenser. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/4/2007. Subject: Origins of the Despensers: Aldwyn, brother of William le Despenser. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/c19YRy5u64Q/m/ZXEiXKVHZPwJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/4/2007-221635].
  2. Ravilious, John, Early Despenser family. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 12/9/2007. Subject: #Geoffrey / Galfridus le Despenser Lord Marcheley. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/E4fQCP9woZ8/m/X2ZYFWq5_G0J. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106]
Sources for death Information
date:
before 1251 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106]
Research Notes:
of Thorpe Montfort [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106]

'A. 6782. Grant by William le Despencer (disspensator)' brother of Aldwyn de Idulfestre, to Henry Boucquointe, of a messuage and croft in Idulfestre late his said brother's, rendering, yearly, to the grantor a pair of white gloves, and 4d. to the prior and convent of St. Bartholomew's, London. Witnesses: - the prior of Benetlee, Adam de Cheneton, and others (named). Seal, injured.' Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds, IV:81.
While this deed itself is undated, the deed which immediately follows (A. 6783) can be dated to 1241 or before, so there is certainly a good possibility that this is the correct William le Despenser.
'Idulfestre' (also 'Tidulvestre' and 'Idulvestre' in this period) has been identified as Elstree, Hertfordshire: unfortunately, I have found no other relevant information or documentation concerning Elstree, or Aldwyn de Idulfestre as yet. Among the possibilities that exist (assuming the identification is correct) is that 'Recuare' had another husband besides Thomas le Despenser, by whom she was the mother of Aldwyn. [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/4/2007-221635]

d.s.p [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 12/9/2007-191106]



Pedigree of William Le DESPENSER
                            /-----Hugh De BERGES
                   /-----Ansketil De BERGES
                  |        |         /-----(Unk) De QUENIBOROUGH
                  |         \-----(Unk) De QUENIBOROUGH
          /-----Geoffrey Le DESPENSER
         |         \-----Rohese
 /-----Thomas Le DESPENSER
William Le DESPENSER
 \-----Recuara



Descendants of William Le DESPENSER
1. William Le DESPENSER