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. Gilbert De MONTFICHET, Baron Of Stansted Birth: Abt 1130 Death: Abt 1186
  2. Richard De MONTFICHET Birth: Abt 1135 Death: 1177

Bibliography
  1. Altschul, Michael, A Baronial Family in Medieval England: The Clares, 1217-1314. Baltimore: John Hopkins Press, 1965. Dana Library (Rutgers Newark) CS439.C6285. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Altschul CLARE [p#][0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. III.1 (#1-#200): Herzogs und Grafenhauser des Heiligen Romischen Reiches Andere Europaische Furstenhauser. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1984. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES III.1 #[0-9]*].
  5. Ravilious, John, Montfichet family of Cargill. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 4/25/2009. Subject: the Montfichet family of Cargill & c.. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/ugdL0O2pAxw/m/krUmhJlENI0J. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 4/25/2009-131225].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday People, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol I: Domesday Book. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 1999. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 1. Corrections in Volume II (Domesday Descendants) pp 4-5. Further corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-people-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p[0-9]*].
  8. 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 v2p[0-9]*].
  9. 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]*].
  10. Sanders, I. J., English Baronies, A Study of Their Origin and Descent 1086-1327. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Sanders Baronies p[0-9]*].
  11. 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
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p595],
parents:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p261, Keats-Rohan DD p595, Keats-Rohan DP p475, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p383]
Sources for death Information
date:
1135-56 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p83]
1135/6 [Ref: Weis AR7 #184B]
1137 [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 4/25/2009-131225, Keats-Rohan DD p398, Keats-Rohan DD p595]
after 1137 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p383]
soon after 1134 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p475]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret De CLARE
names:
[Ref: Altschul CLARE #1, CP X p348(e), Richardson RoyalAnc v2p174],
child:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p261, John Ravilious SGM 4/25/2009-131225, Keats-Rohan DD p398, Keats-Rohan DD p595, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p383, Weis AR7 #184B]
Research Notes:
of Stanstead Mountfitchet, Coptford (in Margaretting), Little Birch (in Birch), Wivenhoe, and Wormingford Hall (in Wormingfield), Essex, Barrington, Fowlmere, and Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p383]
Lord of Stanstead [Ref: ES III.1 #156]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p383]

before 1129: acquired the tenancy-in-chief of the barony of Robert Gernon [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 4/25/2009-131225]

abt 1120: took over Gernon's tenancy in chief [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p475]

before 1129: acquired the tenancy-in-chief of the barony of Robert Gernon, whose sons became his tenants [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p595]

lands formed the barony of Stanstead Mountfitchet, Essex [Ref: Weis AR7 #184B]

lands of Robert Gernon, Domesday lord of Stansted Mountfitchet, came to William sometime after 1118 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p83]

confirmed grants to the church of St Mary of Ham (Westham priory), of which he is the alleged founder; witnessed by his wife Margaret and others [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 4/25/2009-131225]

there is no evidence of a family link between Gernon and Mountfitchet [Ref: Sanders Baronies p83(1)]

1135: founded abbey of Stratford, Essex [Ref: Sanders Baronies p83(1)]

founder of Stratford Langthorne Abbey, Essex [Ref: Weis AR7 #184B]

with his wife, founded the priory of Stratford Langthorne [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p398]

1166: the Carta was returned in his name, rather than that of his son Gilbert [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p595]



Pedigree of William De MONTFICHET, Baron Of Stansted
 /-----William De MONTFICHET
William De MONTFICHET, Baron Of Stansted
 \-----Rohais



Descendants of William De MONTFICHET, Baron Of Stansted
1. William De MONTFICHET, Baron Of Stansted m. Margaret De CLARE
m. Margaret De CLARE father: Gilbert FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Clare mother: Adeliza De CLERMONT

2nd generation

2. Gilbert De MONTFICHET, Baron Of Stansted m. Aveline De LUCY
m. Aveline De LUCY father: Sir Richard De LUCY, Justiciar Of England mother: Rohese
3. Richard De MONTFICHET m.

3rd generation

6. Richard De MONTFICHET, Baron Of Stansted m. Millicent
m. Millicent
7. William De MONTFICHET m.

4th generation

9. Margaret De MONTFICHET m1. Hugh De BOLBEC, Baron Of Styford m2. Sir Peter De FAUCOMBERGE
m. Hugh De BOLBEC, Baron Of Styford father: Walter II De BOLBEC, Baron Of Styford mother: Sybilla De VESCY
m. Sir Peter De FAUCOMBERGE father: Walter De FAUCOMBERGE mother: Agnes De KYME
10. Philippe De MONTFICHET m. Sir Hugh De PLAIZ
m. Sir Hugh De PLAIZ father: Ralph De PLAIZ
11. Aveline De Montfichet m. William De FORZ, Count Of Aumale
m. William De FORZ, Count Of Aumale father: William De FORZ, Count Of Aumale mother: Hawise Countess Of Aumale
13. Sir William De MONTFICHET m.

5th generation

15. Sir Hugh De BOLEBEC m. Tiphaine De BAILLIOL
m. Tiphaine De BAILLIOL
17. Sir Walter De FAUCOMBERGE, Lord Faucomberge m. Agnes De BRUS
m. Agnes De BRUS father: Peter II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton mother: Hawise De LANCASTER
18. Aveline De FAUCOMBERGE m. Sir Giles De GOUSHILL
m. Sir Giles De GOUSHILL father: Ralph De GOUSHILL mother: Emecina D'OYRY
20. Richard De PLAIZ m. Joan
m. Joan
21. William De FORZ, Count Of Aumale m1. Christian Of Galloway m2. Isabel De REDVERS
m. Christian Of Galloway father: Alan Lord Of Galloway, Constable Of Scotland mother: Margaret Of Huntingdon
m. Isabel De REDVERS father: Baldwin De REDVERS, Earl Of Devon mother: Amicia De CLARE
22. Sir Walter De MONTFICHET m. Devergulla De ABERNETHY
m. Devergulla De ABERNETHY father: Patrick De ABERNETHY