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:
Children:
  1. Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley Death: 1190
  2. Oliver De BERKELEY
  3. Alice De BERKELEY Birth: 1 Death: After 1190

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Phillips, Chris, Proposed Corrections and Additions to the Complete Peerage, http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cp/index.shtml Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP++(proposed) .*].
  4. Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. 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]*].
  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 v4p[0-9]*].
  9. 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]*].
  10. Watney, Vernon James, The Wallop Family and their Ancestry, Oxford:John Johnson, 1928. LDS Film#1696491 items 6-9. NYPL ARZ+ (Wallop) (Watney, V. J. Wallop family). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/213421. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Watney WALLOP #[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p321]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
father:
Roger II de BERKELEY (#10584) [Ref: CP II p124, Sanders Baronies p114, Watney WALLOP #92]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1170 [Ref: CP II p124, Watney WALLOP #92]
after 1177 [Ref: CP++(proposed) Berkeley 12/31/2006 (CP II p123), Keats-Rohan DD p321, Sanders Baronies p114]
Sources with Information about marriage to unknown
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p180, CP II p124(c), CP II p125, CP++(proposed) Berkeley 12/31/2006 (CP II p123), Foss Judges p85, Keats-Rohan DD p321, Keats-Rohan DD p852, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p325, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p38, Sanders Baronies p114, Watney WALLOP #92]
Research Notes:
of Dursley, Gloucestershire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p325]

inherited Barony of Dursley from Roger II (father) [Ref: Sanders Baronies p114]

feudal Lord of Dursley [Ref: CP II p126]

after c.1141: succeeded his father (William de Berkeley) after [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p321]

completed the building of the castle of Berkeley [Ref: CP II p124, Watney WALLOP #92]

suffered much in the wars between Stephen and the Empress Maud, at the hands of Walter, son of Miles, Earl of Hereford. He was deprived of the Manor of Berkeley about 1152, apparently for refusing to recognise the authority of either party, though he was soon afterwards restored to the Honour of Dursley [Ref: CP II p124, Watney WALLOP #92]

being deprived of part of his lands by Henry II, made Dursley castle the center of his barony [Ref: Sanders Baronies p114]

deprived of part of his barony at the end of Stephen's reign, with Robert fitz Harding being the beneficiary. He reorganized his barony to centre upon Dursley, Gloucestershire [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p321]

abt 1154/60: secured from Bernard de Saint-Valery freedom of the port of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme [Ref: Keats-Rohan DP p401]

1161: answered for 2 1/2 knights' fees [Ref: Sanders Baronies p114(7)]

1165: charged 7 pounds 12s 6d relief for Barony of Dursley; just under 12 knights' fees; after 1166 Berkeley answered for 5 knights' fees and Dursley was charged on 7 1/2 [Ref: Sanders Baronies p114(7)]

1166: stated that he had enfeoffed 2 1/2 knights' fees de veteri and that he held 5 knights and 9 hides on domain [Ref: Sanders Baronies p114(7)]



Pedigree of Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley
                            /-----(Unk) De BERKELEY
                   /-----Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley
          /-----(Unk) De BERKELEY
         |         \-----Rissa
 /-----William De BERKELEY
Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley



Descendants of Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley
1. Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m.

2nd generation

2. Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m. Helen FITZHARDING
m. Helen FITZHARDING father: Robert FITZHARDING, Lord Of Berkeley mother: Eve
4. Alice De BERKELEY m. Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING, Baron Of Berkele
m. Maurice FITZROBERT FITZHARDING, Baron Of Berkele father: Robert FITZHARDING, Lord Of Berkeley mother: Eve

3rd generation

5. Roger De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m. Lecuaria
m. Lecuaria
8. Thomas De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley m1. m2. Joan SOMERY
m. Joan SOMERY father: Sir Ralph De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley mother: Margaret Le GROS
9. Maud m. Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
m. Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston father: Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston mother: Berta

4th generation

10. Henry De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m. Agnes
m. Agnes
11. Maurice De BERKELEY, Baron Of Berkeley m. Isabel FITZ ROY
m. Isabel FITZ ROY father: Richard Fitz Roy, Baron Of Chilham mother: Rohese De DOVER
18. Margaret De BERKELEY m1. Sir John FITZ MATTHEW, Baron Of Erlestoke m2. Sir Anset BASSETT
m. Sir John FITZ MATTHEW, Baron Of Erlestoke father: Matthew Fitz HERBERT mother: Joan PATRIC
m. Sir Anset BASSETT
19. Sir Osbern GIFFARD m. Isabel BOCLAND
m. Isabel BOCLAND father: Sir Alan De BOCLAND mother: Alice MURDAC

5th generation

20. John De BERKELEY, Baron Of Dursley m.
22. Sir Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley m. Joan De FERRERS
m. Joan De FERRERS father: William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby mother: Margaret De QUINCEY
28. Sir Osbern GIFFARD m. Joan
m. Joan
29. Sir John GIFFARD Le BOEF m.