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: Ralph BASSET
  • Sex: M
  • Death: 4 Aug 1265 in Evesham d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Ralph BASSET Death: Abt 1254 in Drayton, Co Stafford

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Ralph BASSET, Lord Basset Of Drayton Death: 31 Dec 1299 in Drayton, Co Stafford
  2. Maud BASSET

Bibliography
  1. Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]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. 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].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 06 Gordon-Huntley. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  7. Farnham, George F, Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees. Leicester: Thornley, 1925. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007941560 images 458-633. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees 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 v4p[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 v5p[0-9]*].
  10. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].
  11. 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]*].
  12. 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
father:
[Ref: CP II p1, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5, Weis AR7 #55]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p2, CP III p551, Farnham Pedigrees p11, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5, Weis AR7 #55]
1265 [Ref: Banks Baronies v1p115, Sanders Baronies p2, Weis AR7 #210],
place:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p115, CP II p2, CP III p551, Farnham Pedigrees p11, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5, Weis AR7 #55]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret De SOMERY
date:
first marriage of Margaret [Ref: Burke Peerage p516, CP II p1, CP III p551, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p676, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5, Sanders Baronies p2, Weis AR7 #210, Weis AR7 #55],
names:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p115, CP VI p173, Farnham Pedigrees p11],
child:
[Ref: CP II p2, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5, Roberts RD600 p505, Weis AR7 #55]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Margaret (#18515) wife of Edmund 1st Lord Stafford [Ref: CP XII/1 p173 (with corr in XIV p589)]
Maud (#1597) wife of John de GREY [Ref: Burke Peerage p889, CP VI p174]
Research Notes:
of Drayton Basset and Pattingham, Staffordshire, Colston Basset, Nottinghamshire, Exton, Rutland, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5]
of Drayton, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p676]

heir of his father [Ref: CP II p1, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p5]

identified as "Baron Basset of Drayton" in AR7 #55, but his son was the first Lord according to CP [Ref: CP II p1, Weis AR7 #55]

Dec 24 1264: summoned to Parliament; which writ however being issued in rebellion, should not create a peerage dignity [Ref: CP II p1]

1264: custos pacis for Shropshire and Staffordshire [Ref: Weis AR7 #55]

1264: member of Parliament [Ref: Weis AR7 #55]

slain at battle of Evesham fighting against the King, who, however, continued the estates to his widow and son, as her father had fought for the King at Evesham [Ref: CP II p2]



Pedigree of Ralph BASSET
                                     /-----Ralph BASSET
                            /-----Richard BASSET, Justiciar Of England
                   /-----Ralph BASSET
                  |        |                  /-----(Unk) RIDEL
                  |        |         /-----Geoffrey RIDEL
                  |         \-----Maud RIDEL
                  |                 |                           /-----Turstain De Goz, Vicount Of Hiemois
                  |                 |                  /-----Richard Le Goz, Vicomte D'Avranches
                  |                 |         /-----Hugh Earl Palatine Of Chester
                  |                 |        |         \-----Emma
                  |                  \-----Geva Of Chester
          /-----Ralph BASSET
         |         \-----Alicia
 /-----Ralph BASSET
Ralph BASSET



Descendants of Ralph BASSET
1. Ralph BASSET m. Margaret De SOMERY
m. Margaret De SOMERY father: Sir Roger De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley mother: Nichole D'AUBIGNY

2nd generation

2. Ralph BASSET, Lord Basset Of Drayton m. Hawise Le DESPENSER
m. Hawise Le DESPENSER father: Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England mother: Aline BASSET

3rd generation

4. Margaret BASSET m1. Edmund De STAFFORD, Lord Stafford m2. Thomas De PIPE
m. Edmund De STAFFORD, Lord Stafford father: Nicholas De STAFFORD mother: (Unk) De LANGLEY
m. Thomas De PIPE
5. Ralph BASSET, Lord Basset Of Drayton m. Joan GREY
m. Joan GREY father: John De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton mother: Maud De VERDUN

4th generation

7. Mary De STAFFORD m. Sir James De STAFFORD
m. Sir James De STAFFORD father: Sir William De STAFFORD mother: Isabella De STAFFORD
8. Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford m1. Katharine De HASTING m2. Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley
m. Katharine De HASTING father: Sir John HASTING mother: Eve
m. Margaret De AUDLEY, Baroness Audley father: Sir Hugh AUDLEY, Earl Of Gloucester mother: Margaret De CLARE
9. Sir Richard De STAFFORD m1. Isabella De VERNON m2. Maud Griffith m3.
m. Isabella De VERNON father: Sir Richard De VERNON mother: Maud De CAMVILLE
m. Maud Griffith father: Sir Rhys Hen Ap Gruffudd mother: Joan SOMERVILLE
10. Maud De PIPE m1. Ralph De CROPHULL m2. Sir John De VERDON, Lord Verdon
m. Ralph De CROPHULL
m. Sir John De VERDON, Lord Verdon father: Sir Thomas De VERDON mother: Margaret De KNOVILL
14. Ralph BASSET m. Alice AUDLEY
m. Alice AUDLEY father: Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY, Lord Audley Of Heleigh mother: Joan De MARTIN

5th generation

16. Joan De STAFFORD m. Sir Nicholas BEKE
m. Sir Nicholas BEKE father: Sir Robert De BEK mother: Mariota
17. Margaret STAFFORD m. Sir John De STAFFORD
m. Sir John De STAFFORD father: Sir William De STAFFORD mother: Isabella De STAFFORD
19. Sir Hugh De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford m. Phillippa De BEAUCHAMP
m. Phillippa De BEAUCHAMP father: Thomas BEAUCHAMP, Orig K.G., Earl Of Warwick mother: Katherine MORTIMER
20. Beatrice STAFFORD m1. Maurice FITZ MAURICE, Earl Of Desmond m2. Thomas De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley m3. Sir Richard BURLEY, K.G.
m. Maurice FITZ MAURICE, Earl Of Desmond father: Morice FITZ THOMAS, Earl Of Desmond mother: Margaret O'BRIEN
m. Thomas De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley father: William De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley mother: Margery De BADLESMERE
m. Sir Richard BURLEY, K.G. father: Sir John BURLEY, K.G. mother: Amicia PEMBRUGGE
21. Elizabeth De STAFFORD m1. Fulk Le STRANGE, Lord Strange m2. Sir John De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley m3. Sir Reynold De COBHAM, Lord Cobham
m. Fulk Le STRANGE, Lord Strange father: John Le STRANGE, Lord Strange mother: Ankaret BUTLER
m. Sir John De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley father: Sir Robert De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley mother: Margaret
m. Sir Reynold De COBHAM, Lord Cobham father: Reynold De COBHAM, K.G., Lord Cobham mother: Joan De BERKELEY
22. Joan STAFFORD m1. John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton m2. Gilbert TALBOT, Lord Talbot
m. John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton father: John CHERLETON, Lord Cherleton mother: Maud De MORTIMER
m. Gilbert TALBOT, Lord Talbot father: Sir Richard TALBOT, Lord Talbot mother: Elizabeth COMYN
27. Sir Thomas De STAFFORD m. Alice SULNEY
m. Alice SULNEY father: Sir Alfred SULNEY
28. Katherine De STAFFORD m. Sir Thomas De ARDERNE
m. Sir Thomas De ARDERNE father: Sir John ARDERN mother: Ellen WASTENEYS
32. Sir John CROPHULL m1. Margery De VERDON m2. Joan
m. Margery De VERDON father: Sir Theobald De VERDUN, Lord Verdun mother: Maud De MORTIMER
m. Joan