Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

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: Blanche
  • Sex: F


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John GREY
  2. Sir Reynold GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton Birth: Before 1421 Death: 22 Feb 1493/4

Bibliography
  1. Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
  2. 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].*].
  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. Richardson, Douglas, Blanche, wife of Richard Grey, 6th Lord Grey of Wilton. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/10/2003. Subject: Complete Peerage addenda: Maud, wife of Reynold Grey, 4th Lord Grey of Wilton, and Blanche, wife of Richard Grey, 6th Lord Grey of Wilton. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/Uh5QhQbdtKU/m/OzdpLFe2oDQJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/10/2003-023644].
  5. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  6. Page, William, Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire, London: Archibald Constable, 1908. Volume 1&2 available at https://archive.org/details/victoriahistory01pageuoft and victoriahistory02pageuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Page VCHBucks v[0-9]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 v5p[0-9]*].

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
parents:
Sir Philip de la VACHE (#21049) & Elizabeth CLIFFORD (#21048) [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p376, CP VI p178],
note:
parents of Blanche unknown [Ref: CP++(proposed) Grey 12/31/2006 (CP VI p178)]
Sources with Information about marriage to Richard De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
date:
first marriage of Richard [Ref: CP VI p178, Faris PA2 p375]
second marriage of Richard [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p373],
child:
[Ref: CP VI p132f, CP VI p180, Faris PA2 p375, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p373]
Research Notes:
identity of Blanche is unknown [Ref: CP++(proposed) Grey 12/31/2006 (CP VI p178)]

said to be daughter and heir of Sir Philip de la Vache [Ref: Page VCHBucks v2p315]

Richard Grey, 6th Lord Grey of Wilton, is alleged to have married Blanche de la Vache, daughter and heiress of Philip de la Vache. The source for Blanche's parentage appears to be G.F. Beltz, Memorials of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (1841): 374-376, who in turn cites as his source "Vinc. No. 20 f. 373 in Coll. Armor." However, it is extremely doubtful that Blanche was Philip de la Vache's daughter, as neither Sir Philip's testament - nor his will, - nor the inquisition on his widow's death - mention or suggest that any children survived his death [Reference: VCH Cambridge 5 (1973): 166]. Moreover, on Sir Philip de la Vache's death, the de la Vache manors fell to his kinswoman ("cousin"), Amy Alberd, wife of John Kirkham, not the Grey family. [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/10/2003-023644]



Pedigree of Blanche
Blanche



Descendants of Blanche
1. Blanche m. Richard De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
m. Richard De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton father: Sir Henry De GRAY, Lord Grey Of Wilton mother: Elizabeth TALBOT

2nd generation

3. Sir Reynold GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton m. Tacine BEAUFORT
m. Tacine BEAUFORT father: John BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset

3rd generation

4. John GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton m1. Anne GREY m2. Elizabeth VAUGHN
m. Anne GREY father: Edmund GREY, Lord Grey, Earl Of Kent mother: Katherine PERCY
m. Elizabeth VAUGHN father: Sir Thomas VAUGHN mother: Cecily Ap Morgan

4th generation

6. Edmund GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton m. Florence HASTINGS
m. Florence HASTINGS father: Sir Ralph HASTINGS mother: Amy TATTERSHALL
13. Tacy De GREY m. John GYSE
m. John GYSE father: Sir John GYSE mother: Ann BERKELEY

5th generation

14. Elizabeth GREY m. Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos
m. Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos father: Sir Giles BRUGGE, Lord Chaundos mother: Isabel BAYNHAM
19. Sir William De GREY, K.G., Lord Grey Of Wilton m. Mary SOMERSET
m. Mary SOMERSET father: Charles SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester mother: Elizabeth WEST
26. William GYSE m. Mary ROTSY
m. Mary ROTSY father: Richard ROTSY mother: Margaret WALSH