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Sir John le Marshall Knight
- Born: Abt 1144, Rockley, Malborough, Wiltshire, England
- Marriage: Unknown
- Died: Mar 1993/94, England about age 49 141
- Buried: 1993/94, Bradenstoke Priory, Wiltshire, England 141
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• Background Information. 141
John the Marshal, brother (or the half-blood) and heir [of Gilbert FitzJohn, eldest son by 1st wife Aline, dsp. before Michaelmas 1166 at Salisbury], being 3rd but 1st surviving son of John FitzGilbert, and 1st son by his 2nd wife. He was born probably in 1144 or 1145. In 1165 he succeeded to a part of his father's lands, and in 1166 he succeeded to his half-brother's lands, with the office of Master Marshal. In 1170 he was with the Young King Henry at Winchester. In 1171-1172 he was sent to Ireland in charge of treasure amounting to 333.6.8 marks. At the Coronation of Richard I, 3 Sep 1189, he carried the Gold Spurs. He was appointed custodian and receiver of all escheats in England, and he was in constant attendance upon the King up to June 1190. He was Sheriff of Yorkshire 1189-90 and of Sussex 1191-93, in which county he held Bosham at farm of the King. In 1192 he was acting as a judge in cos. Oxford and Berks.
He m. Joan, daughter of Adam de Port, Lord of Basing, by his 1st wife, Mabel de Orval. He dsp. in Mar 1194, and was buried at Bradenstoke. His wife survived him and m. 2ndly, Richard de Rivers; she was living in 1204, but dead in 1213. The office then passed to John's brother, William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke.
~Cokayne's The Complet Peerage, Vol. X, (Appendix G), pp 66-67
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