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John of Aston in Claverly who married Elizabeth Greene, daughter and coheir of william Green of Aston and Margery, his wife, who then surrendered to him Don's lands in Aston [on the death of William Greene in 1443 he inherited further property there, including Redwardyne rudings], had a son John, bought lands in Aston from Jenkyn Gatacre in 1439 and others called Dalicote lands from Isabel Gatacre in 1449, and died about 1507.
668210176. Otho Fitz Gerald DE CAREW *
Carew of Haccomb, Devonshire England, as found in Baronetages of England:
This is a family of great antiquity and eminency, being feated in England before the conquest. The first ancestor we can trace is Other, who lived in Edward the confessor's time; whose son Walter de Windsor, so called from his being governor of that castle under the conqueror. He had two sons, William, progenitor to the Earl of Plymouth and Lord Windsor; and Gerald, castellan of the castle of Pembroke, who was a great soldier, and much in favour with King Henry I. This Gerald, was sometimes styled de Windsor, and sometimes Fitzwalter, by which letter name Camden styles him, mentioning that King Henry I gave him Maulesford in Berkes, and that the Carews as well of England as Ireland, desend from him. The name has been variously spelt, but was taken (as is imagined) from Carew Castle, in Pembrokeshire, which came to the family, with seven manors, by marriage of Gerald, before mentioned, with Nesta, daughter of Rees, prince of South Wales by whom he had three sons.
668210184. John (the Marshal) FITZGILBERT *
John Mareschall, attaching himself to the fortunes of Maud against King Stephen, was with Robert, the consul, Earl of Gloucester, at the siege of Winchester Castle, when the party of the empress sustained so signal a defeat. Upon the accession of Henry II, however, in 1154, his fidelity was amply rewarded by considerable grants in the county, Wiltshire; and in the 10th of that monarch;s reign, being then marshal, he laid claim, for the crown, to one of the manors of the see of Canterbury from the prelate, Thomas? Becket, who about that period, had commenced his contest with the king. to this John , his son and heir, John Mareschall. [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke;s Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 357, Marshal, Barons Marshal]
John Marshal, Whom the Gesta Stephani rather unkindly describes as 'a limb of hell and the root of all evill' was a man who loved warfare, and played the game of politics with great success. at first he supported Stephen but, when he began to realise the failings of the King and the potentialities of Matilda's party, he changed sides. Almost immediately he proved by a consummate act of bravery and hardihood, that he was worth having: escorting Matilda to safety in his castle at Ledgershall, John found that the party was going dangerously slowy because Matilda wa riding side-saddle, so he persuaded her to ride astride, and stopped behind to delay the pursuers at Wherwell. His force was soon overpowered by the numbers of the enemy, and John took refuge with one of his knights in the Abbey. The opposing party promptly set fire to the church, and John and his knights had to take cover in the tower, John threatening to kill his knight if he made any move to surrender. As the lead of the roof began to melt and drop on the two soldiers, putting out one of John's eyes, the enemy move off, convinced that they were dead. They escaped, in a terrible state, but triumphant, to John's castle.
He plainly expected his children to by as tough as himself, as an incident of the year 1152, when his son, William, was about six, will show. King Stephen went to besiege Newbury Castle, which Matilda had given John to defend; the castellan, realising that provisions and the garrison were both too low to stand a long siege, asked for a truce to inform his master. This was normal practice, for if the castellan were not at once relieved. he could then surrender without being held to have let his master down. Now John had not sufficient troops to relieve the castle, so he asked Stephen to extend the truce whilst he, in turn, informed his Mistress, and agreed to give his son, William, as a hostage, promising not to provision and garrison the castle during the truce. This he promptly did, and when he received word from Stephen that the child would be hung if he did not at once surrender the castle, he cheerfully replied that he had hammer and anvils to forge a better child than william.
334105092. Margaret LE MARSHAL
John Mareschall, attaching himself to the fortunes of Maud against King Stephen, was with Robert, the consul, Earl of Gloucester, at the siege of Winchester Castle, wihe the party of the empress sustained of signal a defeat. Upon the accession of Henry II, however, in 1154, his fidelity was amply rewarded by considerable grants in the counties Wilts; and in the 10th of that monarch's reign, being then marshal, he laid claim, for the crown, to one of the manors of the sea of Canterbury from the prelate, Thomas ? Becket, who about that period, had commence his contest with the King. To this John s. his son and heir, John Mareschall, [Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerage, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p 357, Marshal, Barons Marshal]
MARTIN, the founder of this family, married Geva, daughter and heiress of Serlo de Burci, a tenant in chief at the time of the Domesday Survey in Somerset and Dorset. Martin was dead by 1086, for his widow had already married William De Falaise, who had the manor of Worspring with her.
Sourch of Information:
The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 p.120
Conplete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, by E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 Page viii:350
WILLIAM DE MOHUN, adult by 1131, died in or before 1155, Earl of Somerset, held barony of Dunster, Somerset, son of Sir William de Mohun, died after 1190, lord of Dunster, Somerset, Sheriff of Somerset 1084 &a,p; 1086, by his wife Adeliz. [Ancestral Roots]
WILLIAM DE MOION, LOUD OF DUNSTER, was heir of William de Moion above named, but his exact relationship is uncertain. In 1132 he was at the Council of Northampton. Before the death of Henry I he held more than 30 knight's fees. In 1138 he held Dunster Castle for the Empress Maud. From this stronghold he committed such ravages on the countryside that King Stephen marched against him in force; bur finding Dunster Castle impregnable he left a blockading force under Henry de Tracy, who is said to hav excured William's depredation. In 1141 he joined the Empress and was almost certainly at Winchester when she was elected Queen of Englan on 8 April. Probably soon afterwards, and certainly before 24 June 1141, Maud created him EARL OF SOMERSET. He was with her at Westminster, about 10-14 June, and fled with her to Winchester, where he fought for her during the Siege (August-September). his subsequent career is obscure. He founded a priory at Bruton (Somerset), possibly in or soon after 1142; and he was a benefactor to the priories of Bridlington and (possibly) Taunton. He married Agnes, daughter of Walter De Gant. He died probably in or before 1155. Stephen did not recognize his earldom, and as Henry II did not grant a new charter to William or his son, the Earldom of Somerset ( so far as it existed) lapsed at or before his death. [complete Peerage XII/1 "37-39]
Sources" Ancestal Roots of Certain American Colonists 7th edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 Page 143-45
Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britian and the United Kingdom, by E Cokayne, Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2000 PagesXII/!:37-39
After her mother's death about 1136 and by 1129, Henry I had disignated Cecilia Bigod as heir to Belvoir, her grandfather, Robert De Tosny's lands in Lincolnshire. The bulk of the de Tosny's linheritance including Belvoir, was not held by her and William until after her mother's death.