John le Marshal , of Hingham & Hockering, Sir 
John le was born about 1180 in Rockley, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. John le's father was John le Marshal , of Rockley, Sir and his mother was Alice. His paternal grandparents were John "The Marshal" FitzGilbert , of Rockley and Sibyl de Salisbury. He was an only child. He died before June 27th, 1235 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England.General Notes
JOHN MARSHAL, the founder of this family, owed his political advancement to his near relationship to William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke (b), and his feudal position to his marriage with Aline, eldest daughter and coheir, and afterwards sole heir, of Hubert IV de Rye, lord of the barony of Rye (c). John Marshal first appears on the page of history in 1197, as one of the knights, under command of William Marshal, sent by Richard I to assist the Counts of Flanders and Boulogne against France. In 1203 he was in Normandy with King John, and in the following year went to Ireland in the service of the Earl Marshal, while the Earl went to Normandy in the service of the King. On 12 November 1207 he was made Marshal of Ireland. He accompanied King John on his Irish expedition, 1210. From 1213 to the end of the reign he was constantly occupicd in the King's service in England; in 1215 he was with King John at Runnymede, and one of those by whose advice the King gave his assent to Magna Carta; later in the year he was one of the embassy to the court of Rome. Returning, he accompanied the King on his march to the North, and attended him at his death at Newark, 19 October 1216. Nine days later he was present at the Coronation of Henry III at Gloucester, and was a member of the council of his uncle, guardian of the young King. He was among the "barons" in the Earl Marshal's forces in the relief of Lincoln Castle. From this time till his death he was continually occupied in the public service in England, Ireland, or abroad.
He married, about 1200, Aline, eldest daughter and coheir of Hubert DE RYE, by Margaret, daughter of William FitzRocelin. He died before 27 June 1235. His widow did homage on 6 July for the lands she held in chief. She died between June 1266 and September 1267. [Complete Peerage VIII:526-7, (transcribed by Dave Utzinger)]
(b) John Marshal gave land in Foulsham, Norfolk, to the priory of Walsingham, for the souls of himself and his wife Aline, for John and Alice, his father and mother, for William, Marshal of the Earl, and Isabel, his wife, and for Hubert and Margaret de Rye. William Marshal's elder brother John (whose heir he was) died in 1194, leaving a widow, daughter of Adam de Port. John is described in a charter of King John as 'nepos Willelmi Marescalli comitis de Pembroc' [nephew of William Marshal Earl of Pembroke]. The very detailed biography of the Earl Marshal (Guillaume le Marechal) cited above makes no mention of a second brother John, and the Earl's nephew appears to have had no patrimony; it is therefore probable that he was an illegitimate son of the Earl's elder brother.
(c) The caput of the barony of Rye, which took its name from its owners, descendants of Hubert de Rye (Ryes, near Bayeux), was at this date at Hingham, though Hingham was only held at farm from the Crown. Later Hockering became the caput of the barony, though Hingham was still in possession.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.< 1109 in Winterbourne Monkton, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d.<29 Sep 1165 in Rockley, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England
- b.~ 1144 in Rockley, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d.MAR 1193/94 in (dsp legit)
- b.~ 1127 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England d.03 Jun
- b.~ 1180 in Rockley, Marlborough, Wiltshire, England d.<27 Jun 1235 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England
- b.~ 1150 in England d.> 1180
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John le and Aline de were married in a religious ceremony about 1200. They had two sons and two daughters, named John, William, Alice le and Sibyl.
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Children
John Marshal , of Hingham & Hockering, Sir
John was born about 1212 in Hockering, Mitford, Norfolk, England. He died before October 23rd, 1242 in (dsp).
William Marshal , of Hingham & Hockering, Sir
William was born about 1214 in Hingham, Forehoe, Norfolk, England. He died before September 1265.
Sibyl Marshal
Sibyl was born about 1215 in Lenton, Lincolnshire, England. She died after October 1250.
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