Christian (FitzWalter) Marshal (abt. 1277 - bef. 1315)

Born about 1277 in Henham, Essex, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of William Marshal — married before 1292 in England

Descendants

Died before 6 Dec 1315 before about age 38 in Holywell Priory, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Birth, Parents and Last Name

Christian was the daughter of Robert FitzWalter, Knt., 1st Lord FitzWalter, and his wife Devourguille, elder daughter and co-heiress of John de Burgh, Knt.^[1][2] Her birth date is not known, but her husband was born in 1277^[1][2] and her son John was born in 1292,^[3] so an estimate of about 1277 seems reasonable. She may have been born in Henham, Essex where her brother Walter was born in 1275.^[4]

Christian adopted her mother's last name.^[1]

Marriage and Children

She married William Marshal, son and heir of John le Marshal, Knt., by Hawise de Say.^[1] William le Marshal, Knt., 1st Lord Marshal, was hereditary Marshal of Ireland.^[1][2] Given the birth date of their son John, they must have married before 1292.

Children

• John,^[1][2] who was born 1 August 1292 and married Ela before 6 December 1311. He died s.p. on 12 August 1316. His heirs were his two sisters^[3] Denise and Hawise.^[5]
• Denise,^[1][2] her parents' middle child, died 14 September 1316.^[3][5]
• Hawise,^[2][5] who was born about 1301 (15 in 1316) and married Robert de Morley. She died before 1329.^[6][7]

Lands

On 20 April 1313 Christian was assigned a share in estates of her deceased nephew Robert, son of her brother Walter, at Bromley, Halingbury and Lexden in Essex and Datchworth, Henlow and Walkern in Hertfordshire, with associated advowsons.^[8] On 1 October 1313 she was given permission to grant her share in most of these properties to her father and her stepmother Alice.^[9][10] Douglas Richardson says she also inherited Hamerton in Huntingdonshire from her nephew.^[1][2]

Widowhood and Death

Christian was widowed 24 June 1314, when Sir William le Marshal died in the Battle of Bannockburn in Scotland. After his death, she became a nun at Holywell Priory, Middlesex. She died before 6 December 1315,^[1][2] quite likely at the Priory. (FindAGrave gives a burial date of 6 December 1315 for her, without a source, and this is probably a misunderstanding of sources saying she died before that date.^[11])

Research Notes

Children

Wikipedia lists Christian's children as John, Hawise, and Ellen wife of Robert de Mautby (Robert Mawtby), citing Douglas Richardson's Magna Carta Ancestry (2nd edition).^[12] The inclusion of Ellen does not correspond to what Richardson says: Richardson names the children as John, Hawise and Denise.^[4][2]

The Paston pedigree in the Harleian Society enlarged edition of Norfolk visitations says that Robert Mawltby married "Ellen da. of William Marshall" with no further identification of William.^[13] As often with expanded 19th century editions of Visitations, it is impossible to tell how far this pedigree reflects what was in original visitations, and what has been added by the editor. There is no evidence that Christian and her husband William Marshal had a child called Ellen, and, as their daughter Hawise ended up as her brother John's heir,^[5] her sister Denise having died in September 1316,^[3] with no mention of rights of an Ellen,^[14] it is very unlikely any such Ellen was their daughter. Dates shown (as of 12 May 2022) on the profiles of Robert Mautby and his son John would appear anyway to rule out the relationship.

If Robert Maultby married an Ellen daughter of a William Marshal, it was almost certainly a different William Marshal who was Ellen's father. See more discussion on Ellen's profile.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011), volume III, page 500, SAY 2.iv.a. Google Books (snippit view).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), volume III, page 289, HINGHAM 7.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} G E Cokayne, The Complete Peerage, recited edition, Vol. VIII, St Catherine Press, 1932, pages 528-529. FamilySearch (images 546-547 out of 874, accessed 9 May 2022).
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry (2011), volume II, pages 206-209 FITZ WALTER 3, Google Books (snippit view).
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} I J Sanders. English Baronies, a Study of their Origin and descent 1086-1327, Oxford University Press, 1960, pp. 53-54
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, volume III, pages 177-178 MORLEY 5.
7. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, volume IV, pp. 152-153, MORLEY 9
8. ↑ J E E S Sharp and A E Stamp, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward II, File 31', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 5, Edward II, London, 1908), pp. 230-243, entry 414, British History Online, accessed 12 May 2022.
9. ↑ Calendar of the Patent Rolls, Edward II, A.D. 1313-1317, HMSO, 1898, p. 18, Internet Archive
10. ↑ William Farrer. Honors and Knights' Fees, volume III, ManchesterUniversity Press/Longmans Green & Co, 1925, p. 280, viewable on Familysearch
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #110211548
12. ↑ Wikipedia:William Marshal, 1st Baron Marshal
13. ↑ Walter Rye (ed.). The visitacion of Norfolk, made and taken by William Hervey, Clarencieux King of Arms, anno 1563, enlarged with another visitacion made by Clarenceux Cook: with many other descents, and also the vissitation [sic] made by Jonn Raven, Richmond, anne 1613, Harleian Society, 1891, p. 215, Internet Archive, accessed 10 May 2022
14. ↑ A. E. Stamp, E. Salisbury, E. G. Atkinson and J. J. O'Reilly, 'Inquisitions Post Mortem, Edward III, File 139', in Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Volume 10, Edward III (London, 1921), pp. 331-343, entry 432, British History Online, accessed 12 May 2022

See also:

• Cawley, Charles. William Marshal, entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed 9 May 2022).

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was developed for the Magna Carta Project by Noland-165 in May 2022 and reviewed for the Project by Michael Cayley on 12 May 2022.

Christian de Burgh appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor Nehemiah Blakiston and George Blakiston to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Lanvallei. Development of this trail for the Magna Carta Project is underway (as of May 2022). It is set out here.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".