John FitzGilbert, Marshal of the Royal Household

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: say 1150; During the wars between the Empress Matilda, daughter of King Henry I and her cousin King Stephen, he supported first King Stephen and later the Empress.

John married Aline Pipard in say 1135, and was divorced in 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Gilbert FitzJohn Marshal
2. Walter Marshal

John married Sibyl de Salisbury after 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John Marshal was born in 1144; died in 1194.
2. Sir William the Marshal, Earl of Pembroke was born in 1146; died on 14 May 1219 in Caversham, Oxfordshire, England ; was buried in Temple Church, London, England .
3. Ansel Mashal
4. Henry Marshal, Bishop of Exeter
5. Margaret Marshal was born about 1160 in Wiltshire, England; died after 1242 in England.
6. Maud Mashal

Other Events and Attributes:

• Offices Held: The office of Marshal was responsible for everything connected to the horses of the royal household, the hawks and the hounds as well. He had the general duty of keeping order in the royal court and household, arranging for the billeting of members of the court, keeping tallies and other vouchers of the expenditures of the household, keeping rolls of all who performed their military service there, and being responsible for the imprisonment of debtors.