John Marshal, 2nd Baron Marshal explained

John Marshal
Succession:	Marshal of Ireland
Reign:	24 June 1314 - 1316/17
Predecessor:	William Marshal
Successor:	Robert Morley
Birth Date:	1301/02/03
Death Date:	1316/17
Noble Family:	Marshal (illegitimate branch)
Father:	William Marshal

John Marshal, 2nd baron Marshal (1301/02/03 - 1316/17) was a minor English noble. He was the son of William Marshal, 1st Baron Marshal.^[1]

After his father died at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314,^[2] John inherited the positions of marshal of Ireland and baron Marshal, along with Hingham and other possessions in Norfolk, Hallingbury and Essex. John died in either 1316 or 1317 at the age of 15, and he passed everything onto his sister Hawyse, wife of Robert Morley. Robert subsequently became marshal of Ireland de jure uxoris.^{[1] [3]}

He was the last known male-line descendant of the Marshal family.

Notes and References

1. Book: Cokayne, George Edward . Complete peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom . 1887 . London, G. Bell & sons . Harvard University.
2. Book: Armstrong, Peter . Bannockburn 1314: Robert Bruce's great victory: No.102 . 2002-03-20 . Osprey Publishing . Graham Turner . 978-1-85532-609-5 . Oxford.
3. Book: Banks . Thomas Christopher . The dormant and extinct baronage of England; or, An historical and genealogical account of the lives, public employments, and most memorable actions of the English nobility who have flourished from the Norman conquest . 1807 . J. White . London . 356–357 ., “To whom succeeded Robert De Morley, his son; who having married Hawyse, sister and heir to John le Mareschall, of Hengham, in com. Norf. had livery of the lands of her inheritance, the 10th of Edward II. Which Hawyse held the office of marshal of Ireland by descent.”