This is a new reworking of an earlier version, eliminating one generation, being that of Reginald Mallory whom I now see as a much older half-brother of the first Anketil Mallory and not as a father. The 14th century is the most confusing period of medieval Mallory family history in England. There is, in particular, much that deals with the ancestry of the Mallorys of Papworth St Agnes that, not being based on the full range of original records now available, has been mistakenly reported. It is, of course, unlikely that all questions will ever be answered with certainty, but it is, nevertheless, possible to propose new hypotheses to explain the historical data available that will be seen as an improvement over any preceding hypothesis, some of which have had currency as historical fact for at least 400 years. I am in the process of writing seven years of research up into a book form. The justification will be found in the said book when it comes out. It will, in outline, give the following reconstruction which, though not promising absolute certainty in every point, will be based on historical fact more fully than any reconstruction given so far, including those first attempts which were made by individuals connected with the College of Arms in the late 1500s. Please note that the spelling of names has been, in every instance, normalized to 21st century conventions.
1. Geoffrey Mallory (alive 1086), father of
2. Robert Mallory, father of
3. Anketil Mallory (b. ca. 1110), father, possibly by a second wife, of
4. Henry Mallory (b. ca. 1150 with an older brother Robert born much earlier), father, possibly by a second wife, of
5. Gilbert Mallory (b. ca. 1202, possibly the son of a second marriage), m. Cecilia Segrave, much younger sister (possibly, a half-sister) of Stephen Segrave, father of
6. John Mallory (b. ca. 1230), by an assumed first wife was the father of Reginald (Reynald in French documents) Mallory (b. ca. 1255), m. (1) Joan and (2) Juliana, the second of whom was possibly a neice or cousin's daughter of Millicent de Monte Alto and who, at the time of her marriage to Reginald, was the widow of Roger la Zouche of Lubbesthorpe (with a fair degree of certainty the son of a William la Zouche of King's Nympton). My present belief is that the assumption that Reginald's step-daughter (a daughter of Juliana and Roger la Zouche of Lubbesthorpe) was the wife of his much younger half-brother, Anketil, the product of a second or third marriage.
7. Anketil (also known as Anthony) Mallory of Suthborough (b. ca. 1293), by a daughter of Juliana and Roger la Zouche, was probably not a father-in-law, as I previously thought possible, but rather the father of
8. John Mallory (b. ca. 1325), who is recorded to have outlived his son, Anketil (or Anketin/Anthony/Antoine, depending on the document). John's wife and the mother of his son was possibly a sister of William de Pappeworthe of Papworth St Agnes perhaps a woman by the name of Margaret.
9. Antoine (as his wife preferred to call him) and Alice de Driby (a rich heiress for whom Antoine was a third husband and a love match). Antoine (b. ca. 1247) and his wife Alice (most likely born around the same time as her third husband) were the parents of
10. William (b. sometime in the 1380s), who, by a family arrangement, inherited Papworth St Agnes from William de Pappeworthe. He became the second husband of Margaret (by her first marriage, a Corbet), very probably the daughter of John Burley and the sister of William Burley, a speaker of the House of Commons. She would seem to have been William's second wife. William and Margaret were the parents of
11. Thomas Mallory (b. 1425, d. 1469), m. a niece of Thomas Palmer, a speaker of the House of Commons and also a possible brother-in-law by virtue of a first marriage to an older half-sister of Thomas Mallory. This Thomas Mallory is sometimes considered as a prime candidate for having been the author of Le Morte d'Arthur (The Death of King Arthur), though recent scholars tend to prefer Sir Thomas Mallory of Newbold Revel. He was the father of
12. Anthony Mallory who by an earlier unnamed first or second wife was the father of
13. Sir Richard Mallory, Lord Mayor of London in 1565. By his wife Anne, the daughter of Andrew Smith, he was the father of a numerous family and has numerous descendants alive today through the female line, though it would appear that his male line descendants died out by 1620 in his grandchildren's generation. His younger brother, Sir William Mallory, to whom Papworth St Agnes descended by virtue of a patent to Anthony Mallory given by King Henry VIII, would, on the other hand, appear to still have male line descendants.
1. Geoffrey Mallory (alive 1086), father of
2. Robert Mallory, father of
3. Anketil Mallory (b. ca. 1110), father, possibly by a second wife, of
4. Henry Mallory (b. ca. 1150 with an older brother Robert born much earlier), father, possibly by a second wife, of
5. Gilbert Mallory (b. ca. 1202, possibly the son of a second marriage), m. Cecilia Segrave, much younger sister (possibly, a half-sister) of Stephen Segrave, father of
6. John Mallory (b. ca. 1230), by an assumed first wife was the father of Reginald (Reynald in French documents) Mallory (b. ca. 1255), m. (1) Joan and (2) Juliana, the second of whom was possibly a neice or cousin's daughter of Millicent de Monte Alto and who, at the time of her marriage to Reginald, was the widow of Roger la Zouche of Lubbesthorpe (with a fair degree of certainty the son of a William la Zouche of King's Nympton). My present belief is that the assumption that Reginald's step-daughter (a daughter of Juliana and Roger la Zouche of Lubbesthorpe) was the wife of his much younger half-brother, Anketil, the product of a second or third marriage.
7. Anketil (also known as Anthony) Mallory of Suthborough (b. ca. 1293), by a daughter of Juliana and Roger la Zouche, was probably not a father-in-law, as I previously thought possible, but rather the father of
8. John Mallory (b. ca. 1325), who is recorded to have outlived his son, Anketil (or Anketin/Anthony/Antoine, depending on the document). John's wife and the mother of his son was possibly a sister of William de Pappeworthe of Papworth St Agnes perhaps a woman by the name of Margaret.
9. Antoine (as his wife preferred to call him) and Alice de Driby (a rich heiress for whom Antoine was a third husband and a love match). Antoine (b. ca. 1247) and his wife Alice (most likely born around the same time as her third husband) were the parents of
10. William (b. sometime in the 1380s), who, by a family arrangement, inherited Papworth St Agnes from William de Pappeworthe. He became the second husband of Margaret (by her first marriage, a Corbet), very probably the daughter of John Burley and the sister of William Burley, a speaker of the House of Commons. She would seem to have been William's second wife. William and Margaret were the parents of
11. Thomas Mallory (b. 1425, d. 1469), m. a niece of Thomas Palmer, a speaker of the House of Commons and also a possible brother-in-law by virtue of a first marriage to an older half-sister of Thomas Mallory. This Thomas Mallory is sometimes considered as a prime candidate for having been the author of Le Morte d'Arthur (The Death of King Arthur), though recent scholars tend to prefer Sir Thomas Mallory of Newbold Revel. He was the father of
12. Anthony Mallory who by an earlier unnamed first or second wife was the father of
13. Sir Richard Mallory, Lord Mayor of London in 1565. By his wife Anne, the daughter of Andrew Smith, he was the father of a numerous family and has numerous descendants alive today through the female line, though it would appear that his male line descendants died out by 1620 in his grandchildren's generation. His younger brother, Sir William Mallory, to whom Papworth St Agnes descended by virtue of a patent to Anthony Mallory given by King Henry VIII, would, on the other hand, appear to still have male line descendants.
