Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Isabel SHIRLEY Death: After 1459
  2. Joan SHIRLEY
  3. Elizabeth SHIRLEY
  4. Nichole SHIRLEY
  5. Sir Ralph SHIRLEY Birth: 23 Apr 1391 Death: Abt 1443 in France

Bibliography
  1. Acheson, Eric, Gentry Community: Leicestershire in fifteenth century. Cambridge: Univ Press, 1993. NYPL JFD 92-12870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Acheson Leicester p[0-9]*].
  2. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Craig, F N, Whose son was Peter de Braose, NEHGR v150 (Jul 1996). pp315-24. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig Braose p[0-9]*].
  5. Craig, F N, Maternal Ancestry of Governor Thomas Dudley - Purefoy, Ayot, and Denton, NEHGR v142 (Jul 1988) pp227-244. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy p[0-9]*].
  6. Craig, F N, Glanvilles and Roger God-Save-The-Ladies, The American Genealogist vol 71 no 4 (Oct 1996), pp200-4. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/american-genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Craig SaveTheLadies p[0-9]*].
  7. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  8. Roskell, J S, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421. Wolfboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton, 1992. NYPL JFE 95-5018. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
  9. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
  10. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  11. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p[0-9]*].
  12. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p[0-9]*].
  13. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].
  14. Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States: who were themselves notable or left descendants notable in American history, with a 2008 Addendum, Coda, and Final Additions. Baltimore, MD: Gen Pub Co, 2008. NYPL APK 08-4216. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Roberts RD600 p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1362 (of age in 1382/3) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]
abt 1362 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p364],
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p753, CP II p3(f), Craig Dudley-Purefoy p242, Craig SaveTheLadies p204, HoP 1386-1421 v2p344, HoP 1386-1421 v4p364, Richardson MCA p747, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]
1403 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248, Craig Braose p324, Craig Dudley-Purefoy p242, Craig SaveTheLadies p204, HoP 1386-1421 v4p364],
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p628]
Sources with Information about marriage to Beatrix De BREUSE
date:
before 1383 [Ref: Craig Dudley-Purefoy p242]
before 1390 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p364],
names:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p748, Richardson MCA p816, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p148],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p753, Craig Braose p324, Craig Dudley-Purefoy p243, Craig SaveTheLadies p204, HoP 1386-1421 v4p364, Richardson MCA p623, Richardson PA p224, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p639, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p247, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626, Roberts RD600 p422]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Lower Ettington, Warwickshire, Shirley, Hollington, Hone, and Hope, Derbyshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]
Knt, of Eatington, Warwickshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p78, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p247, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p148]
of Lower Ettington, Warws, and Shirley, Derbys [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p364]
Knt, of Eatington, co Warwick [Ref: Faris PA2 p254]

heir of his father [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p364, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]

1390: chief legatee in will of his half-uncle, Ralph Basset, 3rd Lord Basset of Drayton; inherited various manors provided Hugh bear the name and arms of Basset [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]

nephew and heir of Lord Basset [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p364]

succeeded to the estates of his uncle, Lord Basset of Drayton [Ref: Burke Peerage p753]

before Jun 1392: knighted [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p364]

Constable of High Ferrers Park and Donington Castle [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]

Master of the Hawk to King Henry IV [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]

Grand Falconer of Ireland [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p626]

1393: Member of Parliament for Leicestershire [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p364]



Pedigree of Sir Hugh SHIRLEY
                                                                /-----Saswalo
                                                       /-----Fulk Fitz SASWALO
                                              /-----Saswalo Fitz FULCHER
                                             |         \-----Margaret
                                     /-----Henry Fitz SASWALO
                                    |        |                  /-----Ralph BASSET
                                    |        |         /-----Richard BASSET, Justiciar Of England
                                    |         \-----Matilda BASSET
                                    |                 |         /-----Geoffrey RIDEL
                                    |                  \-----Maud RIDEL
                                    |                           \-----Geva Of Chester
                            /-----Sewallis De SHIRLEY
                           |        |         /-----John De CLINTON
                           |         \-----Joanna De CLINTON
                   /-----Sir James De SHIRLEY
                  |        |                           /-----Gilbert De MEINILL
                  |        |                  /-----Robert De MEINILL
                  |        |         /-----Robert De MEINILL
                  |         \-----Isabel De MEINILL
          /-----Sir Ralph De SHIRLEY
         |        |         /-----Simon De WALTON, Bishop of Norwick
         |         \-----Agnes De WALTON
 /-----Sir Thomas SHIRLEY
|        |         /-----Walter De WALDESHIEF
|         \-----Margaret De WALDESHIEF
Sir Hugh SHIRLEY
|                                    /-----(Unk) De MEINILL
|                           /-----(Unk) De MEINILL
|                          |        |         /-----Geoffrey De SAVAGE
|                          |         \-----Philippa De SAVAGE
|                          |                 |                  /-----Thomas Le DESPENSER
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Recuara
|                          |                  \-----Pernel Le DESPENSER
|                  /-----Hugh MEYNELL
|         /-----Hugh De MEINILL
|        |        |                  /-----Sir John De La WARDE
|        |        |         /-----Robert De La WARDE, Lord Warde
|        |        |        |         \-----Lucia
|        |         \-----Joan De La WARDE
|        |                  \-----(Unk)
 \-----Isabel De MEINELL
         |                                                      /-----Liulf
         |                                             /-----Adam Of Aldithley
         |                                    /-----Henry Of Aldithley
         |                                   |        |         /-----Ralf FITZORM
         |                                   |         \-----Emma FITZRALF
         |                           /-----James De AUDLEY
         |                          |        |                  /-----Roger MAINWARING
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Ralph MAINWARING, Seneschal Of Chester
         |                          |         \-----Bertrad MAINWARING
         |                          |                 |         /-----Hugh Of Kevelioc, Earl Of Chester
         |                          |                  \-----Amicia Of Chester
         |                  /-----Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY
         |                 |        |                           /-----Henry II Curt Mantel PLANTAGENET, King Of England
         |                 |        |                  /-----William LONGESPEE, Earl of Salisbury
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Ida Countess Of Norfolk
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De LONGESPEE
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----William FITZ PATRICK, Earl Of Salisbury
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Ela Of Salisbury
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor De VITRE
         |                 |         \-----Ela LONGESPEE
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Gerard De Camville
         |                 |                 |         /-----Richard De Camville
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Nichola De La HAY, Lady Of Munden
         |                 |                  \-----Idoine De Camville
         |                 |                          |         /-----Gilbert BASSET
         |                 |                           \-----Eustacia BASSET
         |                 |                                    \-----Egline De COURTENAY
         |         /-----Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY, Lord Audley Of Heleigh
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Elis II GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Ellis III GIFFARD, Baron Of Elston
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Berta
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir Elis IV GIFFORD, Baron Of Elston
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John GIFFORD, Lord Gifford Of Brimsfield
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----John MAUTRAVERS
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----John MAUTRAVERS
         |        |        |        |         \-----Alice MAUTRAVERS
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Roger FITZ GEOFFREY
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Alice FITZ GEOFFREY
         |        |         \-----Catherine GIFFARD
         |        |                 |                           /-----Walter De CLIFFORD, Baron Of Clifford
         |        |                 |                  /-----Walter CLIFFORD, Baron Of Clifford
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret De TOENI
         |        |                 |         /-----Walter De CLIFFORD, Baron Of Clifford
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Roger De CONDET
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes De CONDET
         |        |                  \-----Maud De CLIFFORD
         |        |                          |                  /-----Iorworth Drwyndwn Prince Of Gwynedd
         |        |                          |         /-----Llewellyn Fawr The Great AP IORWORTH, Prince Of North Wales
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Margred Ferch Madog
         |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Wales
         |        |                                   |         /-----John Lackland PLANTAGENET, King Of England
         |        |                                    \-----Joan
         |        |                                             \-----Agatha De FERRERS
          \-----Alice AUDLEY
                  |                                             /-----William Fitz MARTIN, Baron Of Blagdon
                  |                                    /-----William Fitz MARTIN, Baron Of Blagdon
                  |                                   |         \-----Ankaret Of South Wales
                  |                           /-----Sir Nicholas Fitz MARTIN, Baron Of Blagdon
                  |                          |        |         /-----(Unk) De BREAUTE
                  |                          |         \-----Avice De TORITON
                  |                  /-----Nicholas MARTIN
                  |                 |         \-----Unk
                  |         /-----William MARTIN, Lord Martin
                  |        |        |         /-----Guy De BRIAN
                  |        |         \-----Maud De BRIAN
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Oliver De TRACY
                  |        |                 |         /-----Henry De TRACY, Baron Of Barnstaple
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Eve FITZ WARIN
                  |        |                  \-----Eve De TRACY
                  |        |                          |         /-----William De BRAOSE, Lord Of Gower
                  |        |                           \-----Maud DE BRAOSE
                  |        |                                    \-----Matilda DE CLARE
                   \-----Joan De MARTIN
                           |                                    /-----Herbert FITZ HERBERT
                           |                           /-----Herbert FITZ HERBERT
                           |                          |         \-----Sibyl CORBET
                           |                  /-----Piers FITZ HERBERT
                           |                 |        |         /-----Miles FITZ WALTER, Earl Of Hereford
                           |                 |         \-----Lucy Of Hereford
                           |                 |                  \-----Sibyl De NEUFMARCHE
                           |         /-----Sir Reynold FITZ PIERS
                           |        |        |                  /-----Roger FITZ RICHARD, Baron Of Warkworth
                           |        |        |         /-----Robert FITZ ROGER, Baron Of Whalton
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Alice De VERE
                           |        |         \-----Alice De WARKWORTH
                           |        |                 |         /-----William De CHESNEY
                           |        |                  \-----Margery De CHESNEY, Lady Of Horsford
                           |        |                           \-----Gilla
                            \-----Eleanor FITZ PIERS
                                    |         /-----William STANFORD
                                     \-----Alice STANFORD



Descendants of Sir Hugh SHIRLEY
1. Sir Hugh SHIRLEY m. Beatrix De BREUSE
m. Beatrix De BREUSE father: Sir Piers De BREUSE mother: Joan HOWARD

2nd generation

2. Isabel SHIRLEY m1. Sir John COKAYNE m2. Thomas BATE
m. Sir John COKAYNE father: Sir Edmund COKAYNE mother: Elizabeth HARTHILL
m. Thomas BATE
3. Joan SHIRLEY m. Robert De NEWMARCH
m. Robert De NEWMARCH father: Sir Ralph De NEWMARCH mother: Elizabeth De NEWMARCH
6. Sir Ralph SHIRLEY m1. Joan BASSET m2. Alice COKAYNE
m. Joan BASSET father: Thomas BASSET mother: Margery MERING
m. Alice COKAYNE father: Sir John COKAYNE mother: Margaret

3rd generation

7. John COKAYNE m. Agnes VERNON
m. Agnes VERNON father: Sir Richard VERNON mother: Benedicta LUDLOW
8. William COKAYNE m.
12. Elizabeth De NEWMARCH m. John NEVILL
m. John NEVILL father: Sir Ralph NEVILL mother: Mary De FERRERS
13. Beatrix SHIRLEY m. John BROME
m. John BROME father: John BROME mother: Joan RODIE
14. Ralph SHIRLEY m1. Margaret STAUNTON m2. Elizabeth BLOUNT m3. Lucia ASTON
m. Margaret STAUNTON father: John STAUNTON mother: Joan MEYNELL
m. Elizabeth BLOUNT father: Sir Thomas BLOUNT mother: Margaret GRESLEY
m. Lucia ASTON father: Sir John ASTON

4th generation

16. Thomas COKAYNE m. Agnes BARLOW
m. Agnes BARLOW father: Robert BARLOW mother: Margaret DELVES
19. Roger COKAYNE m. Katherine
m. Katherine
20. Jane NEVILL m1. Sir William GASCOIGNE m2. Sir James HARRINGTON
m. Sir William GASCOIGNE father: Sir William GASCOIGNE mother: Margaret CLARELL
m. Sir James HARRINGTON father: Sir Thomas HARRINGTON mother: Elizabeth DACRE
22. Nicholas BROME m1. Elizabeth ARUNDEL m2. Katherine LAMPECK m3. Lettice CATESBY
m. Elizabeth ARUNDEL father: Sir Renfrew ARUNDEL mother: Joan COLESHULL
m. Katherine LAMPECK
m. Lettice CATESBY father: Nicholas CATESBY
24. Isabel BROME m1. Philip PUREFOY m2. John DENTON
m. Philip PUREFOY father: William PUREFOY mother: Margery MOTON
m. John DENTON father: Thomas DENTON mother: Alison DAUNTSEY
28. John SHIRLEY m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY
m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Hugh WILLOUGHBY mother: Margaret FREVILLE

5th generation

35. Sir Thomas COKAYNE m. Barbara FITZHERBERT
m. Barbara FITZHERBERT father: John FITZHERBERT mother: Margaret BABBINGTON
38. William COKAYNE m. Elizabeth MEDCALFE
m. Elizabeth MEDCALFE father: Roger MEDCALFE
39. Agnes GASCOIGNE m. Sir Robert PLUMPTON
m. Sir Robert PLUMPTON
44. Sir William GASCOIGNE m. Margaret PERCY
m. Margaret PERCY father: Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland mother: Eleanor POYNINGS, Baroness Poynings
45. Margaret GASCOIGNE m. Sir Christopher WARD
m. Sir Christopher WARD father: Sir Roger WARD mother: Joan TUNSTALL
50. Constance BROME m. Sir Edward FERRERS
m. Sir Edward FERRERS father: Sir Henry FERRERS mother: Margaret HECKSTALL
51. Elizabeth BROME m. Thomas HAWES
m. Thomas HAWES father: Thomas HAWES mother: Joan RAINSFORD
60. Alice DENTON m. Nicholas PUREFOY
m. Nicholas PUREFOY father: John PUREFOY
61. Anne DENTON m. Sir Edward GREVILLE
m. Sir Edward GREVILLE father: John GREVILLE mother: Jane FORSTER
63. Sir Ralph SHIRLEY m1. Elizabeth WALSH m2. Anne VERNON m3. Anne WARNER m4. Jane SHEFFIELD
m. Elizabeth WALSH father: Thomas WALSH mother: Margery BYRON
m. Anne VERNON
m. Anne WARNER
m. Jane SHEFFIELD father: Sir Robert SHEFFIELD
65. Robert SHIRLEY m.
66. Hugh SHIRLEY m. Anne HEVYN
m. Anne HEVYN father: John HEVYN
71. Alice SHIRLEY m. Robert BROKESBY
m. Robert BROKESBY father: William BROKESBY
72. Anne SHIRLEY m. John DANVERS
m. John DANVERS father: Thomas DANVERS mother: Alice VENABLES