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. Anne SAY Death: Before 22 Oct 1494
  2. Thomas SAYE
  3. Leonard SAYE
  4. Elizabeth SAYE Death: After 25 Feb 1483/4
  5. Katherine SAYE
  6. Mary SAYE
  7. Sir William SAYE Birth: Abt 1452 Death: 4 Dec 1529

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. Ravilious, John, Ancestors of Elizabeth Wentworth. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 7/4/2003. Subject: Ancestors of Elizabeth Wentworth. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/iCFd9yvfqJ8/m/26pvr_PilXIJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 7/4/2003-065121].
  7. Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
  8. 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]*].
  9. 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 v2p[0-9]*].
  10. 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]*].
  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 v5p[0-9]*].
  12. Rutton, William Loftie, Three Branches of the Family of Wentworth, London: Michael & Hughes, 1891. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=OpQ3vgAACAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rutton WENTWORTH p[0-9]*].
  13. Wentworth, John, Wentworth Genealogy, Chicago, IL: author, 1870. Two volumes. Volume 1 available at https://archive.org/details/wentworthgeneal00unkngoog and also at https://archive.org/details/wentworthgenealo01inwent. Volume 2 availableat https://archive.org/details/wentworthgeneal04wentgoog. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: WentworthJ WENTWORTH v[12]p[0-9ivx]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
parents:
John HERON (#167465) & Mary (#148586) [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p92],
father:
John HERON (#167465) [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v3p196]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/2 p485, Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p72]
1478 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p92, Rutton WENTWORTH p138]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson PA p207]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CHENEY
date:
abt 11 Nov 1446 (grant of the king) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]
before 1449 [Ref: Richardson PA p207]
first marriage of John [Ref: CP IV p292, Clutterbuck Hertford v3p196, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292]
second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p162],
names:
[Ref: Paget HRHCharles p92],
child:
[Ref: CP IV p292, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p391, Clutterbuck Hertford v3p196, Faris PA2 p173, John Ravilious SGM 7/4/2003-065121, Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]
Sources with Information about marriage to Agnes DANVERS
date:
before 9 Oct 1474 [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p72]
between 25 Sep 1473 and 9 Oct 1474 [Ref: CP XII/2 p485]
second marriage of John [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v3p196],
names:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p391]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Baas (in Broxbourne), Little Berkhampstead, Periers (in Cheshunt), and Sawbridgeworth, etc, Hertfordshire, and Hooks and Pinnacles (in Waltham Holy Cross) and Lawford, Essex [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292]
Knt, of Baas (in Broxbourne), Boxes (in Broxbourne), Foxtons (in Broxbourne), Geddings (in Broxbourne), Langtons (in Broxbourne), Little Berkhampstead, Marions (in Broxbourne), Periers (in Cheshunt), and Sawbridgeworth, hertfordshire, and Hooks and Pinncles (in Waltham Holy Cross) and Lawford, Essex [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]
Knt, of Baas (in Broxbourne), Little Berkhampstead, Periers (in Cheshunt), and Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, Hoots and Pinnacles (in Waltham Holy Cross) and Lawford, Essex, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219]
Knt, of Broxbourne and Sawbridgeworth, co Hertford [Ref: Rutton WENTWORTH p138]
Knt, of Baas (in Broxbourne), Little Berkhampstead, and Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, and lawford, Essex [Ref: Richardson PA p207]
Knt, of Sawbridgeworth, Lttle Berkhampstead, and Broxbourne, co Hertford [Ref: Faris PA2 p173]
of Broxbourne, Hertfordshire [Ref: CP XII/2 p485, Paget HRHCharles p92]
of Sawbridgeworth, Littler Berkhampstead, and Broxbourgne, Herts [Ref: CP IV p292]
Knt [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p618, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p433]

King's Sergeant [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

Coroner of the Marshalsea [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

Yeoman of the Chamber and Crown [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

Keeper of Westminster Palace [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

1445-6: Escheator of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

1446-7: Escheator of Norfolk and Suffolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

Squire of the Body [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p433, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

Privy Councillor [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

1455-6, 1461-4, 1475-8: Under Treasurer of England [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]
Under Treasurer of England [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p433]

Keeper of the Great Wardrobe [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p433, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

1453-6, 1463-5, 1467, 1473-5, 1478: Knight of the Shire for Hertfordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

Knight of the Shire for Cambridgeshire and for Hertfordshire [Ref: Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292]

1472: Burgess (Member of Parliament) for Tavistock [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p71]

1449, 1463-5, 1467: Speaker of the House of Commons [Ref: CP XII/2 p485, Richardson PA p207, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p219]
Speaker of the House of Commons [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p292, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p433]

1475: Agnes Saint John, widow of John Heron, Esq, and then wife of David Malpas, Esq, quitclaimed to him all her right in the manor of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p72]

will dated 10 Apr, pro 16 Oct 1478 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p92]



Pedigree of Sir John SAYE
 /-----John SAYE
Sir John SAYE
 \-----Alice



Descendants of Sir John SAYE
1. Sir John SAYE m1. Elizabeth CHENEY m2. Agnes DANVERS
m. Elizabeth CHENEY father: Lawrence CHENEY mother: Elizabeth COKAYNE
m. Agnes DANVERS father: Sir John DANVERS mother: Alice VERNEY

2nd generation

2. Anne SAY m. Sir Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser
m. Sir Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser father: Sir Philip WENTWORTH mother: Mary CLIFFORD
3. Thomas SAYE m. Joan CHEYNE
m. Joan CHEYNE father: John CHEYNE
5. Elizabeth SAYE m. Thomas SAMPSON
m. Thomas SAMPSON father: George SAMPSON mother: Katherine LEVENTHORPE
6. Katherine SAYE m. Thomas BASSINGBOURNE
m. Thomas BASSINGBOURNE father: John BASSINGBOURNE mother: Anne PASHLEY
7. Mary SAYE m. Sir Philip CALTHORPE
m. Sir Philip CALTHORPE
8. Sir William SAYE m1. Genevive HILL m2. Elizabeth FRAY
m. Genevive HILL father: John HILL
m. Elizabeth FRAY father: Sir John FRAY mother: Agnes DANVERS

3rd generation

9. Margaret WENTWORTH m. Sir John SEYMOUR
m. Sir John SEYMOUR father: John SEYMOUR mother: Elizabeth DARELL
10. Elizabeth WENTWORTH m1. Sir Roger DARCY m2. Sir Thomas WYNDHAM m3. John BOURCHIER, Lord FitzWarin, Earl Of Bath
m. Sir Roger DARCY father: Thomas DARCY mother: Margaret HARLESTON
m. Sir Thomas WYNDHAM father: Sir John WYNDHAM mother: Margaret HOWARD
m. John BOURCHIER, Lord FitzWarin, Earl Of Bath father: Fulke BOURCHIER, Lord FitzWarin mother: Elizabeth DINHAM
14. Sir Richard WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser m. Anne TYRELLE
m. Anne TYRELLE father: Sir James TYRELLE mother: Anne ARUNDELLE
18. Margery SAMPSON m1. Robert FELTON m2. Robert TOLLEMACHE
m. Robert FELTON father: John FELTON mother: Joan MOSELL
m. Robert TOLLEMACHE father: John TOLLEMACHE
20. John BASSINGBOURNE m. Audrey COTTON
m. Audrey COTTON father: Sir Thomas COTTON
23. Elizabeth SAY m. William BLOUNT, K.G., Lord Mountjoy
m. William BLOUNT, K.G., Lord Mountjoy father: John BLOUNT, Lord Mountjoy mother: Lora BERKELEY

4th generation

25. Edward SEYMOUR, K.G., Duke Of Somerset m1. Catherine FILLOL m2. Anne STANHOPE
m. Catherine FILLOL father: Sir William FILLIOL mother: Dorothy IFIELD
m. Anne STANHOPE father: Sir Edward STANHOPE mother: Elizabeth BOURCHIER
26. Henry SEYMOUR m. Barbara WOLFE
m. Barbara WOLFE father: Morgan WOLFE mother: Gwenllian De BARRY
27. Thomas SEYMOUR, K.G. m. Katherine PARR
m. Katherine PARR father: Sir Thomas PARR mother: Maud GREEN
30. Elizabeth SEYMOUR m1. Sir Anthony OUGHTRED m2. Gregory CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell m3. Sir John PAULET, Marquess of Winchester
m. Sir Anthony OUGHTRED father: Sir Henry De UGHTRED mother: Agnes CONSTABLE
m. Gregory CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell father: Thomas CROMWELL, K.G., Earl of Essex mother: Elizabeth WYKES
m. Sir John PAULET, Marquess of Winchester father: William PAULET, K.G., Marquess of Winchester mother: Elizabeth CAPEL
31. Jane SEYMOUR m. Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
m. Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England father: Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England mother: Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
35. Elizabeth DARCY m. Sir John LEIGH
m. Sir John LEIGH father: Ralph LEIGH mother: Joyce CULPEPPER
36. Thomas DARCY, Lord Darcy of Chiche m. Elizabeth De VERE
m. Elizabeth De VERE father: John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford mother: Elizabeth TRUSSELL
38. Dorothy WENTWORTH m. Lionel TOLLEMACHE
m. Lionel TOLLEMACHE
40. Margery WENTWORTH m1. Christopher GLEMHAM m2. Francis COLBY
m. Christopher GLEMHAM
m. Francis COLBY father: John COLBY
45. Sir Thomas WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth, Lord Despens m. Margaret FORTESCUE
m. Margaret FORTESCUE father: Sir Adrian FORTESCUE mother: Anne STONOR
46. Thomas FELTON m. Cecily SACKFORD
m. Cecily SACKFORD father: Thomas SACKFORD mother: Margaret PURY
48. Anne BASSINGBOURNE m. Thomas GAWDY
m. Thomas GAWDY
49. Katherine BASSINGBOURNE m. Sir Nicholas HARE
m. Sir Nicholas HARE father: John HARE mother: Elizabeth FORTESCUE
50. Gertrude BLOUNT m. Henry COURTENAY, K.G., Marquis of Exeter, Ear
m. Henry COURTENAY, K.G., Marquis of Exeter, Ear father: William COURTENAY, Earl Of Devon mother: Catherine PLANTAGENET

5th generation

52. Edward SEYMOUR m. Margaret WALSH
m. Margaret WALSH father: John WALSH
53. Anne SEYMOUR m1. Sir John DUDLEY m2. Sir Edward UNTON
m. Sir John DUDLEY
m. Sir Edward UNTON
54. Mary SEYMOUR m. Francis COSBY
m. Francis COSBY
62. Edward SEYMOUR, Earl Of Hertford m1. Katherine GREY m2. Frances HOWARD m3. Frances HOWARD
m. Katherine GREY father: Henry GREY, K.G., Duke of Suffolk mother: Frances BRANDON
m. Frances HOWARD father: William HOWARD, K.G., Lord Howard Of Effingham mother: Margaret GAMAGE
m. Frances HOWARD father: Thomas HOWARD, Viscount Howard mother: Mabel BURTON
63. Jane SEYMOUR m. Sir John RODNEY
m. Sir John RODNEY father: George RODNEY mother: Elizabeth KIRTON
69. Henry CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell m. Mary PAULET
m. Mary PAULET father: Sir John PAULET, Marquess of Winchester mother: Elizabeth WILLOUGHBY
70. Frances CROMWELL m. Richard STRODE
m. Richard STRODE father: William STRODE mother: Elizabeth COURTENAY
72. Agnes LEIGH m1. Sir Thomas PASTON m2. Edward FITZGERALD
m. Sir Thomas PASTON
m. Edward FITZGERALD father: Gerald FITZGERALD, Earl Of Kildare mother: Elizabeth GREY
73. John DARCY, Lord Darcy of Chiche m. Frances RICH
m. Frances RICH father: Richard RICH, Lord Rich mother: Elizabeth JENKS
74. Lionel TOLLEMACHE m. Susan JERMYN
m. Susan JERMYN father: Sir Ambrose JERMYN mother: Anne HEVENINGHAM
75. Mary TOLLEMACHE m. John JERMYN
m. John JERMYN father: Sir Thomas JERMYN mother: Anne DRURY
76. Elizabeth GLEMHAM m. Henry WENTWORTH
m. Henry WENTWORTH father: Sir Thomas WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth, Lord Despens mother: Margaret FORTESCUE
77. Anne WENTWORTH m. John POLEY
m. John POLEY father: Edmund POLEY mother: Mirabel GARNEYS
78. Margaret WENTWORTH m1. John WILLIAMS, Lord Williams of Thame m2. Sir William DRURY m3. Sir James CROFTS
m. John WILLIAMS, Lord Williams of Thame father: Sir John WILLIAMS mother: Isabel MORE
m. Sir William DRURY
m. Sir James CROFTS father: Sir James CROFTS
80. Henry WENTWORTH m. Elizabeth GLEMHAM
m. Elizabeth GLEMHAM father: Christopher GLEMHAM mother: Margery WENTWORTH
81. Roger WENTWORTH m.
82. Richard WENTWORTH m. Margaret ROYDON
m. Margaret ROYDON
92. Philip WENTWORTH m. Elizabeth CORBETT
m. Elizabeth CORBETT father: Sir Richard CORBETT mother: Mary DRURY
93. Thomas WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth, Lord Despens m1. Mary WENTWORTH m2. Anne WENTWORTH m3. Jane HARLESTON
m. Mary WENTWORTH father: Sir John WENTWORTH mother: Anne BETTENHAM
m. Anne WENTWORTH father: Henry WENTWORTH mother: Agnes HAMOND
m. Jane HARLESTON father: Sir John HARLESTON mother: Mildred MUNDY
97. Cecily FELTON m. John STRATTON
m. John STRATTON father: George STRATTON
98. Mary FELTON m1. Hugh BRINKLOW m2. Sir John HARLESTON m3. Sir Robert SAMPSON
m. Hugh BRINKLOW
m. Sir John HARLESTON father: Sir Clement HARLESTON mother: Margaret TEY
m. Sir Robert SAMPSON