Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 05-01-2023.

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 may be downloaded here.

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


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Sir Henry RETFORD
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1354 b
  • Death: Abt 16 Jun 1409 d


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth RETFORD Death: 20 May 1471
  2. Eleanor RETFORD
  3. Sir Henry RETFORD Birth: Abt 1388 Death: 30 Dec 1460 in Wakefield

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 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Katherine Paynell, wife of Nicholas de Cantelowe and Henry Retford. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 7/23/2016. Subject: C.P. Addition: Katherine Paynell, wife of Nicholas de Cantelowe (died 22 Feb. 1371) and Henry Retford (died 1409). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/4-wXuL-OFno/m/mkvAik8zAwAJ. Author address: celticprince at gmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 7/23/2016-022916].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Bevan, Rosie, Joan sister of Thomas de Gray of Heton. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/15/2004. Subject: Thomas de Gray of Heton Sister Joan. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/ZMhVGQX5nRA/m/BrbFI7W9BJ0J. Author address: rbevan at fernside dot co dot nz. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rosie Bevan SGM 6/15/2004-045013].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1354 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p201]
Sources for death Information
date:
shortly before 16 Jun 1409 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p203]
Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine PAYNELL
date:
before Easter 1385 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p201]
third marriage of Katherine, before 12 May 1385 [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 7/23/2016-022916],
child:
[Ref: CP II p357, Douglas Richardson SGM 7/23/2016-022916, Richardson MCA p283, Richardson MCA p413]
Sources with Information about marriage to Mary
date:
first marriage of Mary [Ref: CP III p315, CP III p320, Douglas Richardson SGM 7/23/2016-022916]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
date:
third marriage of Mary [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p203, Rosie Bevan SGM 6/15/2004-045013]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Carlton Paynell, Irby-on-Humber, and Killingholme, Lincolnshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p413, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p228]
of Carlton (-Paynell), Irby-on-Humber, and Killingholme, co Lincoln [Ref: CP II p357]
Knt [Ref: Richardson MCA p283]

Nov 1377: received a royal pardon for murdering one of his neighbors [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p201]

before 25 Aug 1384: knighted [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p201]

1385: took part in Richard II's ill-fated invasion of Scotland [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p202]

15 Nov 1389 ti 13 Dec 1389: Sheriff of Lincs [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p201]

1402: Speaker of House of Commons [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v4p201]



Pedigree of Sir Henry RETFORD
Sir Henry RETFORD



Descendants of Sir Henry RETFORD
1. Sir Henry RETFORD m1. Katherine PAYNELL m2. Mary
m. Katherine PAYNELL father: Sir Ralph PAYNELL mother: Katherine
m. Mary

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth RETFORD m. Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
m. Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun father: Sir Ingram Le BRUYN, Lord Brun mother: Elizabeth De La POLE
3. Eleanor RETFORD m. William LOWE
m. William LOWE

3rd generation

5. Joan BRUYN m. John DIGGES
m. John DIGGES father: John DYGGE mother: Juliane HORNE
8. Sir Henry BRUYN m. Elizabeth DARCY
m. Elizabeth DARCY father: Sir Robert DARCY mother: Alice FILONGLEY
11. Elizabeth LOWE m. Thomas URSLEY
m. Thomas URSLEY

4th generation

12. John DIGGES m. Joan CLIFTON
m. Joan CLIFTON father: Sir Gervase CLIFTON mother: Isabel HERBERT
13. Elizabeth BRUYN m1. Thomas TYRELL m2. Sir William BRANDON m3. William MALLORY
m. Thomas TYRELL father: Sir Thomas TYRELL
m. Sir William BRANDON father: Sir William BRANDON mother: Elizabeth WINGFIELD
m. William MALLORY
14. Alice BRUYN m1. John BERNERS m2. Sir Robert HARLESTON m3. Sir John HEVENINGHAM
m. John BERNERS father: Thomas BERNERS mother: Alice MERSH
m. Sir Robert HARLESTON father: John HARLESTON mother: Alice CLOPTON
m. Sir John HEVENINGHAM
15. Margaret URSLEY m1. Edmund WHICHECOTE m2. Thomas ARNOLD
m. Edmund WHICHECOTE
m. Thomas ARNOLD

5th generation

17. Isabel DIGGES m. Richard SACKVILLE
m. Richard SACKVILLE
18. James DIGGES m1. Mildred FINEAUX m2. Philippe ENGHAM
m. Mildred FINEAUX father: Sir John FINEAUX mother: Elizabeth APULDREFIELD
m. Philippe ENGHAM father: John ENGHAM
22. Charles BRANDON, K.G., Duke of Suffolk m1. m2. Margaret NEVILLE m3. Anne BROWNE m4. Mary TUDOR m5. Katherine WILLOUGHBY, Baroness Willoughby
m. Margaret NEVILLE father: John De NEVILLE, K.G., Marquess of Montagu mother: Isabel INGOLDTHORPE
m. Anne BROWNE father: Sir Anthony BROWNE mother: Eleanor UGHTRED
m. Mary TUDOR father: Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England mother: Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
m. Katherine WILLOUGHBY, Baroness Willoughby father: William De WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby mother: Mary De SALINAS
24. John HARLESTON m. Jane HIGHAM
m. Jane HIGHAM father: Thomas HIGHAM mother: Alice COTTON
25. George HEVENINGHAM m. Margaret BURGOYNE
m. Margaret BURGOYNE father: John BURGOYNE