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

Person Info

Name: Sir John De CLIFTON
Sex: M
Death: 21 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir Robert De CLIFTON Death: 16 Oct 1376

Mother:

Agnes De GREY

Family:
Marriage:

Katherine CRESSY on Abt Jun 1382 .^m1
Katherine CRESSY Birth: Abt 1370 Death: Before 1420

Children:

Catherine CLIFTON Death: 14 Mar 1435 in Wadworth
Sir Gervase De CLIFTON Birth: Abt 1396 Death: After 25 Nov 1453

Bibliography

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].*].
Foster, Joseph, Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Vol I - West Riding, part 1. London: Winfred Head, 1874. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/357012. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v1pt1 [A-Z]*].
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]*].
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]*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p271, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP III p531, Richardson MCA p220, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290],
place:: [Ref: CP III p531, Richardson MCA p220, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]

Sources with Information about marriage to Katherine CRESSY

date:: abt Jun 1382 [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p271, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]; first marriage of Katherine [Ref: CP III p531],
child:: [Ref: CP III p531(d), Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p322]

Research Notes:
Knt, of Clifton, Nottinghamshire [Ref: Richardson PA p271, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]
Knight of Clifton, co. Notts [Ref: Foster Yorkshire v1pt1 FITZWILLIAM]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson PA p271, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]

Knight of the Shire for Nottinghamshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p271, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]

1402-3: Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]
Sheriff of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p271]

verderer of Nottingham Forest [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p271, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]

Pedigree of Sir John De CLIFTON
          /-----Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
/-----Sir Robert De CLIFTON
|        |         /-----Robert PIERPOINT
|         \-----Margaret PIERPOINT
Sir John De CLIFTON
|                                                      /-----Henry De GREY
|                                                     |         \-----Hawise De GRAY
|                                             /-----Sir John De GREY
|                                            |         \-----Iseude De BARDOLF
|                                            |                  \-----(Unk Dau) BARDOLF
|                                    /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                                   |        |                  /-----Roger De CAUZ
|                                   |        |         /-----Roger De CAUZ
|                                   |         \-----Emma De CAUZ
|                                   |                 |         /-----Bartholomew De LEIGH
|                                   |                  \-----Nichole De LEIGH
|                                   |                           \-----Emma RUFFUS
|                           /-----John De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                          |        |                  /-----Henry De LONGCHAMP
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Henry De LONGCHAMP
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Walter De CANTELOU
|                          |        |        |         \-----Maud De CANTELOU
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Amice
|                          |         \-----Maud De LONGCHAMP
|                  /-----Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                 |        |                                    /-----Harvey WALTER
|                 |        |                           /-----Theobald WALTER
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Maud De VALOINES
|                 |        |                  /-----Theobald Le BOTELER
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert VAVASOUR
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Maud VAVASOUR
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----(Unk) De BIRKIN
|                 |        |         /-----John De VERDUN
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Bertram De VERDUN
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Nicholas De VERDUN
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Matilda FERRERS
|                 |        |        |         \-----Rohese De VERDUN
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Clemence
|                 |         \-----Maud De VERDUN
|                 |                 |                           /-----Humphrey IV De BOHUN, Baron Of Trowbridge
|                 |                 |                  /-----Henry De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford, MC Surety
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret Of Huntingdon
|                 |                 |         /-----Humphrey V De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Maud FITZ GEOFFREY De MANDEVILLE
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Beatrice De SAY
|                 |                  \-----Eleanor De BOHUN
|                 |                          |                  /-----Hugh Sire De Lusignan
|                 |                          |         /-----Raoul I De LUSIGNAN, Count D'Eu
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Orengarde
|                 |                           \-----Maud D'EU
|                 |                                   |         /-----Henry Count D'Eu, Baron Of Hastings
|                 |                                    \-----Alice D'EU, Countess Of Eu, Lady Of Hastings
|                 |                                             \-----Maud De WARENNE
|         /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |        |         /-----Ralph De ROCKLEY
|        |         \-----Anne De ROCKLEY
|        |                 |         /-----William De CLARE
|        |                  \-----Isabel De CLARE
\-----Agnes De GREY
         |                           /-----Richard De La VACHE
         |                  /-----Matthew De La VACHE
         |         /-----Sir Richard De La VACHE, K.G.
          \-----Maud De La VACHE
                   \-----Amy

Descendants of Sir John De CLIFTON

1. Sir John De CLIFTON m. Katherine CRESSY

m. Katherine CRESSY father: Sir John De CRESSY mother: Agnes

2+ Catherine CLIFTON m. Edmund FITZWILLIAM

3+ Sir Gervase De CLIFTON m. Isabel FRAUNCEYS

2nd generation

2. Catherine CLIFTON m. Edmund FITZWILLIAM

m. Edmund FITZWILLIAM father: Edmund FITZWILLIAM mother: Maud HOTHAM

4+ Sir Richard FITZWILLIAM m. Elizabeth CLARELL

3. Sir Gervase De CLIFTON m. Isabel FRAUNCEYS

m. Isabel FRAUNCEYS father: Sir Robert FRAUNCEYS mother: Isabel BRUMPTON

5 Robert De CLIFTON

6+ Sir Gervase CLIFTON m1. Isabel HERBERT m2. Maud STANHOPE

3rd generation

4. Sir Richard FITZWILLIAM m. Elizabeth CLARELL

m. Elizabeth CLARELL father: Thomas CLARELL mother: Elizabeth SCROPE

7+ Isabel FITZWILLIAM m. William WENTWORTH

8+ Margaret FITZWILLIAM m. Ralph RERESBY

9+ Catherine FITZWILLIAM m. Sir John SKIPWITH

10+ Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM m1. John FITZWILLIAM m2. Sir Thomas WORTLEY

11+ Sir Thomas FITZWILLIAM m. Lucy NEVILLE

12 Edmund FITZWILLIAM

13 Richard FITZWILLIAM

14 Edward FITZWILLIAM

15 Humphrey FITZWILLIAM

16 Humphrey FITZWILLIAM

17 George FITZWILLIAM

18 Anne FITZWILLIAM m. Sir William MIRFIELD

6. Sir Gervase CLIFTON m1. Isabel HERBERT m2. Maud STANHOPE

m. Isabel HERBERT father: Vincent HERBERT mother: Isabel CRALLE

19+ Joan CLIFTON m. John DIGGES

20 Isabel De CLIFTON m. John JERNEGAN

m. Maud STANHOPE father: Sir Richard STANHOPE mother: Maud CROMWELL

21+ Catherine CLIFTON m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT

4th generation

7. Isabel FITZWILLIAM m. William WENTWORTH

m. William WENTWORTH father: Sir Thomas WENTWORTH mother: Joan REDMAYNE

22+ Sir Thomas WENTWORTH m. Beatrix WOODRUFFE

8. Margaret FITZWILLIAM m. Ralph RERESBY

m. Ralph RERESBY

23+ Elizabeth RERESBY m. Edward EYRE

9. Catherine FITZWILLIAM m. Sir John SKIPWITH

m. Sir John SKIPWITH father: Sir William SKIPWITH mother: Agnes CONSTABLE

24 Catherine SKIPWITH m. Sir Thomas HENEAGE

25 Elizabeth SKIPWITH m1. Anthony RIGGS m2. Matthew THIMBLEBY

26 Agnes SKIPWITH m. Charles YARBOROUGH

27+ Sir William SKIPWITH m1. Elizabeth TYRWHITT m2. Alice DYMOKE

10. Elizabeth FITZWILLIAM m1. John FITZWILLIAM m2. Sir Thomas WORTLEY

m. John FITZWILLIAM father: Sir William FITZWILLIAM mother: Elizabeth CONYERS

28 William FITZWILLIAM m. Margaret BROUGHTON

m. Sir Thomas WORTLEY

11. Sir Thomas FITZWILLIAM m. Lucy NEVILLE

m. Lucy NEVILLE father: John De NEVILLE, K.G., Marquess of Montagu mother: Isabel INGOLDTHORPE

29 John FITZWILLIAM

30+ Margaret FITZWILLIAM m. Sir William GASCOIGNE

31 Thomas FITZWILLIAM

32 Sir William FITZWILLIAM, K.G., Earl of Southampton m. Mabel De CLIFFORD

19. Joan CLIFTON m. John DIGGES

m. John DIGGES father: John DIGGES mother: Joan BRUYN

33 Mary DIGGES m. William BRENT

34+ Isabel DIGGES m. Richard SACKVILLE

35+ James DIGGES m1. Mildred FINEAUX m2. Philippe ENGHAM

21. Catherine CLIFTON m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT

m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT father: Sir Thomas BLOUNT mother: Margaret GRESLEY

36+ Richard BLOUNT m. Dorothy DE LA FORD

5th generation

22. Sir Thomas WENTWORTH m. Beatrix WOODRUFFE

m. Beatrix WOODRUFFE father: Sir Richard WOODRUFFE mother: Beatrix FITZ WILLIAM

37+ William WENTWORTH m. Catherine BEESTON

38 Gervase WENTWORTH

39+ Michael WENTWORTH m. Isabel WHITLEY

40+ Thomas WENTWORTH m. Grace GASCOIGNE

41 Bryan WENTWORTH

42 Elizabeth WENTWORTH m. Ralph DENHAM

43 Isabel WENTWORTH m. Nicholas WORMWELL

44 Beatrice WENTWORTH m. Thomas WARRELL

23. Elizabeth RERESBY m. Edward EYRE

45+ Anthony EYRE m. Elizabeth POLE

46+ Anne EYRE m. Thomas REVELL

27. Sir William SKIPWITH m1. Elizabeth TYRWHITT m2. Alice DYMOKE

m. Elizabeth TYRWHITT father: Sir William TYRWHITT mother: Anne CONSTABLE

47+ Dorothy SKIPWITH m. Andrew GEDNEY

48+ Sir William SKIPWITH m1. Elizabeth PAGE m2. Anne TOWTHBY

m. Alice DYMOKE father: Sir Lionel DYMOKE mother: Joan GRIFFITH

49+ Henry SKIPWITH m. Jane HALL

50+ Mary SKIPWITH m. George FITZWILLIAM

51 Lionel SKIPWITH

52 George SKIPWITH

53 Jane SKIPWITH m. Richard BOLLE

54 Dorothy SKIPWITH m. Arthur GEDNEY

55 Elizabeth SKIPWITH m. Thomas CLIFFORD

56 Margaret SKIPWITH m1. George TAILBOYS, Lord Tailboys m2. Sir Peter CAREW m3. Sir John CLIFTON

57 Anne SKIPWITH m. William HATCLIFFE

58 Bridget SKIPWITH m. Brian CAVE

59+ John SKIPWITH m. Eleanor KINGSTON

30. Margaret FITZWILLIAM m. Sir William GASCOIGNE

m. Sir William GASCOIGNE father: Sir William GASCOIGNE mother: Alicia FROGNALL

60+ William GASCOIGNE m. Beatrice TEMPEST

34. Isabel DIGGES m. Richard SACKVILLE

m. Richard SACKVILLE

61+ John SACKVILLE m1. Margaret BOLEYN m2. Anne TORRELL

35. James DIGGES m1. Mildred FINEAUX m2. Philippe ENGHAM

m. Mildred FINEAUX father: Sir John FINEAUX mother: Elizabeth APULDREFIELD

m. Philippe ENGHAM father: John ENGHAM

63+ Leonard DIGGES m. Bridget WILSFORD

36. Richard BLOUNT m. Dorothy DE LA FORD

m. Dorothy DE LA FORD

64+ Elizabeth BLOUNT m. Thomas WOODFORD