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 Gervase De CLIFTON
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1396 ^b
Death: After 25 Nov 1453 ^d

Parents:

Father:
Sir John De CLIFTON Death: 21 Jul 1403 in Shrewsbury

Mother:

Katherine CRESSY Birth: Abt 1370 Death: Before 1420

Family:
Marriage:

Isabel FRAUNCEYS .^m1
Isabel FRAUNCEYS Death: 13 Jun 1457

Children:

Robert De CLIFTON
Sir Gervase CLIFTON Birth: Abt 1405 Death: 6 May 1471 in Tewkesbury

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].*].
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

date:: abt 1396 (age 40 in 1436) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p291]; abt 1396 [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p272],
parents:: [Ref: CP III p531(d), Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p290]

Sources for death Information

date:: 15 Nov 1453 [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p291]; will dated 25 Nov 1453 [Ref: CP III p531(d)]

Sources with Information about marriage to Isabel FRAUNCEYS

date:: first marriage of Gervase [Ref: Richardson MCA p283],
names:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p220],
child:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p221, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p291]

Research Notes:
Knt, of Hodsock and Clifton, Nottinghamshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p220, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p291]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p291]

son and heir of Katherine CRESSY [Ref: CP III p531(d)]

Knt, of Clifton, Nottinghamshire, London, and Brabourne, Kent [Ref: Richardson MCA p283]

Pedigree of Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
                   /-----Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
          /-----Sir Robert De CLIFTON
         |        |         /-----Robert PIERPOINT
         |         \-----Margaret PIERPOINT
/-----Sir John De CLIFTON
|        |                                                      /-----Henry De GREY
|        |                                             /-----Sir John De GREY
|        |                                            |         \-----Iseude De BARDOLF
|        |                                    /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Roger De CAUZ
|        |                                   |         \-----Emma De CAUZ
|        |                                   |                  \-----Nichole De LEIGH
|        |                           /-----John De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Henry De LONGCHAMP
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Henry De LONGCHAMP
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Maud De CANTELOU
|        |                          |         \-----Maud De LONGCHAMP
|        |                  /-----Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Theobald WALTER
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Theobald Le BOTELER
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Maud VAVASOUR
|        |                 |        |         /-----John De VERDUN
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Nicholas De VERDUN
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Rohese De VERDUN
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Clemence
|        |                 |         \-----Maud De VERDUN
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Henry De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford, MC Surety
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Humphrey V De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Maud FITZ GEOFFREY De MANDEVILLE
|        |                 |                  \-----Eleanor De BOHUN
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Raoul I De LUSIGNAN, Count D'Eu
|        |                 |                           \-----Maud D'EU
|        |                 |                                    \-----Alice D'EU, Countess Of Eu, Lady Of Hastings
|        |         /-----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
Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
|                                                               /-----William De CRESSY
|                                                      /-----Roger De CRESSY
|                                             /-----William De CRESSY
|                                            |        |         /-----John De BRAYTOFT
|                                            |         \-----Sibyl De BRAYTOFT
|                                    /-----Roger De CRESSY
|                                   |        |         /-----Ranulf De WANSLEY
|                                   |         \-----Joan De WANSLEY
|                           /-----William De CRESSY
|                          |         \-----Christine
|                  /-----Sir Hugh De CRESSY
|         /-----Sir John De CRESSY
|        |        |                                    /-----Brian De La MARE
|        |        |                           /-----Geoffrey De La MARE
|        |        |                  /-----Peter De La MARE
|        |        |         /-----Geoffrey De La MARE
|        |         \-----Maud De La MARE
|        |                  \-----(Unk wife2)
\-----Katherine CRESSY
          \-----Agnes

Descendants of Sir Gervase De CLIFTON

1. Sir Gervase De CLIFTON m. Isabel FRAUNCEYS

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

2 Robert De CLIFTON

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

2nd generation

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

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

4+ Joan CLIFTON m. John DIGGES

5 Isabel De CLIFTON m. John JERNEGAN

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

6+ Catherine CLIFTON m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT

3rd generation

4. Joan CLIFTON m. John DIGGES

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

7 Mary DIGGES m. William BRENT

8+ Isabel DIGGES m. Richard SACKVILLE

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

6. Catherine CLIFTON m. Sir Thomas BLOUNT

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

10+ Richard BLOUNT m. Dorothy DE LA FORD

4th generation

8. Isabel DIGGES m. Richard SACKVILLE

m. Richard SACKVILLE

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

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

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

m. Philippe ENGHAM father: John ENGHAM

13+ Leonard DIGGES m. Bridget WILSFORD

10. Richard BLOUNT m. Dorothy DE LA FORD

m. Dorothy DE LA FORD

14+ Elizabeth BLOUNT m. Thomas WOODFORD

5th generation

11. John SACKVILLE m1. Margaret BOLEYN m2. Anne TORRELL

m. Margaret BOLEYN father: Sir William BOLEYN mother: Margaret ORMOND

15+ Isabel SACKVILLE m. John ASHBURNHAM

16+ Mary SACKVILLE m. John LUNSFORD

17 Christopher SACKVILLE

18 John SACKVILLE

19 Richard SACKVILLE

20+ Anne SACKVILLE m. Sir Nicholas PELHAM

m. Anne TORRELL father: Humphrey TORRELL

13. Leonard DIGGES m. Bridget WILSFORD

m. Bridget WILSFORD father: Thomas WILSFORD mother: Elizabeth CULPEPER

21 James DIGGES

22 Daniel DIGGES

23 Mary DIGGES m. (Unk) BARBER

24 Anne DIGGES m. William DIGGES

25 Sarah DIGGES m1. (Unk) MARTIN m2. John WESTON

26+ Thomas DIGGS m. Anne St LEGER

14. Elizabeth BLOUNT m. Thomas WOODFORD

m. Thomas WOODFORD

27+ Ursula WOODFORD m. Walter LYTE