Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 12-10-2023.

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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John SHIRLEY Birth: Abt 1426 Death: 18 May 1485 in Staunton-Harrold, Leicestershire

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. Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
age 18 in 1423 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p249],
parents:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p188, Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629],
father:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p214, Acheson Leicester p248, Burke Peerage p753]
Sources for death Information
date:
by 1426 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ralph SHIRLEY
date:
1423 [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248]
first marriage of Ralph [Ref: Burke Peerage p753]
license 23 Sep 1423 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629],
names:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p188],
child:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p214, Acheson Leicester p248, Burke Peerage p753, Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629, Roberts RD600 p422, Weis AR7 #230A]
Research Notes:
1423: coheiress to her brother, Thomas [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]

heir of her brother, Thomas; on his death the Staunton harold estate passed to the Shirley family [Ref: Acheson Leicester p248]



Pedigree of Margaret STAUNTON
                                              /-----Philip STAUNTON
                                     /-----Elias STAUNTON
                                    |         \-----Isabel
                            /-----William STAUNTON
                   /-----John STAUNTON
          /-----Sir Robert STAUNTON
         |        |         /-----Robert De ECCLESHALL
         |         \-----Isabel De ECCLESHALL
 /-----John STAUNTON
Margaret STAUNTON
|         /-----Sir Ralph MEYNELL
 \-----Joan MEYNELL
          \-----Joan



Descendants of Margaret STAUNTON
1. Margaret STAUNTON m. Ralph SHIRLEY
m. Ralph SHIRLEY father: Sir Ralph SHIRLEY mother: Joan BASSET

2nd generation

2. John SHIRLEY m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY
m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Hugh WILLOUGHBY mother: Margaret FREVILLE

3rd generation

3. 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
5. Robert SHIRLEY m.
6. Hugh SHIRLEY m. Anne HEVYN
m. Anne HEVYN father: John HEVYN
11. Alice SHIRLEY m. Robert BROKESBY
m. Robert BROKESBY father: William BROKESBY
12. Anne SHIRLEY m. John DANVERS
m. John DANVERS father: Thomas DANVERS mother: Alice VENABLES

4th generation

18. Ralph SHIRLEY m. Amee LOLLE
m. Amee LOLLE father: William LOLLE
19. Thomas SHIRLEY m. Margaret WROTH
m. Margaret WROTH father: John WROTH mother: Joan NEWDIGATE
22. Anthony BROKESBY m. Anne SAPCOTE
m. Anne SAPCOTE father: Thomas SAPCOTE mother: Alice FRAUNCIS

5th generation

25. Eleanor SHIRLEY m1. Thomas VERNON m2. Nicholas BROWNE
m. Thomas VERNON father: Humphrey VERNON mother: Alice LUDLOW
m. Nicholas BROWNE father: Thomas BROWNE mother: Margaret CHETHAM
27. Joyce SHIRLEY m1. Richard ABINGTON m2. Thomas BLOUNT
m. Richard ABINGTON
m. Thomas BLOUNT
31. Bartholomew BROKESBY m. Anne VILLERS
m. Anne VILLERS father: Sir John VILLERS mother: Elizabeth WINGER