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. Margaret STAUNTON Birth: Abt 1405 Death: Before 1426
  2. Thomas STAUNTON Birth: Before 1405

Marriage: Children:
  1. Anne CLINTON

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. Collins, Arthur, and Sir Egerton Brydges, Collins's Peerage of England; Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical. London: Rivington, Otridge and Son, 1812. Volume 2. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=xVI5AAAAMAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Collins Peerage v2p[0-9]*].
  4. Farnham, George F, Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees. Leicester: Thornley, 1925. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007941560 images 458-633. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v2p595],
parents:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p188, HoP 1386-1421 v2p595],
father:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v3p120, Collins Peerage v2p189, Farnham Pedigrees p101, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]
Sources for death Information
date:
abt 1457 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v2p595]
Sources with Information about marriage to John STAUNTON
date:
first marriage of Joan [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v3p120, Farnham Pedigrees p101, HoP 1386-1421 v2p595],
child:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p188, Richardson MCA p749, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p629]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Thomas CLINTON
date:
before 1409 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v2p595]
second marriage of Joan [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p101],
child:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p188, Clutterbuck Hertford v3p120, Collins Peerage v2p189]
Research Notes:
coheiress of her father [Ref: Collins Peerage v2p189, HoP 1386-1421 v2p595]

1423: living, and again a widow [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p101]



Pedigree of Joan MEYNELL
 /-----Sir Ralph MEYNELL
Joan MEYNELL
 \-----Joan



Descendants of Joan MEYNELL
1. Joan MEYNELL m1. John STAUNTON m2. Sir Thomas CLINTON
m. John STAUNTON father: Sir Robert STAUNTON
m. Sir Thomas CLINTON father: Sir John CLINTON, Lord Clinton mother: (Unk)

2nd generation

2. Margaret STAUNTON m. Ralph SHIRLEY
m. Ralph SHIRLEY father: Sir Ralph SHIRLEY mother: Joan BASSET
4. Anne CLINTON m. Sir Robert FRANCIS
m. Sir Robert FRANCIS

3rd generation

5. John SHIRLEY m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY
m. Eleanor WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Hugh WILLOUGHBY mother: Margaret FREVILLE
6. Margaret FRANCIS m. Nicholas FITZHERBERT
m. Nicholas FITZHERBERT father: John FITZHERBERT

4th generation

7. 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
9. Robert SHIRLEY m.
10. Hugh SHIRLEY m. Anne HEVYN
m. Anne HEVYN father: John HEVYN
15. Alice SHIRLEY m. Robert BROKESBY
m. Robert BROKESBY father: William BROKESBY
16. Anne SHIRLEY m. John DANVERS
m. John DANVERS father: Thomas DANVERS mother: Alice VENABLES
20. Robert FITZHERBERT m. Grace EYRE
m. Grace EYRE

5th generation

23. Ralph SHIRLEY m. Amee LOLLE
m. Amee LOLLE father: William LOLLE
24. Thomas SHIRLEY m. Margaret WROTH
m. Margaret WROTH father: John WROTH mother: Joan NEWDIGATE
27. Anthony BROKESBY m. Anne SAPCOTE
m. Anne SAPCOTE father: Thomas SAPCOTE mother: Alice FRAUNCIS
30. George FITZHERBERT m. Agnes BERESFORD
m. Agnes BERESFORD father: Humphrey BERESFORD