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 STANLEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1423 b
  • Death: 29 Jun 1476 d
  • Burial: Elford, Staffordshire u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Thomas STANLEY Birth: 3 Death: 13 May 1463 in Elford, Co Stafford
    • Mother:
  • Maud ARDERNE Birth: 2 Jul 1396 Death: Abt 1430

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir John STANLEY Birth: Abt 1446 Death: 22 Nov 1508

Marriage: Children:
  1. Thomas STANLEY
  2. Sir Humphrey STANLEY
  3. Maud STANLEY
  4. Alice STANLEY
  5. Katherine STANLEY
  6. Isabel STANLEY

Marriage:
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. Montague-Smith, Patrick W, An Unrecorded line of descent from King Edward I of England with some early settled American Descendants, The Genealogist 5,2 (1984), pp131-157. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Montague-Smith Dudley p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011. NYPL JFF 19-2494. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v1p[0-9]*].
  5. 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]*].
  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 v2p[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 v3p[0-9]*].
  8. 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]*].
  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 v5p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
17 years before half-brother George [Ref: Montague-Smith Dudley p142]
abt 1412-23 (age 40+ in 1463, adult by 1446) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
in or before 1423 [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284],
parents:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p414, Montague-Smith Dudley p142, Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p283, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p395, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p270]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Sources with Information about marriage to Cecily ARDERNE
date:
as a child, disp dated 1428 [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284]
disp dated 1428 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487],
child:
[Ref: Montague-Smith Dudley p142, Richardson MCA p295, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth VERNON
date:
before 1446 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
before 16 Feb 1451/2 [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284]
second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p282],
child:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anne HORNE
date:
second marriage of Anne [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v1p353, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p395, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p270]
third marriage of John [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Elford, Staffordshire, and Aldford, Etchells, and Alderley, Cheshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Knt, of Elford, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p395, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p270, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p282]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]

K.B. [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p282]

sometime in 1428-46: heir to his cousin, Richard, son of Thomas Stafford of Babbington; inherited the manors of Clifton-Campville, Haunton, Pipe, and Stotfold, Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]

King's Esquire [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]

1450-1, 1459-60, 1464-5, 1468-9, 1474-5: Sheriff of Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Sheriff of Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284]

1447, 1450-1, 1467-8, 1472-5: Knight of the Shire for Staffordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
Knight of the Shire for Straffordshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284]

1468: Ranger of the Forest of Cannock [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p487]
ranger of the king's forest of Cannock [Ref: Richardson PA p284]

1428-46: heir to his cousin Richard, son of Thomas Stafford of Babbington; inherited the manors of Pipe, Clifton-Campville, and Stotfold, Staffordshire, Aston-sub-Edge and Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, and Sibbertoft, Northamptonshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p294, Richardson PA p284]



Pedigree of Sir John STANLEY
                                                                /-----Adam De STANLEY
                                                       /-----William De STANLEY
                                              /-----Walter De STANLEY
                                     /-----William De STANLEY
                            /-----John De STANLEY
                           |        |         /-----Philip De BAUMVILE
                           |         \-----Joan De BAUMVILE
                           |                 |         /-----Alexander De STORETON
                           |                  \-----Agnes De STORETON
                           |                          |         /-----Ranulph de SILVESTER
                           |                           \-----Anabilla de SILVESTER
                   /-----Sir William STANLEY
                  |        |         /-----Sir James HAWKSET
                  |         \-----Mabel HAWKSET
          /-----Sir John STANLEY, K.G.
         |        |         /-----Hugh MASSEY
         |         \-----Alice MASSEY
 /-----Thomas STANLEY
|        |                           /-----Sir Robert LATHOM
|        |                  /-----Sir Thomas LATHOM
|        |                 |        |         /-----Thomas De KNOWSLEY
|        |                 |         \-----Katherine De KNOWSLEY
|        |         /-----Sir Thomas De LATHOM
|        |        |        |                                    /-----William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|        |        |        |                           /-----William De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Agnes Of Chester, Lady Of Chartley
|        |        |        |                  /-----Robert De FERRERS, Earl Of Derby
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Roger De QUINCY, Earl Of Winchester
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De QUINCEY
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Helen Of Galloway
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Humphrey V De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Humphrey VI De BOHUN
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Maud D'EU
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Alianore De BOHUN
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----William De BRAIOSE, Baron Of Brecknock Castle
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor De BRAIOSE
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Eve MARSHALL
|        |        |         \-----Alianore FERRERS
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De MUSCEGROS
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De MUSCEGROS
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Hawise MALET
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De MUSCEGROS
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William AVENAL
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Cecily Of Avenal
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Aline
|        |        |                  \-----Hawise MUSCEGROS
|         \-----Isabel De LATHOM
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Hugh VENABLES
|                 |                                    /-----Roger VENABLES
|                 |                                   |         \-----Agnes De OXON
|                 |                           /-----William VENABLES
|                 |                          |         \-----Alice PENINTON
|                 |                  /-----Hugh VENABLES
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Thomas DUTTON
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret DUTTON
|                 |                 |                  \-----Philippa STANDON
|                 |         /-----Sir Hugh VENABLES
|                 |        |         \-----Agatha VERNON
|                  \-----Joan VENABLES
|                          |         /-----Richard HOUGHTON
|                           \-----Katherine HOUGHTON
Sir John STANLEY
|                           /-----Sir John ARDERN
|                  /-----Sir Thomas De ARDERNE
|                 |         \-----Ellen WASTENEYS
|         /-----Sir John De ARDERNE
|        |        |                                             /-----Hervey De STAFFORD
|        |        |                                    /-----Robert De STAFFORD, Baron Of Stafford
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Pernell De FERRIERS
|        |        |                           /-----Nicholas De STAFFORD
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Thomas CORBET, Baron Of Cause
|        |        |                          |         \-----Alice CORBET
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Isabel De VAUTORT
|        |        |                  /-----Edmund De STAFFORD, Lord Stafford
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Walter De LANGLEY
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Geoffrey De LANGLEY
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Emma De LACY
|        |        |                 |         \-----(Unk) De LANGLEY
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Robert De BRIGHTWELL
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Matilda De BRIGHTWELL
|        |        |         /-----Sir Richard De STAFFORD
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Ralph BASSET
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Ralph BASSET
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Ralph BASSET, Lord Basset Of Drayton
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De SOMERY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Nichole D'AUBIGNY
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret BASSET
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England
|        |        |        |                  \-----Hawise Le DESPENSER
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Philip BASSET, Justiciar Of England
|        |        |        |                           \-----Aline BASSET
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Hawise De LOUVAINE
|        |         \-----Katherine De STAFFORD
|        |                 |                                    /-----Adam De FRANCEYS
|        |                 |                           /-----Gilbert De FRANCEYS
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir Richard De VERNON
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Robert De VERNON
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Hawise De VERNON
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De VERNON
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Michael De HARCLA
|        |                 |        |         \-----Isabella De Harcla
|        |                  \-----Isabella De VERNON
|        |                          |                           /-----William De CAMVILLE
|        |                          |                  /-----Geoffrey De CAMVILLE, Lord Camville
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Lucy
|        |                          |         /-----William De CAMVILLE, Lord Camville
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Guy De BRIAN
|        |                          |        |         \-----Maud De BRIAN
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Eve De TRACY
|        |                           \-----Maud De CAMVILLE
 \-----Maud ARDERNE
         |         /-----Sir Roger PILKINGTON
          \-----Margaret PILKINGTON



Descendants of Sir John STANLEY
1. Sir John STANLEY m1. Cecily ARDERNE m2. Elizabeth VERNON m3. Anne HORNE
m. Cecily ARDERNE
m. Elizabeth VERNON father: Sir Richard VERNON mother: Benedicta LUDLOW
m. Anne HORNE father: Robert HORNE mother: Joan FABIAN

2nd generation

2. Sir John STANLEY m. Elizabeth LESTRANGE
m. Elizabeth LESTRANGE father: John LESTRANGE

3rd generation

9. Anne STANLEY m. Sir Christopher SAVAGE
m. Sir Christopher SAVAGE father: Sir John SAVAGE mother: Katherine STANLEY

4th generation

13. Christopher SAVAGE m. Anne LYGON
m. Anne LYGON father: Sir Richard LYGON mother: Margaret GREVELL

5th generation

16. Francis SAVAGE m. Anne SHELDON
m. Anne SHELDON father: William SHELDON mother: Mary WILLINGTON
17. Bridget SAVAGE m. Anthony BONNER
m. Anthony BONNER father: Thomas BONNER mother: Joan SKINNER