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: Abigail KNYVET
  • Sex: F
  • Death: 15 Dec 1623 d
  • Burial: Wacton, Norfolk u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John KNYVET Birth: Abt 1517 Death: Before 1555 in Plumstead, Co Norfolk
    • Mother:
  • Agnes HARCOURT Death: 1578

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Martin SEDLEY
  2. Robert SEDLEY
  3. Abigail SEDLEY
  4. Muriel SEDLEY Birth: 1583 Death: 22 Aug 1661 in Letton, Norfolk

Bibliography
  1. Faris, David, Plantagenet ancestry of seventeenth century colonists: the descent from the later Plantagenet Kings of England, Henry III, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III, of emigrants from England and Wales to the North American colonies before 1701, second edition. Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1999. NYPL APR (New England) 01-1513. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Faris PA2 p[0-9ivxc]*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p164, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p181, Roberts RD600 p182, Weis AR7 #4]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p165, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p182]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p165, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p182]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sir Martin SEDLEY
date:
second marriage of Martin [Ref: Faris PA2 p164]
settlement dated 1577 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p182],
child:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p165, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p182, Roberts RD600 p182, Weis AR7 #4]
Research Notes:
1569: legatee in will of her step-father, William Bowyer [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p182]



Pedigree of Abigail KNYVET
                                                                /-----Sir John KNYVET, Lord Chancellor Of England
                                                       /-----Sir John KNYVET
                                                      |         \-----Alianore BASSET
                                              /-----Sir John KNYVET
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John De BOTETOURTE
                                             |         \-----Joan De BOTETOURT
                                             |                  \-----Katherine WEYLAND
                                     /-----John KNYVET
                                    |        |                  /-----John De CLIFTON, Lord Clifton
                                    |        |         /-----Constantine CLIFTON, Lord Clifton
                                    |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CROMWELL
                                    |         \-----Elizabeth CLIFTON
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
                                    |                  \-----Margaret HOWARD
                                    |                           \-----Margaret De SCALES
                            /-----Sir William KNYVET
                           |        |         /-----William LYNNE
                           |         \-----Alice LYNNE
                           |                  \-----Alice STOKES
                   /-----Sir Edmund KNYVET
                  |        |                                    /-----Roger De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
                  |        |                           /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
                  |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth De HASTINGS
                  |        |                  /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----John Le STRANGE, Lord Strange
                  |        |                 |         \-----Alinore LESTRANGE
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Ankaret BUTLER
                  |        |         /-----John De GREY
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Thomas ASTLEY, Lord Astley
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William ASTLEY, Lord Astley
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De BEAUCHAMP
                  |        |        |         \-----Joan ASTELEY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby
                  |        |        |                  \-----Joan WILLOUGHBY
                  |        |        |                           \-----Cecily De UFFORD
                  |         \-----Alice De GREY
                  |                  \-----Elizabeth
          /-----Edmund KNYVET
         |        |                  /-----Sir John TYRRELL
         |        |         /-----Sir William TYRRELL
         |        |        |        |         /-----Sir William COGGESHALL
         |        |        |         \-----Alice COGGESHALL
         |         \-----Eleanor TYRREL
         |                 |         /-----Sir Robert DARCY
         |                  \-----Margaret DARCY
         |                          |         /-----Henry FILONGLEY
         |                           \-----Alice FILONGLEY
 /-----John KNYVET
|        |                                                      /-----Robert BOURCHIER, Lord Bourchier
|        |                                             /-----Sir William BOURCHIER
|        |                                            |         \-----Margaret PRAYERS
|        |                                    /-----Sir William BOURCHIER, Count Of Eu
|        |                                   |        |         /-----John De LOUVAINE
|        |                                   |         \-----Eleanor De LOUVAINE
|        |                                   |                  \-----Margaret De WESTON
|        |                           /-----Sir John BOURCHIER, K.G., Lord Berners
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Edward III King Of England
|        |                          |        |         /-----Thomas Of Woodstock Duke Of Gloucester
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Philippa Of Hainault
|        |                          |         \-----Anne Countess Of Buckingham
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Humphrey IX De BOHUN, K.G., Earl Of Hereford
|        |                          |                  \-----Alianore De BOHUN
|        |                          |                           \-----Joan FITZALAN
|        |                  /-----Sir Humphrey BOURCHIER
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir James BERNERS
|        |                 |        |         /-----Richard BERNERS
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----John BATEW
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Anne BATEW
|        |                 |         \-----Margery BERNERS
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John DALYNGRIGGE
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Walter DALYNGRUDGE
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan De La LYNDE
|        |                 |                  \-----Philippa DALYNGRIDGE
|        |                 |                          |         /-----John CHAMOND
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret CHAMOND
|        |         /-----Sir John BOURCHIER, Lord Berners
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Philip TILNEY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Frederick TILNEY
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Grace ROOS
|        |        |        |                  /-----Philip TILNEY
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir John De ROCHFORD
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De ROCHFORD
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Alice De HASTINGS
|        |        |        |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Edmund De THORPE, Lord Thorpe
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund THORPE, Lord Thorpe
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BAYNARD
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel THORPE
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----John De NORTHWOOD
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan De NORTHWOOD
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Katherine ASPALL
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
|        |        |                 |                           /-----Henry CHEYNEY
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William CHEYNEY
|        |        |                 |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Lawrence De PABENHAM
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Katherine PABENHAM
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth ENGAINE
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Sir John COKAYNE
|        |        |                          |         /-----John COKAYNE
|        |        |                          |        |         \-----Cecilia De VERNON
|        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
|        |        |                                    \-----Ida De GREY
|        |        |                                             \-----Alinore LESTRANGE
|         \-----Joan BOURCHIER, Baroness Berners
|                 |                                             /-----Sir John HOWARD
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
|                 |                                   |         \-----Alice De BOYS
|                 |                           /-----Sir John HOWARD
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Robert De SCALES, Lord Scales
|                 |                          |         \-----Margaret De SCALES
|                 |                          |                  \-----Catherine De UFFORD
|                 |                  /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir William TENDRING
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William TENDRING
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret De KERDESTON
|                 |                 |         \-----Alice TENDRING
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----William De MYLDE
|                 |                 |                  \-----Catherine De MYLDE
|                 |         /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |        |        |                           /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
|                 |        |        |                  /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan PLANTAGENET
|                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----John SEGRAVE, Lord Segrave
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SEGRAVE, Baroness Segrave
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret PLANTAGENET, Dutchess Of Norfolk
|                 |        |         \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
|                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir William De BOHUN, K.G., Earl of Northampton
|                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
|                 |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BADLESMERE
|                  \-----Katharine HOWARD
|                          |         /-----Sir John CHEDWORTH
|                           \-----Margaret CHEDWORTH
|                                    \-----Joan
Abigail KNYVET
|                                                               /-----Sir William De HARCOURT
|                                                      /-----Sir Thomas De HARCOURT
|                                                     |         \-----Jane De GREY
|                                             /-----Sir Thomas De HARCOURT
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John De GREY, K.G., Lord Grey Of Rotherfield
|                                            |         \-----Maud GRAY
|                                            |                  \-----Avice MARMION
|                                    /-----Sir Richard HARCOURT
|                                   |        |         /-----Robert FRANCEYS
|                                   |         \-----Jane FRANCEYS
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas BRUMPTON
|                                   |                  \-----Isabel BRUMPTON
|                           /-----Sir Christopher HARCOURT
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir John St CLERE
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Philip St CLAIR
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Margaret PHILIPOT
|                          |        |         /-----Thomas St. CLAIR
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Nicholas LOVAIN
|                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De LOUVAIN
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Margaret De VERE
|                          |         \-----Edith St. CLAIR
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir Thomas De HOO
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir William De HOO
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Isabel De St LEGER
|                          |                  \-----Margaret HOO
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas WINGFIELD
|                          |                           \-----Eleanor WINGFIELD
|                          |                                    \-----Margaret BOVILLE
|                  /-----Sir Simon HARCOURT
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Miles De STAPLETON, Orig K.G.
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Miles STAPLETON
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Joan De INGHAM
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Brian STAPLETON
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Edmund UFFORD
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Ela UFFORD
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Sibyl De PIERREPOINT
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Miles STAPLETON
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----John BARDOLF, Lord Bardolf
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----William BARDOLF, Lord Bardolf
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DAMORY
|                 |        |        |         \-----Cecily BARDOLF
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Michael POYNINGS, Lord Poynings
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Agnes POYNINGS
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Joan
|                 |         \-----Joan STAPLETON
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir William De La POLE
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Michael De La POLE, Earl Of Suffolk
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Catherine
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas De La POLE
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John WINGFIELD
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Katherine WINGFIELD
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor BRAOSE
|                 |                  \-----Katharine De La POLE
|                 |                          |         /-----Nicholas CHEYNEY
|                 |                           \-----Anne CHEYNEY
|         /-----Sir John HARCOURT
|        |        |                  /-----John DARRELL
|        |        |         /-----Thomas DARRELL
|        |        |        |        |         /-----William CHICHELEY
|        |        |        |         \-----Florence CHICHELEY
|        |         \-----Agnes DARRELL
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Nicholas De GRESLEY
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas GREASLY
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Thomasine De WASTENEYS
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John GRESLEY
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas WALSH
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret WALSH
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Katherine
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John GRESLEY
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----William CLARELL, Of Aldwark
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas CLARELL, Of Aldwark, Lord Of Penistone
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth REYGATE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth CLARELL
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Nicholas MONTGOMERY
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Matilda MONTGOMERY
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret FOLJAMBE
|        |                  \-----Thomasine GRESLEY
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir William STANLEY
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir John STANLEY, K.G.
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Alice MASSEY
|        |                          |         /-----Thomas STANLEY
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De LATHOM
|        |                          |        |         \-----Isabel De LATHOM
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Joan VENABLES
|        |                           \-----Anne STANLEY
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Thomas De ARDERNE
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir John De ARDERNE
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Katherine De STAFFORD
|        |                                    \-----Maud ARDERNE
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Roger PILKINGTON
|        |                                             \-----Margaret PILKINGTON
 \-----Agnes HARCOURT
         |                                    /-----Drew BARENTYNE
         |                           /-----John BARENTYNE
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir John DRAYTON
         |                          |         \-----Jane DRAYTON
         |                  /-----John BARENTYNE
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir John POPHAM
         |                 |        |                  /-----Henry POPHAM
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Sibyl St MARTIN
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Stephen POPHAM
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth POPHAM
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir John De BOHUN, Lord Bohun
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De BOHUN, Lord Bohun
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Cicely FILLIOL
         |                 |                  \-----Beatrice De BOHUN
         |                 |                           \-----Alice
         |         /-----Sir William BARENTYNE
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Edmund De STONORE
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir Ralph De STONORE
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth De LISLE
         |        |        |                  /-----Thomas STONOR
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert BELKNAP
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan BELKNAP
         |        |        |         /-----Thomas STONOR
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas KIRKBY
         |        |        |        |         \-----Alice KIRKBY
         |        |         \-----Mary STONER
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Michael De La POLE, Earl Of Suffolk
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Michael De La POLE, Earl Of Suffolk
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Katherine WINGFIELD
         |        |                 |         /-----William De La POLE, K.G., Duke of Suffolk
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Katherine STAFFORD
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Phillippa De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                  \-----Joan De La POLE
         |        |                           \-----Malyne De CAY
          \-----Margaret BARENTYNE
                  |                           /-----John READE
                  |                  /-----William READE
                  |         /-----Sir Robert READE
                  |        |         \-----Joan
                   \-----Mary READE
                           |         /-----John ALPHEW
                            \-----Margaret ALPHEW



Descendants of Abigail KNYVET
1. Abigail KNYVET m. Sir Martin SEDLEY
m. Sir Martin SEDLEY father: Martin SEDLEY mother: Elizabeth MOUNTENEY

2nd generation

5. Muriel SEDLEY m. Brampton GURDON
m. Brampton GURDON father: John GURDON mother: Amy BRAMPTON

3rd generation

12. Murial GURDON m. Richard Major SALTONSTALL
m. Richard Major SALTONSTALL father: Sir Richard SALTONSTALL mother: Grace KAYE