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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir William FITZWILLIAM Death: 9 Aug 1534 in St Thomas the Apostle, London
  2. John FITZWILLIAM
  3. Bartholomew FITZWILLIAM
  4. Richard FITZWILLIAM
  5. Thomas FITZWILLIAM
  6. Mary FITZWILLIAM
  7. Katherine FITZWILLIAM

Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Richardson, Douglas, Fitzwilliam family of Milton. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 6/22/2006. Subject: Complete Peerage Correction: Ancestry of Fitzwilliam family of Milton. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/S6KSQFdZFCw/m/Mbaa1o9gzBEJ. Author address: royalancestry at msn dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/22/2006-021218].
  4. 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 v1[pc][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 v2p[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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p769, CP V p518note, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p676, Roberts RD600 p401]
Sources with Information about marriage to Eleanor VILLIERS
names:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p769, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p677, Roberts RD600 p401]
Research Notes:
Esq, of Green's Norton, Northamptonshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1p352, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p677]

second son named John [Ref: CP V p518note, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p676]

of Milton and Green's Norton, co Northampton [Ref: Burke Peerage p769]

said to have been of Green's Norton, and the ancestor of the Milton FitzWilliams [Ref: CP V p518note]

The authoritative Complete Peerage, 5 (1926): note on pp. 518-520 (sub Fitzwilliam), quotes W. Paley Baildon, F.S.A., who expressed doubt as to the accuracy of the commonly accepted pedigree of the Fitzwilliam family of Milton. Specifically, Baildon doubted that John Fitzwilliam, Esq., of Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, husband of Helen Villiers, was the 6th son of Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417), of Emley, Yorkshire, by his wife, Eleanor Greene.
Baildon rejected the connection in very specific terms: "Reverting to John F. of Green's Norton, the alleged 6th son of Sir John of Emley, I have never found any reference to him in any document, and neither he nor his family are mentioned in any of the numerous fifteenth-century wills of members of the Yorkshire branches of the family [for which see Surtees Soc., Test. Ebor., passim]. This, of course, does not prove his non-existence, but I doubt if he could have been the father of Sir William who bought Milton. John cannot have been born, at the latest, more than a few months after his father's death on 5 July 1417, and it may have been some years earlier (his eldest brother, the first John, was born on 15 Aug. 1397. I do not know when Sir William I of Milton was born - his age is not given on his brass at Marham - but his son, Sir William II of Milton, was born in 1503 or 1504 (Inq. p.m., C., ser. II, vol. 57, no. 3). Thus we have a period of 86 years to cover two generations; it is not physically impossible, but demands strict proof." END OF QUOTE
Conclusive evidence regarding the correct ancestry of the Fitzwilliam family of Milton is found in several sources. The earliest visitation of the Fitzwilliam family is one dated 1480-1490, which record appeared in print after the account in Complete Peerage was published. This ancient pedigree shows that Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417), husband of Eleanor Greene, had a large family of children, including six sons, John, Nicholas, Ralph, Robert, William, and John styled "junior", and two daughters, Maud (wife of John Bossewell) and Joan (died as a child) [Reference: Harvey et al., Vis. of the North 3 (Surtees Soc. 144) (1930): 76-78]. It is clear from this pedigree that Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417) in fact had two sons named John, the younger one being his 6th son.
This statement is vouched by two subsequent visitations of the Fitzwilliam family, albeit a bit later in date. First, the 1566 Visitation of Bedfordshire shows that Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417) married Eleanor Greene, and states that their son, John Fitzwilliam, married Helen Villiers:
"Sir John ffitzwill'm of Sprotborough Knight sonne and heire = Eleanor daughter of Sir Henry Grene Knight."
"John ffitzwill'm of Gaynspark hall in com. Essex and of Melton in com. Northampt. ar. = Helene daughter of Will'm Villers of Brokisby ar.") [Reference: Vis. of Bedfordshire 1566, 1582, 1634 & 1669 (H.S.P. 19) (1884): 27-29 (1566 Vis.) (Fitzwilliam pedigree)].
The above visitation errs in saying that John Fitzwilliam, husband of Helen Villiers, was of Gaynes Park, Essex and Milton, Northamptonshire, as these properties are known to have been later acquisitions of John and Helen's son, Sir William Fitzwilliam, merchant of London. Instead, it appears that John Fitzwilliam was actually of Green's Norton, Northamptonshire, as indicated by Harl. MS. 5867.
The 1592 Visitation of Lincolnshire correctly identifies John Fitzwilliam, husband of Helen Villiers, as the 6th son of Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417). It likewise states that John, husband of Helen, was of Green's Norton, Northamptonshire:
"John Fitz Williams of Grenes Norton in Northon, 6 son of Sir John by Elenor his wife, da. to Scene [Grene] of Drayton = Helen, da. to William Villers of Brookesbie" [Reference: Genealogist, 6 (1882): 150].
The historian, Mary E. Finch, in her book, Five Northamptonshire Families, published in 1956, cites the problem of the long generations between John Fitzwilliam (died 1417) and his alleged grandson, Sir William Fitzwilliam (died 1534), ancestor of the Milton Fitzwilliams. Finch, however, documented that about 1565 members of Sir William Fitzwilliam's family aided their kinsman, Hugh Fitzwilliam, in his attempt to recover Fitzwilliam family lands. Hugh Fitzwilliam was then heir male of Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417), he being descended from John's 3rd son, Ralph, whereas Sir William and his line descended from John, 6th son of the same John (died 1417). Finch says the following:
"For waging this war, he [Hugh] collected many evidences; and in 1565 he compiled a detailed genealogy, the basis of all subsequent pedigrees. To attest the authority of this record, Hugh procured the signature of eleven members of the house of Fitzwilliam, including the Milton family." [Reference: Finch, Five Northamptonshire Fams. (Northamptonshire Rec. Soc. 19) (1956): 188-189].
In this statement, Finch is somewhat in error. As stated above, there was in fact a prior visitation pedigree taken c. 1480-1490, which pedigree predates Hugh Fitzwilliam's genealogy by some 75-85 years. The information in the earlier pedigree appears to corroborate Hugh Fitzwilliam's genealogy. Further, the helpful online A2A Catalogue (see item below) indicates that the genealogy prepared by Hugh Fitzwilliam in 1565 was signed by a total of thirteen male members of the Fitzwilliam family, and no less than six Heralds of the College of Arms. To say that the 1565 genealogy was well attested is an understatement.
Finch further reveals that Hugh Fitzwilliam subsequently left his Milton cousins all of his evidences and much of his personal property, making them his executors. Finch provides no date or probate information for the will of Hugh Fitzwilliam, but this will serves as excellent evidence that Hugh Fitzwilliam, the heir male of Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417), believed that he was near related to the Fitzwilliam family of Milton.
Neither Complete Peerage nor Finch, however, was aware of the connection between the London merchant, Sir William Fitzwilliam (died 1534), and his cousin, Lady Maud (Greene) Parr. The two parties were evidently related through Sir William's grandmother, Eleanor Greene, wife of John Fitzwilliam (died 1417). In the will of Lady Parr dated 20 May 1529, proved 14 Dec. 1531, she specifically states: "....and if it that chaunce happen that all my said childerne dye, then my cousin Sir William FitzWilliam knight to have oon hundrith poundes...") [Reference: Nichols, Wills from Doctors' Commons (Camden Soc. 83) (1863): 9-20]. Lady Parr is perhaps better known to most British genealogists as the mother of Queen Katherine Parr, wife of King Henry VIII of England.
Summarizing the above, it appears that the placement of the Fitzwilliam family of Milton in the Fitzwilliam family pedigree is attested by a series of visitations and by a private family genealogy collected c. 1565 by Hugh Fitzwilliam, which genealogy was approved by six Heralds of the College of Arms. The placement of the Fitzwilliam family of Milton is also confirmed by the wills of Hugh Fitzwilliam and Lady Maud Parr cited above, both of which individuals indicated that they were near related to the Milton family. In fact, the only way Sir William Fitzwilliam, of London and Milton, could be related to both Hugh Fitzwilliam and to Lady Parr was if he was descended from Sir John Fitzwilliam (died 1417) and his wife, Eleanor Greene. [Ref: Douglas Richardson SGM 6/22/2006-021218]



Pedigree of John FITZWILLIAM
                                                                /-----William FITZ WILLIAM
                                                       /-----Sir Thomas FITZ WILLIAM, Lord Of Emley And Sprotbro
                                                      |         \-----Adela/Ela De WARENNE
                                              /-----Sir William FITZ THOMAS
                                             |        |         /-----Roger II BERTRAM, Baron Of Mitford
                                             |         \-----Agnes BERTRAM
                                             |                  \-----Agnes
                                     /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley And Sprotbrou
                                    |        |                  /-----Henry De GREY
                                    |        |         /-----Sir Richard De GREY
                                    |        |        |         \-----Iseude De BARDOLF
                                    |         \-----Agnes GREY
                                    |                 |         /-----John De HUMEZ
                                    |                  \-----Lucy De HUMEZ
                            /-----Sir John FITZWILLIAM
                           |        |                           /-----Oliver DEINCOURT, Baron Of Blankney
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John DEINCOURT, Baron Of Blankney
                           |        |                 |         \-----Nichola De La HAY, Lady Of Munden
                           |        |         /-----Sir Edmund DEINCOURT, Lord Deincourt
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey FITZ ROBERT De NEVILL
                           |        |        |         \-----Agnes De NEVILLE
                           |        |        |                  \-----Joan
                           |         \-----Isabel DEINCOURT
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir Reynold De MOHUN, Baron Of Dunster
                           |                 |         /-----Sir Reynold De MOHUN, Baron Of Dunster
                           |                 |        |         \-----Alice De BRIWERE
                           |                  \-----Isabel De MOHUN
                           |                          |         /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
                           |                           \-----Hawise FITZ GEOFFREY
                           |                                    \-----Aveline De CLARE
                   /-----Sir John FITZ WILLIAM
                  |        |                                    /-----Alexander Of Reresby
                  |        |                           /-----Isoreus De RERESBY
                  |        |                          |         \-----Juliana
                  |        |                  /-----Ralph RERESBY, Lord Of Eshoner
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----John De AINCOURT
                  |        |                 |         \-----Amicia De AINCOURT
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Amabillia De PLESLEY
                  |        |         /-----Sir Adam RERESBY, Lord Of Thriberg
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Ralph De NORMANVILLE, Lord Of Thriberg
                  |        |        |         \-----Margery De NORMANVILLE
                  |         \-----Joan RERESBY
                  |                  \-----Thethegna
          /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley
         |        |                                             /-----Osbert De CLINTON
         |        |                                    /-----Thomas De CLINTON
         |        |                                   |         \-----Elisant
         |        |                           /-----Thomas De CLINTON
         |        |                          |        |         /-----James De BISEY
         |        |                          |         \-----Mazera De BISEY
         |        |                  /-----John De CLINTON, Lord Clinton
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Ralph BRACEBRIDGE
         |        |                 |         \-----Maud BRACEBRIDGE
         |        |         /-----Sir William CLINTON, Earl Of Huntingdon
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Hugh De ODINGSELLES
         |        |        |        |                  /-----William De ODINGSELLS
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Basilia De LIMESY
         |        |        |        |         /-----William ODDINGSELLS, Lord Of Maxtock
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan
         |        |        |         \-----Ida ODDINGSELLS
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Robert FITZ WALTER, Leader Of MC Barons
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Walter FITZ ROBERT, Baron Of Little Dunmow
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Rohese
         |        |        |                  \-----Ela FITZ WALTER
         |        |        |                          |         /-----William LONGESPEE, Earl of Salisbury
         |        |        |                           \-----Ida LONGSPEE
         |        |        |                                    \-----Ela Of Salisbury
         |         \-----Elizabeth CLINTON
 /-----Sir John FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley
|        |                                                      /-----Ralph De CROMWELL
|        |                                             /-----Sir Ralph De CROMWELL
|        |                                    /-----Ralph De CROMWELL
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Roger De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley
|        |                                   |         \-----Margaret De SOMERY
|        |                                   |                  \-----Nichole D'AUBIGNY
|        |                           /-----Sir Ralph De CROMWELL
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John De SOMERVILLE
|        |                          |        |         /-----Robert De SOMERVILLE
|        |                          |         \-----Joan De SOMERVILLE
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Roger De MERLAY, Baron Of Morpeth
|        |                          |                  \-----Isabel De MERLAY
|        |                          |                           \-----Isabel De ROS
|        |                  /-----Sir Ralph De CROMWELL
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Geoffrey De La MARE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Peter De La MARE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Geoffrey De La MARE
|        |                 |         \-----Joan De La MARE
|        |                 |                  \-----(Unk wife1)
|        |         /-----Sir Ralph CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Ralph BELER
|        |        |        |                           /-----Roger BELER
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Emma FOLVILLE
|        |        |        |                  /-----William BELER
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Alice
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger De BELLERS
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Amice
|        |        |         \-----Amice De BELLERS
|        |        |                  \-----Alice WAKEBRUGGE
|         \-----Maude De CROMWELL
|                 |                           /-----Sir Hugh BERNAKE
|                 |                  /-----Sir William BERNAKE
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Thomas De WOORTHORPE
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir William WOODTHORPE
|                 |                 |         \-----Maud WOODTHORPE
|                 |         /-----Sir John BERNACKE
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Robert De DRIBY
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Simon DRIBY
|                 |        |        |         /-----Robert DRIBY
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Hugh FITZ RALPH
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Alice GREASLEY
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes De GREASLEY
|                 |        |         \-----Alice DRIBY
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Robert De TATESHALE, Baron Of Tattershall
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Robert De TATESHALE, Baron Of Tattershall
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Maud D'AUBIGNY
|                 |        |                  \-----Joan De TATESHALE
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Sir John De GREY
|                 |        |                           \-----Nichole De GREY
|                 |        |                                    \-----Emma De CAUZ
|                  \-----Maud BERNAKE
|                          |                                    /-----Robert The Younger De MARION
|                          |                           /-----Sir William MARMION
|                          |                          |         \-----Avice De TANFIELD
|                          |                  /-----Sir John De MARMION, Lord Marmion
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Richard Fitz Roy, Baron Of Chilham
|                          |                 |         \-----Lorette De DOVER
|                          |                 |                  \-----Rohese De DOVER
|                          |         /-----John MARMION, Lord Marmion
|                          |        |         \-----Isabel
|                           \-----Joan MARMION
|                                   |                           /-----Sir Thomas De FURNIVAL
|                                   |                  /-----Sir Thomas De FURNIVAL
|                                   |                 |         \-----Bertha De FERRERS
|                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas FURNIVAL, Lord Furnival
|                                    \-----Maud FURNIVAL
|                                            |                  /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER
|                                            |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England
|                                             \-----Joan De DESPENSER
|                                                     |         /-----Sir Philip BASSET, Justiciar Of England
|                                                      \-----Aline BASSET
|                                                               \-----Hawise De LOUVAINE
John FITZWILLIAM
|                  /-----Sir Henry GREENE
|         /-----Sir Henry GREENE
|        |        |         /-----Sir Simon De DRAYTON
|        |         \-----Katherine De DRAYTON
 \-----Eleanor GREENE
         |                  /-----Sir John MAUDIT
         |         /-----Thomas MAUDIT
          \-----Maud MAUDIT



Descendants of John FITZWILLIAM
1. John FITZWILLIAM m. Eleanor VILLIERS
m. Eleanor VILLIERS father: William VILLIERS mother: Joan BELERS

2nd generation

2. Sir William FITZWILLIAM m1. Anne HAWES m2. Mildred SACKVILLE m3. Joan ORMOND
m. Anne HAWES father: Sir John HAWES
m. Mildred SACKVILLE father: Richard SACKVILLE mother: Isabel DIGGS
m. Joan ORMOND father: John ORMOND mother: Joan CHAWORTH
7. Mary FITZWILLIAM m1. Thomas WADDINGTON m2. Richard OGLE
m. Thomas WADDINGTON
m. Richard OGLE

3rd generation

9. Anne FITZWILLIAM m. Sir Anthony COOKE
m. Sir Anthony COOKE father: John COOKE mother: Alice SAUNDERS
12. Richard FITZWILLIAM m. Elizabeth KNYVET
m. Elizabeth KNYVET father: Charles KNYVET
14. Mary FITZWILLIAM m1. John SHELLEY m2. Sir John GUILFORD
m. John SHELLEY father: William SHELLEY mother: Alice BELKNAP
m. Sir John GUILFORD father: George GUILFORD mother: Elizabeth MORTIMER

4th generation

21. Sir Richard COOKE m. Anna CAUTON
m. Anna CAUTON
25. Elizabeth COOKE m1. Sir Thomas HOBY m2. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell
m. Sir Thomas HOBY
m. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell father: Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford mother: Margaret St JOHN
26. Katherine COOKE m. Sir Henry KILEGREW
m. Sir Henry KILEGREW father: John KILLIGREW mother: Elizabeth TREWINARD
27. Mildred COOKE m. William CECIL, Lord Burghley
m. William CECIL, Lord Burghley father: Richard CECIL mother: Jane HECKINGTON
28. Anne COOKE m. Sir Nicholas BACON
m. Sir Nicholas BACON father: Robert BACON mother: Isabel GAGE
30. Margaret FITZWILLIAM m. Brian ROBERTSON
m. Brian ROBERTSON father: Nicholas ROBERTSON mother: Florence STYLE
31. Rachel FITZWILLIAM m1. Richard HUDDLESTON m2. (Unk) HALL m3. John REPPES m4. Richard CURE
m. Richard HUDDLESTON father: Robert HUDDLESTON mother: Alice WINTER
m. (Unk) HALL
m. John REPPES
m. Richard CURE
32. John FITZWILLIAM m1. Margaret HUDDLESTON m2. Bridget
m. Margaret HUDDLESTON father: Richard HUDDLESTON
m. Bridget

5th generation

34. Philippa COOKE m. Hercules MEAUTYS
m. Hercules MEAUTYS
35. Anne RUSSELL m. Sir Henry SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester
m. Sir Henry SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester father: Edward SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS
38. Elizabeth KILLIGREW m. Sir Jonathan TRELAWNY
m. Sir Jonathan TRELAWNY
39. Anne CECIL m. Edward De VERE, Earl of Oxford
m. Edward De VERE, Earl of Oxford father: John De VERE, Earl of Oxford mother: Margery GOLDING
40. Robert CECIL, Earl of Salisbury m. Elizabeth BROOKE
m. Elizabeth BROOKE father: William BROOKE, Lord Cobham mother: Frances NEWTON
42. Sir Nathaniel BACON m. Jane MEAUTYS
m. Jane MEAUTYS father: Hercules MEAUTYS
43. Francis BACON, Viscount St Albans m. Alice BARNHAM
m. Alice BARNHAM father: Benedict BARNHAM mother: Dorothy SMITH
45. Anne ROBERTSON m. Charles TOUTEVILLE
m. Charles TOUTEVILLE father: Robert TOUTEVILLE mother: Katherine WHITTINGTON
47. Jane HUDDLESTON m1. William GANNOCK m2. Reginald HALL
m. William GANNOCK father: William GANNOCK mother: Ursula
m. Reginald HALL
48. Robert FITZWILLIAM m. Joan PRESGRAVE
m. Joan PRESGRAVE