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 Henry SHIRLEY
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Abt 1585 b
  • Death: 8 Feb 1632/3 d
  • Burial: Bredon u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • George SHIRLEY Birth: 23 Apr 1559 in Staunton, co Leicester Death: 27 Apr 1622 in Astwell
    • Mother:
  • Frances BERKELEY Death: 29 Dec 1595

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Robert SHIRLEY Death: 6 Nov 1656
  2. Lettice SHIRLEY Birth: Abt 1617

Bibliography
  1. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 1 English baronetcies 1611-1625 and Irish 1618-1625. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1900. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524374 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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].*].
  4. 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
date:
abt 1585 [Ref: CB I p5],
parents:
[Ref: CB I p5]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CB I p5]
1633 [Ref: CP V p330(b)]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CB I p5]
Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy DEVEREUX
date:
[Ref: CB I p5],
place:
[Ref: CB I p5],
child:
[Ref: CB I p6, CP III p232, CP V p330(b), CP V p333, Roberts RD600 p59]
Research Notes:
2nd Bt [Ref: CB I p5, CP V p330(b), Roberts RD600 p59]
Bart [Ref: CP III p232]

heir of his father [Ref: CB I p5]



Pedigree of Sir Henry SHIRLEY
                   /-----Francis SHIRLEY
          /-----John SHIRLEY
 /-----George SHIRLEY
|        |         /-----Thomas LOVETT
|         \-----Jane LOVETT
Sir Henry SHIRLEY
|                                                               /-----Maurice De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                                                      /-----Sir James BERKELEY
|                                                     |         \-----Elizabeth DESPENSER
|                                             /-----Sir James BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir John BLUET
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth BLUET
|                                            |                  \-----Katherine WOGAN
|                                    /-----Maurice BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                                   |        |                  /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth SEGRAVE, Baroness Segrave
|                                   |         \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
|                                   |                 |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
|                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
|                                   |                           \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
|                           /-----Sir Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                          |        |         /-----Philip MEAD
|                          |         \-----Isabel MEAD
|                          |                  \-----Isabel
|                  /-----Sir Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert CONSTABLE
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert CONSTABLE
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William GASCOIGNE
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Agnes GASCOIGNE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Joan PICKORING
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Marmaduke CONSTABLE
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----John WENTWORTH
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes DRONSFIELD
|                 |        |        |         \-----Agnes WENTWORTH
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth De TIBETOT
|                 |         \-----Eleanor CONSTABLE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Ralph De STAFFORD
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Maud De HASTANG
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John BURDET
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth BURDET
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Katherine ARDERN
|                 |                  \-----Joyce STAFFORD
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir John De AYLESBURY
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Isabel STRANGE
|                 |                           \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Lawrence De PABENHAM
|                 |                                    \-----Katherine PABENHAM
|                 |                                             \-----Elizabeth ENGAINE
|         /-----Henry BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |        |         /-----Sir John SAVAGE
|        |         \-----Anne SAVAGE
|        |                 |         /-----Ralph BOSTOCK
|        |                  \-----Anne BOSTOCK
 \-----Frances BERKELEY
         |                                                      /-----Sir John HOWARD
         |                                             /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
         |                                            |         \-----Alice TENDRING
         |                                    /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                                   |         \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
         |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
         |                           /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                          |        |                  /-----Richard De MOLEYNS
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Eleanor BEAUMONT
         |                          |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
         |                          |                  \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
         |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                 |        |                           /-----Frederick TILNEY
         |                 |        |                  /-----Philip TILNEY
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Margaret De ROCHFORD
         |                 |        |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund THORPE, Lord Thorpe
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel THORPE
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Joan De NORTHWOOD
         |                 |         \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William CHEYNEY
         |                 |                 |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Katherine PABENHAM
         |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
         |                 |                          |         /-----John COKAYNE
         |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
         |                 |                                    \-----Ida De GREY
         |         /-----Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey
         |        |        |                                    /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |        |        |                           /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Anne NEVILLE
         |        |        |                  /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
         |        |        |                 |                  \-----Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
         |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
         |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
         |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Andria
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
         |        |                 |                           /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |                 |         \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
         |        |                 |         /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard POYNINGS
         |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor POYNINGS, Baroness Poynings
         |        |                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor De BERKELEY
         |        |                  \-----Eleanor PERCY
         |        |                          |                  /-----Sir William AP THOMAS
         |        |                          |         /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
         |        |                          |        |         \-----Gladys Ferch DAFYDD
         |        |                           \-----Maud HERBERT
         |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX
         |        |                                    \-----Anne DEVEREUX
         |        |                                             \-----Elizabeth MERBURY
          \-----Catherine HOWARD
                  |                                             /-----Aubrey De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
                  |                                    /-----Richard De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
                  |                                   |         \-----Alice FITZWALTER
                  |                           /-----Sir Robert De VERE
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Richard SERGEAUX
                  |                          |         \-----Alice SERGEAUX
                  |                          |                  \-----Philippa FITZ ALAN
                  |                  /-----John De VERE
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Edward COURTENAY
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Hugh COURTENAY
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Emmeline DAUNEY
                  |                 |         \-----Joan COURTENAY
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Warin L'ARCEDEKENE
                  |                 |                  \-----Philippa L'ARCEDEKENE
                  |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth TALBOT
                  |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
                  |        |        |         /-----Walter COLBROKE
                  |        |         \-----Alice COLBROKE
                  |        |                 |         /-----Richard TRESYTHENY
                  |        |                  \-----Joan TRESYTHENY
                  |        |                          |         /-----John TREGENNOW
                  |        |                           \-----Jane TREGENNOW
                   \-----Frances VERE
                           |                                    /-----Sir William TRUSSELL, Lord Of Elmesthorpe
                           |                           /-----Sir Thomas TRUSSELL
                           |                          |         \-----Margery LUDLOW
                           |                  /-----Sir William TRUSSELL
                           |                 |        |         /-----William BURLEY
                           |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BURLEY
                           |                 |                  \-----Ellen GRENDON
                           |         /-----Edward TRUSSELL
                           |        |        |         /-----William KENE
                           |        |         \-----Margaret KENE
                           |        |                 |         /-----John CHICHELE
                           |        |                  \-----Anne CHICHELE
                            \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
                                    |                  /-----Griffin DONNE
                                    |         /-----Sir John DONNE
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir John SCUDAMORE
                                    |        |         \-----Janet SCUDAMORE
                                     \-----Margaret DONNE
                                             |                  /-----Sir Ralph De HASTINGS
                                             |         /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
                                             |        |         \-----Matilda De GREY
                                              \-----Elizabeth HASTINGS
                                                      |         /-----Thomas CAMOYS, K.G., Lord Camoys
                                                       \-----Alice CAMOYS
                                                                \-----Elizabeth LOUCHES



Descendants of Sir Henry SHIRLEY
1. Sir Henry SHIRLEY m. Dorothy DEVEREUX
m. Dorothy DEVEREUX father: Robert DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex mother: Frances WALSINGHAM

2nd generation

2. Sir Robert SHIRLEY m. Catherine OKEOVER
m. Catherine OKEOVER father: Humphrey OKEOVER mother: Martha CHENEY
3. Lettice SHIRLEY m. William BOURKE, Earl of Clanricarde
m. William BOURKE, Earl of Clanricarde father: Sir William De BURGH mother: Joan O'SHAUGNESSY

3rd generation

5. Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m1. Elizabeth WASHINGTON m2. Selina FINCH
m. Elizabeth WASHINGTON father: Lawrence WASHINGTON mother: Eleanor GUISE
m. Selina FINCH father: George FINCH mother: Mary
7. John BOURKE, Earl of Clanricarde m. Mary TALBOT
m. Mary TALBOT father: James TALBOT mother: Bridget BERMINGHAM

4th generation

8. Robert SHIRLEY m. Anne FERRERS
m. Anne FERRERS father: Sir Humphrey FERRERS
9. Washington SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m. Mary LEVINGE
m. Mary LEVINGE father: Sir Richard LEVINGE mother: Mary CORBYN
10. Mary SHIRLEY m. Charles TRYON
m. Charles TRYON
11. Bridget BOURKE m. Richard DILLON, Viscount Dillon
m. Richard DILLON, Viscount Dillon father: Henry DILLON, Viscount Dillon mother: Frances HAMILTON

5th generation

13. Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton
m. James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton father: George COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton mother: Jane FOX
14. Selina SHIRLEY m. Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
m. Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon father: Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon mother: Frances Leveson FOWLER