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 Robert SHIRLEY
Sex: M
Death: 6 Nov 1656 ^d
Burial: 22 Dec 1656 in Bredon ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Henry SHIRLEY Birth: Abt 1585 Death: 8 Feb 1632/3

Mother:

Dorothy DEVEREUX Death: 30 Mar 1636

Family:
Marriage:

Catherine OKEOVER on 1647 .^m1
Catherine OKEOVER Death: 18 Oct 1672 in Astwell

Children:

Sir Seymour SHIRLEY Birth: 23 Jan 1646/7 Death: 16 Jul 1667
Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers Birth: 3 in East Sheen Death: 25 Dec 1717 in Bath

Bibliography

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].*].
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].*].
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: CB I p6, CP V p330(b), CP V p333, Roberts RD600 p59]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CB I p6]; 1656 [Ref: CP V p330(b), CP V p333]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CB I p6],
place:: [Ref: CB I p6]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine OKEOVER

date:: [Ref: CB I p6],
child:: [Ref: CB I p6, CP V p329, CP V p330(b), Roberts RD600 p59]

Research Notes:
4th Bt [Ref: CB I p6, CP V p330(b), Roberts RD600 p59]

of Staunton Harold, and of Astwell, co Northampton, and of Chartley Castle, co Stafford [Ref: CB I p6]

heir of his brother [Ref: CB I p6]

Pedigree of Sir Robert SHIRLEY
                            /-----Francis SHIRLEY
                   /-----John SHIRLEY
          /-----George SHIRLEY
         |        |         /-----Thomas LOVETT
         |         \-----Jane LOVETT
/-----Sir Henry SHIRLEY
|        |                                                      /-----Sir James BERKELEY
|        |                                             /-----Sir James BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |                                            |         \-----Elizabeth BLUET
|        |                                    /-----Maurice BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|        |                                   |         \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
|        |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
|        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |                          |        |         /-----Philip MEAD
|        |                          |         \-----Isabel MEAD
|        |                          |                  \-----Isabel
|        |                  /-----Sir Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert CONSTABLE
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Robert CONSTABLE
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Agnes GASCOIGNE
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Marmaduke CONSTABLE
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Agnes WENTWORTH
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
|        |                 |         \-----Eleanor CONSTABLE
|        |                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth BURDET
|        |                 |                  \-----Joyce STAFFORD
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
|        |                 |                           \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
|        |                 |                                    \-----Katherine PABENHAM
|        |         /-----Henry BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir John SAVAGE
|        |        |         \-----Anne SAVAGE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Ralph BOSTOCK
|        |        |                  \-----Anne BOSTOCK
|         \-----Frances BERKELEY
|                 |                                             /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
|                 |                           /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
|                 |                          |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
|                 |                          |                  \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
|                 |                  /-----Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Philip TILNEY
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Isabel THORPE
|                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
|                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
|                 |                 |                           \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
|                 |         /-----Henry HOWARD, K.G., Earl of Surrey
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|                 |        |        |         /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor POYNINGS, Baroness Poynings
|                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor PERCY
|                 |        |                          |         /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
|                 |        |                           \-----Maud HERBERT
|                 |        |                                    \-----Anne DEVEREUX
|                  \-----Catherine HOWARD
|                          |                                    /-----Richard De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|                          |                           /-----Sir Robert De VERE
|                          |                          |         \-----Alice SERGEAUX
|                          |                  /-----John De VERE
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir Hugh COURTENAY
|                          |                 |         \-----Joan COURTENAY
|                          |                 |                  \-----Philippa L'ARCEDEKENE
|                          |         /-----John De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|                          |        |        |         /-----Walter COLBROKE
|                          |        |         \-----Alice COLBROKE
|                          |        |                 |         /-----Richard TRESYTHENY
|                          |        |                  \-----Joan TRESYTHENY
|                          |        |                           \-----Jane TREGENNOW
|                           \-----Frances VERE
|                                   |                           /-----Sir Thomas TRUSSELL
|                                   |                  /-----Sir William TRUSSELL
|                                   |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BURLEY
|                                   |         /-----Edward TRUSSELL
|                                   |        |        |         /-----William KENE
|                                   |        |         \-----Margaret KENE
|                                   |        |                  \-----Anne CHICHELE
|                                    \-----Elizabeth TRUSSELL
|                                            |                  /-----Griffin DONNE
|                                            |         /-----Sir John DONNE
|                                            |        |         \-----Janet SCUDAMORE
|                                             \-----Margaret DONNE
|                                                     |         /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
|                                                      \-----Elizabeth HASTINGS
|                                                               \-----Alice CAMOYS
Sir Robert SHIRLEY
|                                                               /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX
|                                                      /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|                                                     |         \-----Elizabeth MERBURY
|                                             /-----John DEVEREUX, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir William FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
|                                            |         \-----Anne FERRERS
|                                            |                  \-----Elizabeth BEALKNAP
|                                    /-----Walter DEVEREUX, K.G., Lord Ferrers of Chartle
|                                   |        |                  /-----Henry BOURCHIER, K.G., Earl of Essex
|                                   |        |         /-----William BOURCHIER, Lord Bourchier
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Isabel PLANTAGENET
|                                   |         \-----Cecily BOURCHIER
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                                   |                  \-----Anne WYDEVILLE
|                                   |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                           /-----Sir Richard DEVEREUX
|                          |        |                           /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir John GREY
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
|                          |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                          |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                          |         \-----Mary GREY
|                          |                 |                  /-----William BONVILLE
|                          |                 |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARINGTON
|                          |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|                          |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|                          |                                    \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
|                  /-----Walter DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir William HASTINGS, K.G., Lord Hastings
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Alice CAMOYS
|                 |        |                  /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
|                 |        |         /-----George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert HUNGERFORD, Lord Hungerford
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Eleanor De MOLEYNS
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Anne PERCY
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
|                 |         \-----Dorothy HASTINGS
|                 |                 |                           /-----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
|                 |                  \-----Anne STAFFORD
|                 |                          |                  /-----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
|         /-----Robert DEVEREUX, Earl Of Essex
|        |        |                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
|        |        |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PEYNSTON
|        |        |        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
|        |         \-----Lettice KNOLLYS
|        |                 |                                    /-----Owen Ap Maredudd Ap TUDOR
|        |                 |                           /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Catherine Of France
|        |                 |                  /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----John BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                 |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Richard PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke of York
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Cecily NEVILLE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|        |                  \-----Katherine CARY
|        |                          |                           /-----Sir Geoffrey BOLEYN, Lord Mayor Of London
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir William BOLEYN
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Anne HOO
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas BOLEYN, K.G., Earl of Wiltshire and Orm
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Thomas ORMOND, Earl of Ormond
|        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret ORMOND
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Anne HANKEFORD
|        |                           \-----Mary BOLEYN
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
|        |                                    \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
|        |                                            |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
|        |                                             \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
|        |                                                      \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
\-----Dorothy DEVEREUX
         |         /-----Sir Francis WALSINGHAM
          \-----Frances WALSINGHAM
                  |         /-----John St BARBE
                   \-----Ursula St BARBE

Descendants of Sir Robert SHIRLEY

1. Sir Robert SHIRLEY m. Catherine OKEOVER

m. Catherine OKEOVER father: Humphrey OKEOVER mother: Martha CHENEY

2 Sir Seymour SHIRLEY m. Diana BRUCE; Diana BRUCE father: Robert BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin mother: Diana GREY

3+ Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m1. Elizabeth WASHINGTON m2. Selina FINCH

2nd generation

3. Robert SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m1. Elizabeth WASHINGTON m2. Selina FINCH

m. Elizabeth WASHINGTON father: Lawrence WASHINGTON mother: Eleanor GUISE

4+ Robert SHIRLEY m. Anne FERRERS

5+ Washington SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m. Mary LEVINGE

m. Selina FINCH father: George FINCH mother: Mary

6+ Mary SHIRLEY m. Charles TRYON

3rd generation

4. Robert SHIRLEY m. Anne FERRERS

m. Anne FERRERS father: Sir Humphrey FERRERS

7 Robert SHIRLEY

8+ Elizabeth SHIRLEY, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. James COMPTON, Earl Of Northampton

5. Washington SHIRLEY, Earl Ferrers m. Mary LEVINGE

m. Mary LEVINGE father: Sir Richard LEVINGE mother: Mary CORBYN

9+ Selina SHIRLEY m. Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon

6. Mary SHIRLEY m. Charles TRYON

m. Charles TRYON

10 William TRYON m. Margaret WAKE

4th generation

8. 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

11+ Charlotte COMPTON, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend

9. Selina SHIRLEY m. Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon

m. Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon father: Theophilus HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon mother: Frances Leveson FOWLER

12 Francis HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon

13+ Elizabeth HASTINGS m. John RAWDON, Earl of Moira

5th generation

11. Charlotte COMPTON, Baroness Ferrers Of Chartley m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend

m. George TOWNSHEND, Marquess Townshend father: Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend mother: Audrey HARRISON

14+ John TOWNSHEND m. Georgiana Anne POYNTZ

13. Elizabeth HASTINGS m. John RAWDON, Earl of Moira

m. John RAWDON, Earl of Moira father: Sir John RAWDON mother: Dorothy LEVINGE

15 Anne RAWDON m. Thomas BRUDENELL-BRUCE, Earl Of Ailesbury; Thomas BRUDENELL-BRUCE, Earl Of Ailesbury father: George BRUDENELL, Earl Of Cardigan mother: Elizabeth BRUCE