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: Peter LEIGH
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1480 b
  • Death: 4 Dec 1541 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Sir Piers LEIGH Birth: Abt 1455 Death: 11 Aug 1527 in Lyme in Prestbury, Cheshire
    • Mother:
  • Eleanor SAVAGE Death: 17 May 1491 in Bewganet, Sussex

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jane LEIGH Birth: Abt 1520 Death: Abt 20 Nov 1575
  2. Cecily LEIGH
  3. Anne LEIGH

Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Peter LEIGH
  2. George LEIGH
  3. Robert LEIGH
  4. Katherine LEIGH
  5. Margaret LEIGH
  6. Ellen LEIGH
  7. Elizabeth LEIGH
  8. Alice LEIGH
  9. Mary LEIGH

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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p212]
abt 1479 (age 48 in 1527) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p557],
parents:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p212, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p556, Roberts RD600 p294]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Faris PA2 p212, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p557]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jane GERARD
date:
first marriage of Peter [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p557]
second marriage of Peter [Ref: Faris PA2 p212],
child:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p557]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret TYLDESLEY
date:
before 1513, as second marriage of Peter [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p557]
first marriage of Peter [Ref: Faris PA2 p212],
names:
[Ref: Roberts RD600 p294],
child:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p557]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
child:
Jane (#193838) [Ref: Faris PA2 p212, Roberts RD600 p294]
Research Notes:
Esq, of Lyme (in Prestbury) and Bradley, Cheshire, and Dalton and Haydock, Lancashire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p557]
of Lyme in Handley, co Chester, and Haydoc, co Lancaster [Ref: Faris PA2 p212]



Pedigree of Peter LEIGH
                   /-----Sir Peter LEIGH
          /-----Peter LEIGH
 /-----Sir Piers LEIGH
|        |         /-----Sir James CROFT
|         \-----Mabel CROFT
Peter LEIGH
|                                    /-----John SAVAGE
|                           /-----Sir John SAVAGE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas DANIERS
|                          |         \-----Margaret DANIERS
|                  /-----Sir John SAVAGE
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Roger De SWYNNERTON
|                 |        |                           /-----Sir Roger De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Joan De HASTANG
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HAUGHTON
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Maud HAUGHTON
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert De SWYNNERTON, Lord Swynnerton
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND, Lord Holand
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De SAMLESBURY
|                 |        |        |         \-----Maud De HOLAND
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Alan La Zouche, Lord Zouche
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Maud La Zouche
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Eleanor SEGRAVE
|                 |         \-----Maud De SWYNNERTON
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert De BEK
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert De BEK
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Matilda De HERTWALLE
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Nicholas BEKE
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Mariota
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth BEKE
|                 |                          |                  /-----Edmund De STAFFORD, Lord Stafford
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Ralph De STAFFORD, K.G., Earl Of Stafford
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BASSET
|                 |                           \-----Joan De STAFFORD
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir John HASTING
|                 |                                    \-----Katharine De HASTING
|                 |                                             \-----Eve
|         /-----Sir John SAVAGE
|        |        |         /-----Sir William BRERETON
|        |         \-----Eleanor BRERETON
|        |                  \-----Anyll De VENABLES
 \-----Eleanor SAVAGE
         |                                                      /-----William De STANLEY
         |                                             /-----John De STANLEY
         |                                            |         \-----Joan De BAUMVILE
         |                                    /-----Sir William STANLEY
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir James HAWKSET
         |                                   |         \-----Mabel HAWKSET
         |                           /-----Sir John STANLEY, K.G.
         |                          |        |         /-----Hugh MASSEY
         |                          |         \-----Alice MASSEY
         |                  /-----Sir John STANLEY
         |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert LATHOM
         |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas LATHOM
         |                 |        |                 |         \-----Katherine De KNOWSLEY
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De LATHOM
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Chartley
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Alianore FERRERS
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Hawise MUSCEGROS
         |                 |         \-----Isabel De LATHOM
         |                 |                 |                  /-----Hugh VENABLES
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Hugh VENABLES
         |                 |                 |        |         \-----Agatha VERNON
         |                 |                  \-----Joan VENABLES
         |                 |                          |         /-----Richard HOUGHTON
         |                 |                           \-----Katherine HOUGHTON
         |         /-----Sir Thomas STANLEY, K.G., Lord Stanley
         |        |        |                                    /-----Sir Robert De HAVERINGTON
         |        |        |                           /-----Sir John De HARINGTON, Lord Harrington
         |        |        |                          |         \-----Agnes Lady Of Aldingham
         |        |        |                  /-----Sir John HARRINGTON
         |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William DACRE
         |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan DACRE
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Nicholas HARRINGTON
         |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Adam BANASTRE
         |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine BANASTRE
         |        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert De HOLAND
         |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret HOLLAND
         |        |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth De SAMLESBURY
         |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARRINGTON
         |        |                 |         /-----Sir William ENGLISH
         |        |                  \-----Isabella ENGLISH
          \-----Katherine STANLEY
                  |                                             /-----John GOUSHILL
                  |                                    /-----Sir Walter GOUSHILL
                  |                                   |         \-----Agnes
                  |                           /-----Sir Thomas GOUSHILL
                  |                          |         \-----Margery
                  |                  /-----Sir Nicholas GOUSHILL
                  |                 |         \-----Agnes
                  |         /-----Sir Robert GOUSHILL
                  |        |         \-----Joan
                   \-----Joan GOUSHILL
                           |                                    /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
                           |                           /-----Sir Edmund FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel
                           |                          |         \-----Alasia Of Saluzzo
                           |                  /-----Sir Richard FITZ ALAN, Earl Of Arundel And Surrey
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De WARENNE
                           |                 |         \-----Alice De WARENNE
                           |                 |                  \-----Joan De VERE
                           |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
                           |        |        |                  /-----Edmund Crouchback PLANTAGENET, King Of Sicily
                           |        |        |         /-----Henry PLANTAGENET, Earl Of Lancaster
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Blanche Of Artois
                           |        |         \-----Eleanor PLANTAGENET
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir Patric CHAWORTH, Baron Of Kempsford
                           |        |                  \-----Maud CHAWORTH
                           |        |                           \-----Isabel De BEAUCHAMP
                            \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
                                    |                           /-----Humphrey VII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
                                    |                  /-----Humphrey VIII De BOHUN, Earl Of Hereford And Essex
                                    |                 |         \-----Maud De FIENNES
                                    |         /-----Sir William De BOHUN, K.G., Earl of Northampton
                                    |        |        |         /-----Edward I King Of England
                                    |        |         \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
                                    |        |                  \-----Eleanor Of Castile
                                     \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
                                             |                  /-----Guncelin BADLESMERE
                                             |         /-----Bartholomew De BADLESMERE, Lord Badlesmere
                                              \-----Elizabeth De BADLESMERE
                                                      |         /-----Thomas DeCLARE, Lord Of Thomond
                                                       \-----Margaret De CLARE
                                                                \-----Julian FITZ MAURICE



Descendants of Peter LEIGH
1. Peter LEIGH m1. Jane GERARD m2. Margaret TYLDESLEY
m. Jane GERARD father: Peter GERARD
m. Margaret TYLDESLEY father: Nicholas TYLDESLEY

2nd generation

2. Jane LEIGH m. Sir Thomas GERARD
m. Sir Thomas GERARD father: Sir Thomas GERARD mother: Margaret TRAFFORD

3rd generation

14. Catherine GERARD m1. William TORBOCK m2. Robert CHARNOCK
m. William TORBOCK father: Thomas TORBOCK mother: Elizabeth MOORE
m. Robert CHARNOCK father: Thomas CHARNOCK mother: Mary RUTHALL

4th generation

17. Margaret TORBOCK m. Oliver MAINWARING
m. Oliver MAINWARING father: George MAINWARING mother: Juliana SPURWAY

5th generation

19. Oliver MAINWARING m. Prudence ESSE
m. Prudence ESSE father: Henry ESHE mother: Loveday MOYLE
20. Mary MAINWARING m. Benjamin GILL
m. Benjamin GILL