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: Geoffrey POLE
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: Before 1416 b
  • Death: 4 Jan 1478/9 in Medmenham And Ellesborough, Bucks d
  • Burial: Bisham Priory, Berkshire u


    • Parents:

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Richard POLE, K.G. Death: Abt 15 Nov 1504
  2. Henry POLE
  3. Eleanor POLE

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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]*].
  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 v2p[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 v4p[0-9]*].
  6. 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
date:
adult before 1437 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]
will dated 12 Oct 1478, d by 11 Jan 1479 [Ref: CP XI p400(a) (with corr in XIV p567)],
place:
of Medmenham and Ellesborough [Ref: Weis AR7 #225]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]
Sources with Information about marriage to Edith St JOHN
date:
first marriage of Geoffrey [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394],
child:
[Ref: CP XI p400(a), Faris PA2 p289, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p399, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394, Weis AR7 #225]
Sources with Information about marriage to Bone DANVERS
date:
second marriage of Geoffrey [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]
Research Notes:
Esq, of Pebidiog, Pembrokeshire, and Ellesborough and Medmenham, Buckinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p399, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]

Esquire of the Body to King Henry VI [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]

Esquire of the Body to King Henry VII [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p399]

Constable of Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p399, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]

Serjeant and Keeper of the king's tents and pavilions [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p399, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]

councillor of Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke, son of Dafydd Fawr [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p394]

[WTM: apparently incorrect; not listed as K.G. in Beltz]
[WTM: his son (Sir Richard POLE) is listed as K.G.]
not listed as K.G. in [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pcxlix]
K.G. [Ref: Weis AR7 #225]

will dated 12 Oct 1478 [Ref: CP XI p400(a) (with corr in XIV p567)]



Pedigree of Geoffrey POLE
Geoffrey POLE



Descendants of Geoffrey POLE
1. Geoffrey POLE m1. Edith St JOHN m2. Bone DANVERS
m. Edith St JOHN father: Sir Oliver St JOHN mother: Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
m. Bone DANVERS father: Sir John DANVERS mother: Joan BRULY

2nd generation

2. Sir Richard POLE, K.G. m1. Alice LANGFORD m2. Margaret PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Salisbury
m. Alice LANGFORD father: Edward LANGFORD mother: Sanchia BLOUNT
m. Margaret PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Salisbury father: Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke Of Clarence mother: Isabel NEVILLE
4. Eleanor POLE m. Sir Ralph VERNEY
m. Sir Ralph VERNEY father: Sir Ralph VERNEY, Lord Mayor Of London mother: Emma

3rd generation

5. Sir Henry POLE, Lord Montagu m. Jane NEVILLE
m. Jane NEVILLE father: George NEVILLE, K.G., Lord Abergavenny mother: Joan FITZ ALAN
7. Sir Geoffrey POLE m. Constance PAKENHAM
m. Constance PAKENHAM father: Sir Edmund PAKENHAM mother: (Unk) COMPTON
8. Sir Arthur POLE m. Jane LEWKNOR
m. Jane LEWKNOR father: Sir Roger LEWKNOR mother: Eleanor TUCHET
9. Ursula POLE m. Henry STAFFORD, Lord Stafford
m. Henry STAFFORD, Lord Stafford father: Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham mother: Eleanor PERCY
10. John VERNEY m. Dorothy
m. Dorothy

4th generation

11. Catherine POLE m. Sir Francis HASTINGS, K.G., Earl Of Huntingdon
m. Sir Francis HASTINGS, K.G., Earl Of Huntingdon father: George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon mother: Anne STAFFORD
13. Winifred POLE m1. Sir Thomas HASTINGS m2. Sir Thomas BARRINGTON
m. Sir Thomas HASTINGS father: George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon mother: Anne STAFFORD
m. Sir Thomas BARRINGTON father: John BARRINGTON mother: Elizabeth BONHAM
30. Edward STAFFORD, Lord Stafford m. Mary STANLEY
m. Mary STANLEY father: Sir Edward STANLEY, K.G., Earl Of Derby mother: Dorothy HOWARD
32. Richard STAFFORD m. Mary CORBET
m. Mary CORBET father: John CORBET
33. Dorothy STAFFORD m. Sir William STAFFORD
m. Sir William STAFFORD father: Sir Humphrey STAFFORD mother: Margaret FOGGE

5th generation

40. Frances HASTINGS m. Henry COMPTON, Lord Compton
m. Henry COMPTON, Lord Compton father: Peter COMPTON mother: Anne TALBOT
47. Elizabeth HASTINGS m. Edward SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester
m. Edward SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester father: Sir William SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester mother: Christian NORTH
49. George HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon m. Dorothy PORT
m. Dorothy PORT father: Sir John PORT mother: Elizabeth GIFFARD
50. Catherine HASTINGS m. Sir Henry FIENNES, K.B., Earl Of Lincoln
m. Sir Henry FIENNES, K.B., Earl Of Lincoln father: Sir Edward FIENNES De CLINTON, K.G., Earl of Clint mother: Ursula STOURTON
51. Sir Francis BARRINGTON m. Joan CROMWELL
m. Joan CROMWELL father: Sir Henry CROMWELL mother: Joan WARREN
54. Edward STAFFORD, Lord Stafford m. Isabel FORSTER
m. Isabel FORSTER father: Thomas FORSTER mother: Ursula VISE
56. Elizabeth STAFFORD m1. Sir William DRURY, K.G. m2. Sir John SCOTT
m. Sir William DRURY, K.G.
m. Sir John SCOTT