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 Richard KNIGHTLY
Sex: M

Parents:

Father:
Richard KNIGHTLY

Mother:

Eleanor THROCKMORTON

Family:
Marriage:

Joan SKENARD .^m1
Joan SKENARD

Children:

Susan KNIGHTLEY

Bibliography

Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
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: Roberts RD600 p558]

Sources with Information about marriage to Joan SKENARD

child:: [Ref: Roberts RD600 p558]

Research Notes:
of Fawsley, co Northampton [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]

Pedigree of Sir Richard KNIGHTLY
/-----Richard KNIGHTLY
Sir Richard KNIGHTLY
|                                                               /-----Robert De THROCKMORTON
|                                                      /-----Simon De THROCKMORTON
|                                                     |         \-----Prudence De COMPTON
|                                             /-----Robert De THROCKMORTON
|                                            |         \-----Isabel DONNISLEY
|                                    /-----Giles De THROCKMORTON
|                                   |        |         /-----Richard De WESTON
|                                   |         \-----Joan De WESTON
|                           /-----Robert De THROCKMORTON
|                          |        |         /-----John FRAUNCEYS
|                          |         \-----Agnes FRAUNCEYS
|                  /-----Thomas De THROCKMORTON
|                 |        |         /-----Geoffrey COLEMAN
|                 |         \-----Lucy COLEMAN
|         /-----Sir John THROCKMORTON
|        |        |                                             /-----Sir Walter De BESFORD
|        |        |                                    /-----Alexander De BESFORD
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Helen
|        |        |                           /-----Alexander De BESFORD
|        |        |                          |         \-----Margaret De NAUTON
|        |        |                  /-----Alexander De BESFORD
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----John De THORNDEN
|        |        |                 |         \-----Margery De THORNDEN
|        |        |         /-----Alexander De BESFORD
|        |        |        |         \-----Joan
|        |         \-----Agnes De BESFORD
|        |                  \-----Beatrice
\-----Eleanor THROCKMORTON
         |                           /-----William De La SPINE
         |                  /-----William SPYNE
         |                 |        |                  /-----Philip DURVASSAL
         |                 |        |         /-----Thomas DURVASSAL
         |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Thomas De Camville
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Felicia De Camville
         |                 |        |        |                  \-----Agnes
         |                 |         \-----Margery DURVASSAL
         |                 |                  \-----Margery
         |         /-----Sir Guy SPINNEY
         |        |         \-----Alice De BRULEY
          \-----Eleanor SPINNEY
                   \-----Katherine

Descendants of Sir Richard KNIGHTLY

1. Sir Richard KNIGHTLY m. Joan SKENARD

m. Joan SKENARD

2+ Susan KNIGHTLEY m. Sir William SPENCER

2nd generation

2. Susan KNIGHTLEY m. Sir William SPENCER

m. Sir William SPENCER father: Sir John SPENCER mother: Isabel GRAUNT

3+ Sir John SPENCER m. Katherine KITSON

4 Jane SPENCER m1. Sir Richard BRUGGE m2. Sir Simon HARCOURT

5 Isabel SPENCER m. Sir John COTTON

6 Dorothy SPENCER m. Thomas SPENCER

7 Anne SPENCER m. Sir John GOODWIN

8 Mary SPENCER m. Thomas BOWLES

3rd generation

3. Sir John SPENCER m. Katherine KITSON

m. Katherine KITSON father: Sir Thomas KITSON

9+ Sir John SPENCER m. Mary CATELIN

10 Thomas SPENCER m. Mary CHEEK

11+ Sir William SPENCER m. Margaret BOWYER

12 Sir Richard SPENCER m. Ellen BROCKET

13 Edward SPENCER

14 Margaret SPENCER m. Giles ALLINGTON

15 Katherine SPENCER m. Sir Thomas LEIGH

16 Mary SPENCER m. Sir Edward ASTON

17+ Alice SPENCER m1. Ferdinando STANLEY, Earl Of Derby m2. Thomas EGERTON, Viscount Brackley

18+ Elizabeth SPENCER m1. George CARY, Lord Hunsdon m2. Sir Thomas CHAMBERLAIN m3. Ralph EURE, Lord Eure

19 Anne SPENCER m1. William STANLEY, Lord Mounteagle m2. Henry COMPTON, Lord Compton m3. Robert SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset; William STANLEY, Lord Mounteagle father: Thomas STANLEY, Lord Mounteagle mother: Mary BRANDON; Henry COMPTON, Lord Compton father: Peter COMPTON mother: Anne TALBOT; Robert SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset father: Thomas SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset mother: Cicely BAKER

4th generation

9. Sir John SPENCER m. Mary CATELIN

m. Mary CATELIN father: Sir Robert CATELIN

20+ Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton m. Margaret WILLOUGHBY

11. Sir William SPENCER m. Margaret BOWYER

m. Margaret BOWYER father: Francis BOWYER

21+ Mary SPENCER m. Sir Maximilian DALISON

22+ Catherine SPENCER m. Henry MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester

17. Alice SPENCER m1. Ferdinando STANLEY, Earl Of Derby m2. Thomas EGERTON, Viscount Brackley

m. Ferdinando STANLEY, Earl Of Derby father: Henry STANLEY, Earl Of Derby mother: Margaret CLIFFORD

23+ Anne STANLEY m1. Grey BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley m2. Mervyn TUCHET, Earl of Castlehaven

24+ Frances STANLEY m. John EGERTON, Earl Of Bridgwater

25+ Elizabeth STANLEY m. Henry HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon

m. Thomas EGERTON, Viscount Brackley father: Sir Richard EGERTON mother: Alice SPARKE

18. Elizabeth SPENCER m1. George CARY, Lord Hunsdon m2. Sir Thomas CHAMBERLAIN m3. Ralph EURE, Lord Eure

m. George CARY, Lord Hunsdon father: Henry CARY, Lord Hunsdon mother: Anne MORGAN

26+ Elizabeth CARY m. Sir Thomas BERKELEY

m. Sir Thomas CHAMBERLAIN

m. Ralph EURE, Lord Eure father: William EURE, Lord Eure mother: Margaret DYMOKE

5th generation

20. Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton m. Margaret WILLOUGHBY

m. Margaret WILLOUGHBY father: Sir Francis WILLOUGHBY mother: Elizabeth LYTTELTON

27 John SPENCER

28+ William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton m. Penelope WROTTESLEY

29 Richard SPENCER m. Mary SANDYS

30 Edward SPENCER m. Mary GOLDSMITH

31 Mary SPENCER m. Sir Richard ANDERSON

32 Margaret SPENCER

33 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Sir George FANE

21. Mary SPENCER m. Sir Maximilian DALISON

m. Sir Maximilian DALISON

34+ William DALISON m. Elizabeth OXENDEN

22. Catherine SPENCER m. Henry MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester

m. Henry MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester father: Sir Edward MONTAGU mother: Elizabeth HARINGTON

35+ Edward MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester m1. Susanna HILL m2. Anne RICH m3. Essex CHEKE m4. Eleanor WORTLEY m5. Margaret RUSSELL

23. Anne STANLEY m1. Grey BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley m2. Mervyn TUCHET, Earl of Castlehaven

m. Grey BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley father: William BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley mother: Mary HOPTON

36+ George BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley m1. Susan MONTAGU m2. Jane SAVAGE

m. Mervyn TUCHET, Earl of Castlehaven father: George TUCHET, Earl of Castlehaven mother: Lucy MERVYN

24. Frances STANLEY m. John EGERTON, Earl Of Bridgwater

m. John EGERTON, Earl Of Bridgwater father: Thomas EGERTON, Viscount Brackley mother: Elizabeth RAVENSCROFT

37+ Elizabeth EGERTON m. David CECIL, Earl Of Exeter

38 Alice EGERTON m. Richard VAUGHAN, Earl of Carberry; Richard VAUGHAN, Earl of Carberry father: John VAUGHAN, Earl of Carberry mother: Margaret MEYRICK

39+ John EGERTON, Earl Of Bridgwater m. Elizabeth CAVENDISH

25. Elizabeth STANLEY m. Henry HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon

m. Henry HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon father: Francis HASTINGS, Lord Hastings mother: Sarah HARINGTON

40 Alice HASTINGS m. Sir Gervase CLIFTON; Sir Gervase CLIFTON father: George CLIFTON mother: Winifred THOROLD

41+ Ferdinando HASTINGS, Earl Of Huntingdon m. Lucy DAVIES

26. Elizabeth CARY m. Sir Thomas BERKELEY

m. Sir Thomas BERKELEY father: Henry BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley mother: Catherine HOWARD

42+ George BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley m. Elizabeth STANHOPE