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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Anne FORTESCUE
  2. Elizabeth FORTESCUE
  3. Mary FORTESCUE
  4. Sir John FORTESCUE Birth: Abt 1479 Death: 9 Jun 1518
  5. Sir Adrian FORTESCUE Birth: Abt 1481 Death: 10 Jul 1539 in Tower Hill

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 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].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Phillips, Chris, Sir John Fortescue. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 7/6/1998. Subject: CALTHORPE of England (FORTESCUE). Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/HgJ4aXSRi_k/m/ZlgEVh5NFYcJ. Author address: cg dot phillips at ic dot ac dot uk. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998].
  5. 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]*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. Reed, Paul C, English Origins of John Harleston, Immigrant to South Carolina, The Genealogist vol 9 no 2 (1991), pp163-225. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p[0-9]*].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd edition, Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2011. NYPL JFF 19-2494. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v3p[0-9]*].
  9. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  10. 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]*].
  11. 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]*].
  12. 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 v5p[0-9]*].
  13. 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:
not later than 1440 [Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998],
parents:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310],
father:
[Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP V p397, CP VII p64, Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998, Faris PA2 p63, Richardson PA p58, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p38, Weis AR7 #257]
28 July, anno 15 Hen VII [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348],
place:
[Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998]
Sources with Information about marriage to Alice BOLEYN
date:
before 1473 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]
before 1475 [Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998]
first marriage of John [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v3p263, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p432],
names:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v3p94],
child:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348, Faris PA2 p78, Reed HARLESTON p189, Richardson MCA2 v3p263, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p432, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth STAPLETON
date:
abt 1495 [Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998]
second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p62, CP V p397, CP VII p64, Faris PA2 p63, Richardson PA p58, Weis AR7 #257]
second marriage of John [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]
second marriage of both [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p38]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Ponsbourne (in Hatfield), Brookmans (in North Mimms), Darkes (in South Mimms), and Windridge (in St Michael's par, St Albans), Hertfordshire, Eyworth, Bedfordshire, Arnolds (in Trumpington) and Steeple Morden, Cambridgeshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p432, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]
Knt, of Ponsbourne, Hertfordshire [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v3p263, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p38]
Knt, of North Mimms, co Hertford [Ref: Faris PA2 p63]
of North Mimms [Ref: CP V p397]
of Punsborne [Ref: Chris Phillips SGM 7/6/1998]
Knt, of Ponsbourne, co Hertford [Ref: Faris PA2 p78]
Knt, of Ponsbourne, Herfordshire [Ref: Richardson PA p58]
Knt, of Punsborne, co Herts [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v3p94]

Chief Butler of England [Ref: Faris PA2 p78, Richardson MCA2 v3p263, Richardson PA p58, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p432, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p38]

Chief Justice of England [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p62]

Knight of the Body to King Henry VII [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348]

Squire and Knight of the Body [Ref: Faris PA2 p78, Richardson MCA2 v3p263, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p432, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]

1481, 1486: Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348]

1481-2, 1485-6: Sheriff of Herefordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]

1483-4: Porter of Calais [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]
Porter of Calais [Ref: Richardson MCA2 v3p263, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p432]

1491-2: Knight of the Shire for Hertfordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p310]

in Pedigree of the Family of Fortescue (from Collins Peerage V p335, and Morant's History of Essex II p117) shown as two separate people named Sir John FORTESCUE, first married to Alice daughter of Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, who was living 12 Henry VI, and the second married to a daughter of Sir Peter SPECOTT of Thornbury, Devon, who died at Punsbourne 28 Jul 15 Henry VII (1500) [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p348]



Pedigree of Sir John FORTESCUE
                                     /-----Adam FORTESCUE
                            /-----William FORTESCUE
                           |        |         /-----William De La PORT
                           |         \-----Anne De La PORT
                   /-----William FORTESCUE
                  |        |         /-----Walter De STRECHEIGH
                  |         \-----Alice De STRECHEIGH
          /-----Sir John FORTESCUE
         |        |                                             /-----Robert BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Hatch Beauchamp
         |        |                                    /-----Robert BEAUCHAMP, Baron Of Hatch Beauchamp
         |        |                                   |         \-----Juliana MARSHAL
         |        |                           /-----Sir Humphrey De BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Reynold De MOHUN, Baron Of Dunster
         |        |                          |         \-----Alice De MOHUN
         |        |                          |                  \-----Hawise FITZ GEOFFREY
         |        |                  /-----Sir John BEAUCHAMP
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Walter OLIVER, Lord Of Wambrook
         |        |                 |         \-----Sibyl OLIVER
         |        |         /-----Sir John BEAUCHAMP
         |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |         \-----Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP
         |                 |         /-----John WALESBURGH
         |                  \-----Margaret WALESBURGH
 /-----Sir Richard FORTESCUE
|        |         /-----William NORRELS
|         \-----Eleanor NORRELS
|                 |         /-----Roger COLATON
|                  \-----(Unk) COLATON
Sir John FORTESCUE
|         /-----Walter De WINDSOR
 \-----Alice De WINDSOR



Descendants of Sir John FORTESCUE
1. Sir John FORTESCUE m1. Alice BOLEYN m2. Elizabeth STAPLETON
m. Alice BOLEYN father: Sir Geoffrey BOLEYN, Lord Mayor Of London mother: Anne HOO
m. Elizabeth STAPLETON father: Sir Miles STAPLETON mother: Katharine De La POLE

2nd generation

5. Sir John FORTESCUE m1. Philippa SPICE m2.
m. Philippa SPICE father: Humphrey SPICE
6. Sir Adrian FORTESCUE m1. Anne STONOR m2. Anne READE
m. Anne STONOR father: Sir William STONOR mother: Anne NEVILLE
m. Anne READE father: Sir William READE mother: Anne WARHAM

3rd generation

8. Margaret FORTESCUE m. Sir Thomas WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth, Lord Despens
m. Sir Thomas WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth, Lord Despens father: Sir Richard WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser mother: Anne TYRELLE
14. Elizabeth FORTESCUE m. Sir Thomas BROMLEY
m. Sir Thomas BROMLEY father: George BROMLEY mother: Jane LACON

4th generation

15. Anne WENTWORTH m. John POLEY
m. John POLEY father: Edmund POLEY mother: Mirabel GARNEYS
16. Margaret WENTWORTH m1. John WILLIAMS, Lord Williams of Thame m2. Sir William DRURY m3. Sir James CROFTS
m. John WILLIAMS, Lord Williams of Thame father: Sir John WILLIAMS mother: Isabel MORE
m. Sir William DRURY
m. Sir James CROFTS father: Sir James CROFTS
18. Henry WENTWORTH m. Elizabeth GLEMHAM
m. Elizabeth GLEMHAM father: Christopher GLEMHAM mother: Margery WENTWORTH
19. Roger WENTWORTH m.
20. Richard WENTWORTH m. Margaret ROYDON
m. Margaret ROYDON
30. Philip WENTWORTH m. Elizabeth CORBETT
m. Elizabeth CORBETT father: Sir Richard CORBETT mother: Mary DRURY
31. Thomas WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth, Lord Despens m1. Mary WENTWORTH m2. Anne WENTWORTH m3. Jane HARLESTON
m. Mary WENTWORTH father: Sir John WENTWORTH mother: Anne BETTENHAM
m. Anne WENTWORTH father: Henry WENTWORTH mother: Agnes HAMOND
m. Jane HARLESTON father: Sir John HARLESTON mother: Mildred MUNDY
32. Elizabeth BROMLEY m. Sir Oliver CROMWELL
m. Sir Oliver CROMWELL father: Sir Henry CROMWELL mother: Joan WARREN

5th generation

33. Mirabel POLEY m. William BREWSTER
m. William BREWSTER father: Robert BREWSTER mother: Johanne
34. Margaret POLEY m. Sir Thomas PALMER
m. Sir Thomas PALMER father: Sir Henry PALMER mother: Jane WINDEBANK
43. Jane DRURY m. Sir Richard CHETWODE
m. Sir Richard CHETWODE father: Richard CHETWODE mother: Agnes WODHULL
59. Jane WENTWORTH m. John HARLESTON
m. John HARLESTON father: Thomas HARLESTON mother: Mary LYTTON
61. Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Wentworth, Lord Despens m. Anne HOPTON
m. Anne HOPTON father: Sir Owen HOPTON mother: Anne ITCHINGHAM
62. Elizabeth CROMWELL m. Sir Richard INGOLDSBY
m. Sir Richard INGOLDSBY
63. John Colonel CROMWELL m. Abigail CLERE
m. Abigail CLERE father: Sir Henry CLERE mother: Muriel MOUNDSFORD