Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 12-10-2023.

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 may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


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Family:
Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Acheson, Eric, Gentry Community: Leicestershire in fifteenth century. Cambridge: Univ Press, 1993. NYPL JFD 92-12870. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Acheson Leicester p[0-9]*].
  2. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Acheson Leicester p249, Burke Peerage p753]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p753]
Sources with Information about marriage to Dorothy GIFFORD
names:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p753]
Research Notes:
of Staunton Harold [Ref: Burke Peerage p753]



Pedigree of Francis SHIRLEY
                                                                /-----Sir James De SHIRLEY
                                                       /-----Sir Ralph De SHIRLEY
                                                      |         \-----Agnes De WALTON
                                              /-----Sir Thomas SHIRLEY
                                             |        |         /-----Walter De WALDESHIEF
                                             |         \-----Margaret De WALDESHIEF
                                     /-----Sir Hugh SHIRLEY
                                    |        |                  /-----Hugh MEYNELL
                                    |        |         /-----Hugh De MEINILL
                                    |        |        |         \-----Joan De La WARDE
                                    |         \-----Isabel De MEINELL
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Nicholas De AUDLEY, Lord Audley Of Heleigh
                                    |                  \-----Alice AUDLEY
                                    |                           \-----Joan De MARTIN
                            /-----Sir Ralph SHIRLEY
                           |        |                           /-----William De BREUSE, Lord Breuse
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Piers De BREUSE
                           |        |                 |         \-----Mary De ROS
                           |        |         /-----Sir Piers De BREUSE
                           |        |        |         \-----Agnes De CLIFFORD
                           |         \-----Beatrix De BREUSE
                           |                 |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
                           |                 |         /-----Sir John HOWARD
                           |                 |        |         \-----Joan De CORNWALL
                           |                  \-----Joan HOWARD
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Robert De BOYS
                           |                           \-----Alice De BOYS
                           |                                    \-----Christian Le LATIMER
                   /-----Ralph SHIRLEY
                  |        |                  /-----Sir John BASSET
                  |        |         /-----Thomas BASSET
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry BRAILSFRD
                  |        |        |         \-----Joan BRAILSFRD
                  |         \-----Joan BASSET
                  |                 |         /-----William MERING
                  |                  \-----Margery MERING
          /-----John SHIRLEY
         |        |                                             /-----Elias STAUNTON
         |        |                                    /-----William STAUNTON
         |        |                           /-----John STAUNTON
         |        |                  /-----Sir Robert STAUNTON
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Robert De ECCLESHALL
         |        |                 |         \-----Isabel De ECCLESHALL
         |        |         /-----John STAUNTON
         |         \-----Margaret STAUNTON
         |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph MEYNELL
         |                  \-----Joan MEYNELL
         |                           \-----Joan
 /-----Sir Ralph SHIRLEY
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Richard WILLOUGHBY
|        |                                             /-----Sir Richard WILLOUGHBY
|        |                                    /-----Sir Richard WILLOUGHBY
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Roger MORTEIN
|        |                                   |         \-----Issabell MORTEIN
|        |                           /-----Sir Edmund WILLOUGHBY
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John De GREY
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John De GREY, K.G., Lord Grey Of Rotherfield
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Margaret De ODINGSELLS
|        |                          |         \-----Joan GREY
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Brian FITZ ALAN, Lord Fitz Alan
|        |                          |                  \-----Catharine FITZ ALAN
|        |                          |                           \-----Maud
|        |                  /-----Edward WILLOUGHBY
|        |                 |         \-----Isabel
|        |         /-----Sir Hugh WILLOUGHBY
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Sir John ANNESLEY
|        |        |        |                           /-----Sir John ANNESLEY
|        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas ANNESLEY
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Margaret
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Hugh ANNESLEY
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Robert De CLIFTON
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes De CLIFTON
|        |        |         \-----Isabel ANNESLEY
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir John BABBINGTON
|        |        |                  \-----Benedicta BABBINGTON
|        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Simon WARD
|        |        |                           \-----Benedicta WARD
|         \-----Eleanor WILLOUGHBY
|                 |                                             /-----Alexander De FREVILL
|                 |                                    /-----Sir Baldwin De FREVILL
|                 |                                   |         \-----Joan De CROMWELL
|                 |                           /-----Sir Baldwin De FREVILL
|                 |                          |        |         /-----John De MONTFORT, Lord Montfort
|                 |                          |         \-----Elizabeth De MONTFORT
|                 |                          |                  \-----Alice De La PLAUNCHE
|                 |                  /-----Sir Baldwin FREVILLE
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----John De CLINTON, Lord Clinton
|                 |                 |        |         /-----John CLINTON, Lord Clinton
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Ida ODDINGSELLS
|                 |                 |         \-----Ida CLINTON
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Sir William CORBET
|                 |                 |                  \-----Margarey CORBET
|                 |         /-----Sir Baldwin III FREVILLE
|                 |        |        |                           /-----John De BOTETOURTE, Lord Botetourte
|                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas De BOTETOURTE
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Maud FITZ THOMAS
|                 |        |        |         /-----John De BOTETOURTE, Lord Botetourte Of Weoble
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger De SOMERY, Baron Of Dudley
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Joan De SOMERY
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Agnes De LUCY
|                 |        |         \-----Joyce De BOTETOURTE
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Robert De MORTIMER, Baron of Richard's Castle
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir William La ZOUCHE De MORTIMER, Lord Zouche
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Joyce La ZOUCHE
|                 |        |                  \-----Joyce La ZOUCHE De MORTIMER
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Ralph VII De TOENI, Baron Of Flamstead
|                 |        |                           \-----Alice De TOENI
|                 |        |                                    \-----Mary
|                  \-----Margaret FREVILLE
|                          |                                    /-----Sir William Le SCROPE
|                          |                           /-----Sir Geoffrey Le SCROPE
|                          |                          |         \-----Constance De NEWSOM
|                          |                  /-----Sir Henry Le SCROPE, Lord Scrope Of Masham
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De ROS
|                          |                 |         \-----Ivette De ROS
|                          |                 |                  \-----Eustache FITZ HUGH
|                          |         /-----Sir Stephen Le SCROPE, Lord Scrope Of Masham
|                          |        |         \-----Joan
|                           \-----Maud Le SCROPE
|                                   |                           /-----Adam De WELLES, Lord Welles
|                                   |                  /-----Adam De WELLES, Lord Welles
|                                   |                 |         \-----Joan ENGAINE
|                                   |         /-----John De WELLES, Lord Welles
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas BARDOLF, Lord Bardolf
|                                   |        |         \-----Margaret BARDOLPH
|                                   |        |                  \-----Agnes De GRANDSON
|                                    \-----Margery WELLES
|                                            |                  /-----William De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|                                            |         /-----William De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|                                            |        |         \-----Maud De VAUX
|                                             \-----Maud De ROS
|                                                     |         /-----Bartholomew De BADLESMERE, Lord Badlesmere
|                                                      \-----Margery De BADLESMERE
|                                                               \-----Margaret De CLARE
Francis SHIRLEY
|         /-----Sir Robert SHEFFIELD
 \-----Jane SHEFFIELD



Descendants of Francis SHIRLEY
1. Francis SHIRLEY m. Dorothy GIFFORD
m. Dorothy GIFFORD father: Sir John GIFFORD