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. Sir John BRAY, Lord Braye Death: 19 Nov 1557 in Blackfriars
  2. Jane BRAY
  3. Anne BRAY Birth: 1 Death: 1 Nov 1558
  4. Elizabeth BRAY Birth: Abt 1513 Death: Before 13 Jul 1574
  5. Frideswide BRAY
  6. Mary BRAY
  7. Dorothy BRAY Death: 31 Oct 1605 in Minty
  8. Ellen BRAY
  9. Frances BRAY Birth: Abt 1535 Death: 27 May 1592

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. 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]*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 01 A-Basing. London: St Catherine Press, 1910. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 1 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo01coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP I [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. 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]*].
  7. 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]*].
  8. Foljambe, Cecil George Savile, Earl of Liverpool, House of Cornewall, Hereford: Jakeman, 1908. Available at http://archive.org/details/houseofcornewall00live. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foljambe Cornewall p[0-9]*].
  9. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
  10. 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]*].
  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 v4p[0-9]*].
  13. 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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: CP II p287, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p287, Richardson MCA p627, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p627, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jane HALLYWELL
date:
first marriage of Jane [Ref: CP II p287]
settlement dated 21 Feb 1497 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254],
names:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p861],
child:
[Ref: CP I p401, CP II p287, CP II p288, CP III p126, CP III p348, Foljambe Cornewall p83, Richardson MCA p627, Richardson PA p550, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p279]
Research Notes:
1st Lord Braye, of Barony cr 1529 [Ref: CP II p287]
1st Lord Bray [Ref: Richardson MCA p861, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p279]
Lord Braye [Ref: CP I p401, CP III p348, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p429]

Knt, of Eaton Bray, Battlesden Haynes, and Husborne Crawley, Bedfordshire, and Vachery (in Cranley), Cranley, and Baynards, Surrey, and in right of his wife, of Stoke D'Abernon, Eastwick (in Great Bookham) and Fetcham, Surrey, Shipton-on-Cherwell, Oxfordshire, Fairfield (in Belbroughton) Sorcestershire, Griff (in Chivers Coton) and Wellesbourne Mountfort Warwickshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]
Knt, of Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p279]
Knt [Ref: Richardson MCA p861]
Knt, of Eaton Bray, co Bedford [Ref: Faris PA2 p295]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]

1503: heir to his uncle, Reginald Bray, K.G. [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]

nephew and heir of Sir Reynold Bray, K.G. (Lord High Treasurer to Henry VII) [Ref: CP II p287]

1514-5: Sheriff of Bedfordshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]

1522: Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p254]

[WTM: apparently incorrect; not listed as K.G. in Beltz]
[WTM: he was nephew of Reynold BRAY, K.G., but he was not listed as K.G.]
not listed as K.G. in [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pcxlix]
K.G. [Ref: Richardson MCA p861, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p429]



Pedigree of Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
          /-----(Unk) BRAY
 /-----John BRAY
Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye



Descendants of Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
1. Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye m. Jane HALLYWELL
m. Jane HALLYWELL father: Richard HALLYWELL mother: Jane NORBURY

2nd generation

4. Anne BRAY m. George BROOKE, Lord Cobham
m. George BROOKE, Lord Cobham father: Thomas BROOKE, Lord Cobham mother: Dorothy HEYDON
5. Elizabeth BRAY m1. Sir Ralph VERNEY m2. Sir Richard CATESBY m3. William CLARK m4. Henry PHILLIPS
m. Sir Ralph VERNEY father: Sir Ralph VERNEY mother: Margaret IWARDBY
m. Sir Richard CATESBY father: George CATESBY mother: Elizabeth EMPSON
m. William CLARK
m. Henry PHILLIPS
8. Dorothy BRAY m1. Sir Edmund BRUGGE, K.G., Lord Chandos m2. William KNOLLYS, K.G., Earl of Banbury
m. Sir Edmund BRUGGE, K.G., Lord Chandos father: Sir John BRUGGE, Lord Chandos mother: Elizabeth GREY
m. William KNOLLYS, K.G., Earl of Banbury father: Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G. mother: Katherine CARY
10. Frances BRAY m. Thomas LYFIELD
m. Thomas LYFIELD

3rd generation

11. William BROOKE, Lord Cobham m1. Dorothy NEVILL m2. Frances NEWTON
m. Dorothy NEVILL father: George NEVILLE, K.G., Lord Abergavenny mother: Mary STAFFORD
m. Frances NEWTON father: Sir John NEWTON mother: Margaret POYNTZ
19. Anne VERNEY m. Sir Nicholas POYNTZ
m. Sir Nicholas POYNTZ father: Sir Nicholas POYNTZ mother: Joan BERKELEY
20. Jane VERNEY m. Sir Francis HYNDE
m. Sir Francis HYNDE
21. Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley m. Frances CLINTON
m. Frances CLINTON father: Sir Edward FIENNES De CLINTON, K.G., Earl of Clint mother: Ursula STOURTON
22. William BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley m. Mary HOPTON
m. Mary HOPTON father: Sir Owen HOPTON mother: Anne ITCHINGHAM
23. Jane LYFIELD m. Sir Thomas VINCENT
m. Sir Thomas VINCENT father: David VINCENT mother: Elizabeth SPENCER

4th generation

24. Margaret BROOKE m. Sir Thomas SONDES
m. Sir Thomas SONDES
25. Frances BROOKE m1. John STOURTON, Lord Stourton m2. Sir Edward MOORE
m. John STOURTON, Lord Stourton father: Charles STOURTON, Lord Stourton mother: Anne STANLEY
m. Sir Edward MOORE
26. Elizabeth BROOKE m. Robert CECIL, Earl of Salisbury
m. Robert CECIL, Earl of Salisbury father: William CECIL, Lord Burghley mother: Mildred COOKE
28. Mary POYNTZ m1. Francis CODRINGTON m2. John SYDENHAM
m. Francis CODRINGTON
m. John SYDENHAM father: Sir John SYDENHAM mother: Ursula BRIDGES
32. Catharine BRYDGES m. Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford
m. Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford father: William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh mother: Elizabeth LONG
34. Beatrice BRYDGES m. Sir Henry POOLE
m. Sir Henry POOLE
35. Grey BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley m. Anne STANLEY
m. Anne STANLEY father: Ferdinando STANLEY, Earl Of Derby mother: Alice SPENCER
36. Jane VINCENT m. Sir Matthew BROWNE
m. Sir Matthew BROWNE father: Sir Thomas BROWNE mother: Mabel FITZWILLIAM
37. Sir Francis VINCENT m1. Sarah PAULET m2. Mary ARCHER m3. Eleanor MALET
m. Sarah PAULET father: Sir Amyas PAULET mother: Catharine HARVEY
m. Mary ARCHER father: Sir Henry ARCHER
m. Eleanor MALET father: Robert MALET

5th generation

39. Frances SONDES m1. Sir John LEVESON m2. Thomas SAVILE, Earl of Sussex
m. Sir John LEVESON
m. Thomas SAVILE, Earl of Sussex father: John SAVILE, Lord Savile of Pomfret mother: Elizabeth CAREY
40. Frances MOORE m. William STOURTON, Lord Stourton
m. William STOURTON, Lord Stourton father: Edward STOURTON, Lord Stourton mother: Frances TRESHAM
41. William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury m. Catherine HOWARD
m. Catherine HOWARD father: Thomas HOWARD, Earl Of Suffolk mother: Catherine KNEVET
42. Frances CECIL m. Henry CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland
m. Henry CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland father: Francis CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland mother: Grisold HUGHES
43. Anne SYDENHAM m1. Francis CODRINGTON m2. John POYNTZ
m. Francis CODRINGTON
m. John POYNTZ father: William POYNTZ mother: Elizabeth NEWDIGATE
46. Anne RUSSELL m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol
m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol father: John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol mother: Beatrice WALCOTT
47. Catharine RUSSELL m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou
m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou father: Fulke GREVILLE mother: Margaret COPLEY
49. Diana RUSSELL m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford
m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford father: Richard NEWPORT, Lord Newport mother: Rachael LEVESON
50. William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR
m. Anne CARR father: Sir Robert KER, Earl of Somerset mother: Frances HOWARD
51. Beata POOLE m. Thomas POPE, Earl of Downe
m. Thomas POPE, Earl of Downe father: William POPE, Earl of Downe mother: Anne HOPTON
52. George BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley m1. Susan MONTAGU m2. Jane SAVAGE
m. Susan MONTAGU father: Henry MONTAGU, Earl Of Manchester mother: Margaret CROUCH
m. Jane SAVAGE father: John SAVAGE, Earl Rivers mother: Catherine PARKER
53. Jane BROWNE m. Sir Robert KEMPE
m. Sir Robert KEMPE father: Robert KEMPE mother: Dorothy HARRIS
58. Elizabeth VINCENT m. Sir John ACLAND
m. Sir John ACLAND father: Sir Arthur ACLAND mother: Elizabeth MALLET