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: John DIGGES
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1445 ^b
Death: 29 Dec 1502 ^d

Parents:

Father:
John DIGGES Birth: Abt 1415

Mother:

Joan BRUYN

Family:
Marriage:

Joan CLIFTON .^m1
Joan CLIFTON

Children:

Mary DIGGES
Isabel DIGGES
James DIGGES Birth: Abt 1473 Death: Abt 1536

Bibliography

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]*].
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]*].
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]*].
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]*].
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]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: say 1445 [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273],
parents:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

Sources with Information about marriage to Joan CLIFTON

names:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p221, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p292],
child:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

Research Notes:
Esq, of Diggs Court and Broome (both in Barham), Popeshall (in Coldred), Wichling and Yoke (in Frinstead), Kent [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]
Esq, of Diggs Court (in Barham), Kent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p292]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p272, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

1495-6: Sheriff of Kent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]
Sheriff of Kent [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p272]

Esq, of Barham, Kent [Ref: Faris PA2 p61]

Pedigree of John DIGGES
                            /-----Roger DYGGE
                   /-----John DYGGE
                  |         \-----Albina
          /-----John DYGGE
         |        |                                             /-----Roger De NORTHWODE
         |        |                                    /-----John De NORTHWODE, Lord Northwode
         |        |                                   |         \-----Bone De WALTHAM
         |        |                           /-----John De NORTHWODE
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Ralph BADLESMERE
         |        |                          |         \-----Joan De BADLESMERE
         |        |                  /-----Roger De NORTHWODE, Lord Northwode
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Pierre I Sire De Grandison
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De GRANDISON, Lord Grandison
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Agnes Of Neuenburg
         |        |                 |         \-----Agnes De GRANDISON
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John TREGOZE, Lord Tregoze
         |        |                 |                  \-----Sibilla TREGOZE
         |        |                 |                           \-----Mabel FITZWARINE
         |        |         /-----John De NORTHWODE, Lord Northwode
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir William De SAY, Baron Of West Greenwich
         |        |        |        |                  /-----William De SAY, Baron Of West Greenwich
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Sibyl
         |        |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey De SAY, Lord Say
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
         |        |        |         \-----Juliane De SAY
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Roger De LEYBURN
         |        |        |                 |         /-----William De LEYBURN, Lord Leyburn
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----(Unk)
         |        |        |                  \-----Idoine De LEYBURN
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Henry De SANDWICH
         |        |        |                           \-----Juliane De SANDWICH
         |        |        |                                    \-----Joan De AUBERVILLE
         |         \-----Juliane De NORTHWODE
         |                 |         /-----Robert HERT
         |                  \-----Joan HERT
/-----John DIGGES
|        |         /-----Thomas HORNE
|         \-----Juliane HORNE
John DIGGES
|                                             /-----William Le BRUYN
|                                    /-----Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
|                                   |         \-----Isolde
|                           /-----Sir William Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
|                          |        |                           /-----William De La ROCHELLE
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Richard De La ROCHELLE
|                          |        |                 |         \-----(Unk Dau) FITZ GEOFFREY
|                          |        |         /-----Philip De La ROKELE
|                          |         \-----Maud De La ROKELE
|                          |                  \-----Joan
|                  /-----Sir Ingram Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
|                 |        |         /-----Richard Le LAGER
|                 |         \-----Alice Le LAGER
|                 |                  \-----Juliana
|         /-----Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
|        |        |                           /-----William De La POLE
|        |        |                  /-----Sir William De La POLE
|        |        |                 |         \-----Elena
|        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund De La POLE
|        |        |        |         \-----Catherine
|        |         \-----Elizabeth De La POLE
|        |                 |                                    /-----Sir Nicholas De HAUDLO
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir Richard HAUDLO
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De HAUDLO
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De HAUDLO
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John FITZNEIL
|        |                 |        |         \-----Joan FITZNEIL
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Reginald De WATHAM
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel De WATHAM
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret De WAHULL
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth De HAUDLO
|        |                          |                           /-----Ralph De St AMAND
|        |                          |                  /-----Amauri De St AMAND
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Asceline DAUBENEY
|        |                          |         /-----John De St AMAND, Lord St Amand
|        |                           \-----Isabel De St AMAND
|        |                                   |                  /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Justiciar Of England
|        |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Earl Of Winchester
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Aline BASSET
|        |                                    \-----Margaret Le DESPENSER
|        |                                            |         /-----William De BEAUCHAMP, Earl Of Warwick
|        |                                             \-----Isabel De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                                                      \-----Maud FITZJOHN
\-----Joan BRUYN
         |         /-----Sir Henry RETFORD
          \-----Elizabeth RETFORD
                  |         /-----Sir Ralph PAYNELL
                   \-----Katherine PAYNELL
                            \-----Katherine

Descendants of John DIGGES

1. John DIGGES m. Joan CLIFTON

m. Joan CLIFTON father: Sir Gervase CLIFTON mother: Isabel HERBERT

2 Mary DIGGES m. William BRENT

3+ Isabel DIGGES m. Richard SACKVILLE

4+ James DIGGES m1. Mildred FINEAUX m2. Philippe ENGHAM

2nd generation

3. Isabel DIGGES m. Richard SACKVILLE

m. Richard SACKVILLE

5+ John SACKVILLE m1. Margaret BOLEYN m2. Anne TORRELL

4. James DIGGES m1. Mildred FINEAUX m2. Philippe ENGHAM

m. Mildred FINEAUX father: Sir John FINEAUX mother: Elizabeth APULDREFIELD

m. Philippe ENGHAM father: John ENGHAM

7+ Leonard DIGGES m. Bridget WILSFORD

3rd generation

5. John SACKVILLE m1. Margaret BOLEYN m2. Anne TORRELL

m. Margaret BOLEYN father: Sir William BOLEYN mother: Margaret ORMOND

8+ Isabel SACKVILLE m. John ASHBURNHAM

9+ Mary SACKVILLE m. John LUNSFORD

10 Christopher SACKVILLE

11 John SACKVILLE

12 Richard SACKVILLE

13+ Anne SACKVILLE m. Sir Nicholas PELHAM

m. Anne TORRELL father: Humphrey TORRELL

7. Leonard DIGGES m. Bridget WILSFORD

m. Bridget WILSFORD father: Thomas WILSFORD mother: Elizabeth CULPEPER

14 James DIGGES

15 Daniel DIGGES

16 Mary DIGGES m. (Unk) BARBER

17 Anne DIGGES m. William DIGGES

18 Sarah DIGGES m1. (Unk) MARTIN m2. John WESTON

19+ Thomas DIGGS m. Anne St LEGER

4th generation

8. Isabel SACKVILLE m. John ASHBURNHAM

m. John ASHBURNHAM father: John ASHBURNHAM mother: Lora BERKELEY

20+ John ASHBURNHAM m. Mary FANE

9. Mary SACKVILLE m. John LUNSFORD

m. John LUNSFORD father: William LUNSFORD mother: Margaret FIENNES

21+ Sir John LUNSFORD m1. Barbara LEWKNOR m2. Anne APSLEY

22 James LUNSFORD

23 Anne LUNSFORD

24 Isabel LUNSFORD m. John RANDOLPH

25 Mary LUNSFORD

13. Anne SACKVILLE m. Sir Nicholas PELHAM

m. Sir Nicholas PELHAM

26+ Thomas PELHAM m. Mary WALSINGHAM

19. Thomas DIGGS m. Anne St LEGER

m. Anne St LEGER father: Sir Warham St LEGER mother: Ursula NEVILLE

27 Leonard DIGGS

28+ Sir Dudley DIGGS m. Mary KEMPE

5th generation

20. John ASHBURNHAM m. Mary FANE

29+ Sir John ASHBURNHAM m. Elizabeth BEAUMONT

21. Sir John LUNSFORD m1. Barbara LEWKNOR m2. Anne APSLEY

m. Barbara LEWKNOR father: John LEWKNOR

30 Moses LUNSFORD

31+ Thomas LUNSFORD m. Katherine FLUDD

m. Anne APSLEY father: Sir John APSLEY mother: Mary PELHAM

32 John LUNSFORD

33 John LUNSFORD

34 Herbert LUNSFORD

35 Cecily LUNSFORD

36 Mary LUNSFORD

37 Anne LUNSFORD

38 Mary LUNSFORD

39 Margaret LUNSFORD

26. Thomas PELHAM m. Mary WALSINGHAM

m. Mary WALSINGHAM father: Sir Thomas WALSINGHAM mother: Dorothy GULDEFORD

40+ Sir Thomas PELHAM m1. Mary WILBRAHAM m2. Judith HONYWOOD m3. Margaret VANE

28. Sir Dudley DIGGS m. Mary KEMPE

m. Mary KEMPE father: Sir Thomas KEMPE mother: Dorothy THOMPSON

41 Thomas DIGGS m. Mary ABBOTT

43 Dudley DIGGS

44 Anne DIGGS m1. Anthony HAMMOND m2. Sir George JUXON

45 Elizabeth DIGGS m. Arnold BRAYNING

47 Francis DIGGS

48+ Edward DIGGS m. Elizabeth PAGE

49 Leonard DIGGS

50 Herbert DIGGS

51 Richard DIGGS