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: James DIGGES
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1473 ^b
Death: Abt 1536 ^d

Parents:

Father:
John DIGGES Birth: Abt 1445 Death: 29 Dec 1502

Mother:

Joan CLIFTON

Family:
Marriage:

Mildred FINEAUX on 1 .^m1
Mildred FINEAUX

Children:

John DIGGES

Marriage:

Philippe ENGHAM on 2 .^m2
Philippe ENGHAM Death: After 24 Nov 1540

Children:

Leonard DIGGES Death: Abt 1559

Bibliography

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 v3p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1473 [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104],
parents:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

Sources for death Information

date:: 1536-37 [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273]; will dated 20 Feb 1535/6 pro 24 Nov 1540 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

Sources with Information about marriage to Mildred FINEAUX

date:: first marriage of James [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104],
child:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

Sources with Information about marriage to Philippe ENGHAM

date:: second marriage of James [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104],
child:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

Research Notes:
Esq, of Diggs Court and Broome (both in Barham), Fawkham and Yoke (in Frinstead), Kent [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]

1510-11: Sheriff of Kent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p104]
Sheriff of Kent [Ref: Richardson MCA p283, Richardson PA p273]

Pedigree of James DIGGES
                                     /-----Roger DYGGE
                            /-----John DYGGE
                           |         \-----Albina
                   /-----John DYGGE
                  |        |                                    /-----John De NORTHWODE, Lord Northwode
                  |        |                           /-----John De NORTHWODE
                  |        |                          |         \-----Joan De BADLESMERE
                  |        |                  /-----Roger De NORTHWODE, Lord Northwode
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William De GRANDISON, Lord Grandison
                  |        |                 |         \-----Agnes De GRANDISON
                  |        |                 |                  \-----Sibilla TREGOZE
                  |        |         /-----John De NORTHWODE, Lord Northwode
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----William De SAY, Baron Of West Greenwich
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey De SAY, Lord Say
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth
                  |        |        |         \-----Juliane De SAY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----William De LEYBURN, Lord Leyburn
                  |        |        |                  \-----Idoine De LEYBURN
                  |        |        |                           \-----Juliane De SANDWICH
                  |         \-----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
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir Richard De La ROCHELLE
|        |                          |        |         /-----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 Richard HAUDLO
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir John De HAUDLO
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De HAUDLO
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John FITZNEIL
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan FITZNEIL
|        |        |                 |        |                  \-----Isabel De WATHAM
|        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth De HAUDLO
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Amauri De St AMAND
|        |        |                          |         /-----John De St AMAND, Lord St Amand
|        |        |                           \-----Isabel De St AMAND
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir Hugh Le DESPENSER, Earl Of Winchester
|        |        |                                    \-----Margaret Le DESPENSER
|        |        |                                             \-----Isabel De BEAUCHAMP
|         \-----Joan BRUYN
|                 |         /-----Sir Henry RETFORD
|                  \-----Elizabeth RETFORD
|                          |         /-----Sir Ralph PAYNELL
|                           \-----Katherine PAYNELL
|                                    \-----Katherine
James DIGGES
|                                             /-----Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
|                                    /-----Sir Robert De CLIFTON
|                                   |        |         /-----Robert PIERPOINT
|                                   |         \-----Margaret PIERPOINT
|                           /-----Sir John De CLIFTON
|                          |        |                           /-----John De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Henry De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Maud De VERDUN
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Wilton
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Ralph De ROCKLEY
|                          |        |        |         \-----Anne De ROCKLEY
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Isabel De CLARE
|                          |         \-----Agnes De GREY
|                          |                 |                  /-----Matthew De La VACHE
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De La VACHE, K.G.
|                          |                  \-----Maud De La VACHE
|                          |                           \-----Amy
|                  /-----Sir Gervase De CLIFTON
|                 |        |                                    /-----Roger De CRESSY
|                 |        |                           /-----William De CRESSY
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Christine
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh De CRESSY
|                 |        |         /-----Sir John De CRESSY
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Peter De La MARE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey De La MARE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Maud De La MARE
|                 |        |        |                  \-----(Unk wife2)
|                 |         \-----Katherine CRESSY
|                 |                  \-----Agnes
|         /-----Sir Gervase CLIFTON
|        |        |         /-----Sir Robert FRAUNCEYS
|        |         \-----Isabel FRAUNCEYS
|        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas BRUMPTON
|        |                  \-----Isabel BRUMPTON
|        |                           \-----Isabel
\-----Joan CLIFTON
         |         /-----Vincent HERBERT
          \-----Isabel HERBERT
                  |         /-----Robert CRALLE
                   \-----Isabel CRALLE
                           |         /-----Simon PEPLESHAM
                            \-----Margaret PEPLESHAM
                                     \-----Joan ROWSE

Descendants of James DIGGES

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

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

m. Philippe ENGHAM father: John ENGHAM

3+ Leonard DIGGES m. Bridget WILSFORD

2nd generation

3. Leonard DIGGES m. Bridget WILSFORD

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

5 Daniel DIGGES

6 Mary DIGGES m. (Unk) BARBER

7 Anne DIGGES m. William DIGGES

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

9+ Thomas DIGGS m. Anne St LEGER

3rd generation

9. Thomas DIGGS m. Anne St LEGER

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

10 Leonard DIGGS

11+ Sir Dudley DIGGS m. Mary KEMPE

4th generation

11. Sir Dudley DIGGS m. Mary KEMPE

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

12 Thomas DIGGS m. Mary ABBOTT

14 Dudley DIGGS

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

16 Elizabeth DIGGS m. Arnold BRAYNING

18 Francis DIGGS

19+ Edward DIGGS m. Elizabeth PAGE

20 Leonard DIGGS

21 Herbert DIGGS

22 Richard DIGGS

5th generation

19. Edward DIGGS m. Elizabeth PAGE

m. Elizabeth PAGE father: Francis PAGE

23 William DIGGS m. Elizabeth SEWALL; Elizabeth SEWALL father: Henry SEWALL

24 Edward DIGGS

25 Ann DIGGS m. William COLE

26 Mary DIGGS m. Francis PAGE

27 Dudley DIGGS m. Susannah COLE