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: Sir Clement HARLESTON
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1493 b
  • Death: 24 Oct 1544 in Boleyn, France d
  • Burial: 6 Nov 1544 in South Ockendon u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • John HARLESTON Birth: Abt 1470 Death: Before 31 Oct 1499
    • Mother:
  • Jane HIGHAM Death: Before 4 Jun 1513

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir John HARLESTON Birth: 18 May 1511 Death: 28 Feb 1568/9 in South Ockendon, Essex
  2. Elizabeth HARLESTON Birth: 1512 Death: 1552
  3. Clement HARLESTON Birth: 18 Feb 1513/4
  4. Robert HARLESTON Birth: 15 Feb 1515/6
  5. Henry HARLESTON Birth: Abt 1517
  6. Anthony HARLESTON Birth: Abt 1519
  7. Anne HARLESTON Birth: Abt 1521 Death: Before 8 Nov 1558
  8. Mary HARLESTON Birth: Abt 1523 Death: Abt 13 Jan 1572/3 in Kersey, Suffolk

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. Bindoff, S T, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1509-1558. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982. NYPL JFF 86-600. Available to borrow at https://archive.org/details/houseofcommons150001bind. Individual pages available at http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/research/members/members-1509-1558. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1509-1558 [A-Z].*].
  2. 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]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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
date:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172, Richardson MCA p414]
abt 1494 (age 5 in 1499) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230],
parents:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172, Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172, Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230],
place:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172, Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172, Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p231],
place:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172, Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p231]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret TEY
date:
abt 1510 [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172, Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230],
names:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p817, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p148],
child:
[Ref: Reed HARLESTON p173, Reed HARLESTON p174, Reed HARLESTON p175, Richardson MCA p414]
Sources with Information about marriage to Jane WYATT
date:
before 1544 [Ref: Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230]
Research Notes:
Knt, of Coggeshall, Essex [Ref: Richardson MCA p414, Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p148]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230]

4 Jun 1513: received livery of his mother's lands [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172]

Knight of the Body to King Henry VIII [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230]

1516: made a Knight of the Body by King Henry VIII [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172]

coheir of his grandmother Alice (Bruyn) Harleston, he held lands at Irby and elsewhere in co Lincoln [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p172]

1533: Knighted by King Henry VIII [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v3p230]

8 Jun 1533: knighted by King Henry VIII [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p173]

6 Apr 1538: appointed to the Commission of Sewers for Essex [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p173]

27 Dec 1539: one of the knights and squires appointed to receive Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of Henry VIII, when she landed at Deal [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p173]

will dated 23 Oct 1544, pro 20 May 1547 [Ref: Reed HARLESTON p173]



Pedigree of Sir Clement HARLESTON
                                     /-----Roger HARLESTON
                            /-----Ivo HARLESTON
                           |        |                  /-----Sir John WAUTON
                           |        |         /-----Sir John De WAUTON
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert ASPALL
                           |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth ASPALL
                           |        |        |                  \-----Alice De CRESSINGHAM
                           |         \-----Margaret De WAUTON
                           |                  \-----Margaret
                   /-----John HARLESTON
                  |         \-----Eleanor
          /-----Sir Robert HARLESTON
         |        |         /-----William CLOPTON
         |         \-----Alice CLOPTON
         |                  \-----Margery DRURY
 /-----John HARLESTON
|        |                                                      /-----William Le BRUYN
|        |                                             /-----Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
|        |                                            |         \-----Isolde
|        |                                    /-----Sir William Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
|        |                                   |        |         /-----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 John De HAUDLO
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De HAUDLO
|        |                 |                 |        |         \-----Joan FITZNEIL
|        |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth De HAUDLO
|        |                 |                          |         /-----John De St AMAND, Lord St Amand
|        |                 |                           \-----Isabel De St AMAND
|        |                 |                                    \-----Margaret Le DESPENSER
|        |         /-----Sir Henry BRUYN
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry RETFORD
|        |        |         \-----Elizabeth RETFORD
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Ralph PAYNELL
|        |        |                  \-----Katherine PAYNELL
|        |        |                           \-----Katherine
|         \-----Alice BRUYN
|                 |         /-----Sir Robert DARCY
|                  \-----Elizabeth DARCY
|                          |         /-----Henry FILONGLEY
|                           \-----Alice FILONGLEY
Sir Clement HARLESTON
|         /-----Thomas HIGHAM
 \-----Jane HIGHAM
         |         /-----William COTTON
          \-----Alice COTTON



Descendants of Sir Clement HARLESTON
1. Sir Clement HARLESTON m1. Margaret TEY m2. Jane WYATT
m. Margaret TEY father: William TEY mother: Elizabeth BASSET
m. Jane WYATT

2nd generation

2. Sir John HARLESTON m1. Mildred MUNDY m2. Mary FELTON
m. Mildred MUNDY father: Sir John MUNDY mother: Juliane BROWNE
m. Mary FELTON father: Thomas FELTON mother: Cecily SACKFORD
4. Clement HARLESTON m. Anne
m. Anne

3rd generation

16. Thomas HARLESTON m. Mary LYTTON
m. Mary LYTTON father: Rowland LYTTON mother: Margaret TATE

4th generation

22. John HARLESTON m1. Elizabeth HOO m2. Jane WENTWORTH
m. Elizabeth HOO father: Thomas HOO mother: Helen PERYENT
m. Jane WENTWORTH father: Philip WENTWORTH mother: Elizabeth CORBETT

5th generation

29. John HARLESTON m. Elizabeth (HARLESTON)
m. Elizabeth (HARLESTON)