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 William STAPLETON
Sex: M
Birth: Abt 1432 ^b
Death: 16 Dec 1504 ^d
Burial: Wighill, Yorkshire ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir John STAPLETON Birth: Abt 1399 Death: Abt 21 Feb 1454/5

Mother:

Margaret NORTON Death: 7 Jan 1465/6

Family:
Marriage:

Margaret PICKERING on Before 21 Feb 1454/5 .^m1
Margaret PICKERING Death: Before 1472

Children:

Henry STAPLETON
Sir Brian STAPLETON Birth: Abt 1458 Death: 16 Sep 1518
John STAPLETON

Marriage:

Joan TUNSTALL on Before 1472 .^m2
Joan TUNSTALL Death: Abt 24 Feb 1507/8

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 v4p[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 v5p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: abt 1432 (age 23 in 1455) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p210, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]; abt 1432 [Ref: Richardson MCA p841, Richardson PA p683],
parents:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p841, Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p210, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]; 16 Dec 1503 [Ref: Richardson MCA p841, Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p211]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p841, Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]

Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret PICKERING

date:: before 21 Feb 1454/5 [Ref: Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p210]; first marriage of William [Ref: Richardson MCA p776],
child:: [Ref: Richardson MCA p776, Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p210]

Sources with Information about marriage to Joan TUNSTALL

date:: before 1472 [Ref: Richardson MCA p841, Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p211, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]

Research Notes:
Knt, of Wighill, Yorkshire [Ref: Richardson MCA p776, Richardson MCA p841, Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p210, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson PA p683, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p210, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]

1455: legatee in will of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p210]

1466: legatee and executrix of will of his mother [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p211]

1504: legatee in will of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]

will dated 14 Dec 1503, died 16 Dec 1504, will pro 19 Dec 1504 [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p219]

Pedigree of Sir William STAPLETON
                                                                /-----Geoffrey De STAPLETON
                                                       /-----Roger De STAPLETON
                                              /-----Nicholas De STAPLETON
                                             |        |         /-----Robert De WATH
                                             |         \-----Juliana De WATH
                                     /-----Sir Miles De STAPLETON, Lord Stapleton
                                    |        |                  /-----Miles BASSET
                                    |        |         /-----Miles BASSET
                                    |         \-----Margery BASSET
                                    |                  \-----Agnes De LASCELLES
                            /-----Sir Gilbert De STAPLETON
                           |        |         /-----Sir John De BELEWE
                           |         \-----Isabel De BELEWE
                           |                 |                  /-----Peter I De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
                           |                 |         /-----Peter II De BRUS, Baron Of Skelton
                           |                 |        |         \-----Joan De Chester
                           |                  \-----Ladereyne De BRUS
                           |                          |         /-----Gilbert FITZROGER FITZREINFRID, Lord Of Kendal
                           |                           \-----Hawise De LANCASTER
                           |                                    \-----Helwise De LANCASTER, Baroness Of Kendal
                   /-----Sir Brian De STAPLETON, K.G.
                  |        |                                    /-----Alan FITZ BRIAN
                  |        |                           /-----Brian FITZ ALAN
                  |        |                          |         \-----Agnes HAGET
                  |        |                  /-----Sir Alan FITZ BRIAN
                  |        |                 |        |         /-----Gilbert HANSARD
                  |        |                 |         \-----Alice HANSARD
                  |        |         /-----Sir Brian FITZ ALAN, Lord Fitz Alan
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Henry FITZ HERVEY, Lord Of Ravensworth
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Randolf FITZ HENRY
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice GREYSTOKE
                  |        |        |         \-----Agnes FITZHENRY
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Adam De STAVELY
                  |        |        |                  \-----Alice STAVELE
                  |        |        |                           \-----Alice De PERCY
                  |         \-----Agnes FITZALAN
                  |                  \-----Maud
          /-----Sir Miles STAPLETON
         |        |                                             /-----Hugh De St PHILIBERT
         |        |                                    /-----Hugh De St PHILIBERT
         |        |                           /-----Hugh De St PHILIBERT
         |        |                  /-----Sir Hugh De St PHILIBERT
         |        |         /-----Sir John De St PHILIBERT
         |        |        |        |         /-----Bennet De BLAKENHAM
         |        |        |         \-----Alice De BLAKENHAM
         |        |        |                 |         /-----William De HASTINGS
         |        |        |                  \-----Joan De HASTINGS
         |        |        |                           \-----Isabel
         |         \-----Alice De St PHILBERT
         |                 |                           /-----Guy I BOTETOURT
         |                 |                  /-----Sir Guy II BOTETOURT
         |                 |         /-----John De BOTETOURTE, Lord Botetourte
         |                 |        |         \-----Ada
         |                  \-----Ada De BOTETOURTE
         |                          |                           /-----William FITZ OTTO
         |                          |                  /-----Otto FITZ WILLIAM
         |                          |                 |         \-----Matilda De DIVA
         |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas FITZ OTES
         |                           \-----Maud FITZ THOMAS
         |                                   |                  /-----Simon De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bedford
         |                                   |         /-----William De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bedford
         |                                   |        |         \-----Isabella
         |                                    \-----Beatrice De BEAUCHAMP
         |                                            |         /-----William LONGESPEE, Earl of Salisbury
         |                                             \-----Ida LONGSPEE
         |                                                      \-----Ela Of Salisbury
/-----Sir John STAPLETON
|        |                                    /-----Walter De USFLETE
|        |                           /-----John De USFLETE
|        |                  /-----Sir Gerard De USFLETE
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Gerard De FURNIVAL
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Gerard De FURNIVAL
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Maud De LUVETOT
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Gerard De FURNIVAL
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Wischard LEDET
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Christiana LEDET
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Margaret FOLIOT
|        |                 |         \-----Lorette De FURNIVAL
|        |                 |                  \-----Isabel
|        |         /-----Sir Gerard De USFLETE
|        |        |         \-----Ada
|         \-----Joan De USFLETE
|                 |                                             /-----Richard De THORNHILL
|                 |                                    /-----Sir John De THORNHILL
|                 |                                   |         \-----Alice
|                 |                           /-----Richard De THORNHILL
|                 |                          |        |         /-----William De La MARE
|                 |                          |         \-----Olivia De La MARE
|                 |                          |                  \-----Mabel MALHERBE
|                 |                  /-----Sir John De THORNHILL
|                 |                 |         \-----Margaret
|                 |         /-----Sir Brian De THORNHILL
|                 |        |         \-----Beatrice TALBONER
|                  \-----Margaret De THORNHILL
|                          |                                    /-----William FITZ WILLIAM
|                          |                           /-----Sir Thomas FITZ WILLIAM, Lord Of Emley And Sprotbro
|                          |                          |         \-----Adela/Ela De WARENNE
|                          |                  /-----Sir William FITZ THOMAS
|                          |                 |        |         /-----Roger II BERTRAM, Baron Of Mitford
|                          |                 |         \-----Agnes BERTRAM
|                          |                 |                  \-----Agnes
|                          |         /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley And Sprotbrou
|                          |        |        |                  /-----Henry De GREY
|                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard De GREY
|                          |        |        |        |         \-----Iseude De BARDOLF
|                          |        |         \-----Agnes GREY
|                          |        |                 |         /-----John De HUMEZ
|                          |        |                  \-----Lucy De HUMEZ
|                           \-----Joan FITZWILLIAM
|                                   |                           /-----Oliver DEINCOURT, Baron Of Blankney
|                                   |                  /-----Sir John DEINCOURT, Baron Of Blankney
|                                   |                 |         \-----Nichola De La HAY, Lady Of Munden
|                                   |         /-----Sir Edmund DEINCOURT, Lord Deincourt
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Geoffrey FITZ ROBERT De NEVILL
|                                   |        |         \-----Agnes De NEVILLE
|                                   |        |                  \-----Joan
|                                    \-----Isabel DEINCOURT
|                                            |                  /-----Sir Reynold De MOHUN, Baron Of Dunster
|                                            |         /-----Sir Reynold De MOHUN, Baron Of Dunster
|                                            |        |         \-----Alice De BRIWERE
|                                             \-----Isabel De MOHUN
|                                                     |         /-----Geoffrey FITZ PIERS, Earl Of Essex
|                                                      \-----Hawise FITZ GEOFFREY
|                                                               \-----Aveline De CLARE
Sir William STAPLETON
|         /-----Sir Richard NORTON
\-----Margaret NORTON
         |         /-----Sir John TEMPEST
          \-----Elizabeth TEMPEST

Descendants of Sir William STAPLETON

1. Sir William STAPLETON m1. Margaret PICKERING m2. Joan TUNSTALL

m. Margaret PICKERING father: Sir James PICKERING

2 Henry STAPLETON

3+ Sir Brian STAPLETON m. Jane THRELKELD

4 John STAPLETON

m. Joan TUNSTALL father: Sir Thomas TUNSTALL mother: Alianore FITZHUGH

2nd generation

3. Sir Brian STAPLETON m. Jane THRELKELD

m. Jane THRELKELD father: Sir Lancelot THRELKELD mother: Margaret BROMFLETE

5 Brian STAPLETON

6 Lancelot STAPLETON

7 Miles STAPLETON

8 William STAPLETON

9 Elizabeth STAPLETON m. Edward SALTMARSHE

10 Jane STAPLETON m. Robert CONYERS

11+ Eleanor STAPLETON m. Thomas WHARTON, Lord Wharton

12 Margaret STAPLETON m. John COPLEY

13+ Christopher STAPLETON m1. Alice ASKE m2. Elizabeth NEVILLE

3rd generation

11. Eleanor STAPLETON m. Thomas WHARTON, Lord Wharton

m. Thomas WHARTON, Lord Wharton father: Thomas WHARTON mother: Agnes WARCOP

14+ Thomas WHARTON, Lord Wharton m. Anne RADCLIFFE

13. Christopher STAPLETON m1. Alice ASKE m2. Elizabeth NEVILLE

m. Alice ASKE father: William ASKE mother: Felice STRANGEWAYS

15+ Sir Robert STAPLETON m. Elizabeth MALLORY

16 Brian STAPLETON

17 William STAPLETON

18 Isabel STAPLETON m. John LAMPLUGH

19 Anne STAPLETON m. John IRTON

20 Joan STAPLETON m. Henry HAMERTON

21 Margaret STAPLETON

22 Alice STAPLETON

m. Elizabeth NEVILLE father: Sir John NEVILLE

4th generation

14. Thomas WHARTON, Lord Wharton m. Anne RADCLIFFE

m. Anne RADCLIFFE father: Robert RADCLIFF, K.G., Earl of Sussex mother: Margaret STANLEY

23+ Philip WHARTON, Lord Wharton m1. Frances CLIFFORD m2. Dorothy COLBY

15. Sir Robert STAPLETON m. Elizabeth MALLORY

m. Elizabeth MALLORY father: Sir William MALLORY mother: Jane NORTON

24 Elizabeth STAPLETON m. Brian HAMMOND

25 Bridget STAPLETON m. John NORTON

26+ Sir Robert STAPLETON m1. Katherine CONSTABLE m2. Olive SHARINGTON

5th generation

23. Philip WHARTON, Lord Wharton m1. Frances CLIFFORD m2. Dorothy COLBY

m. Frances CLIFFORD father: Henry CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland mother: Anne DACRE

27+ Frances WHARTON m. Sir Richard MUSGRAVE

28 Margaret WHARTON m. Edward WOTTON, Lord Wotton; Edward WOTTON, Lord Wotton father: Thomas WOTTON mother: Elizabeth RUDSTON

29+ Thomas WHARTON m. Philadelphia CAREY

m. Dorothy COLBY father: Thomas COLBY mother: Elizabeth GILBERT

26. Sir Robert STAPLETON m1. Katherine CONSTABLE m2. Olive SHARINGTON

m. Katherine CONSTABLE father: Sir Marmaduke CONSTABLE mother: Jane CONYERS

30+ Jane STAPLETON m. Christopher WYVILL

31 Henry STAPLETON

32 Dorothy STAPLETON

33+ Philip STAPLETON m. Dorothy HILL

m. Olive SHARINGTON father: Sir Henry SHARINGTON mother: Ann PAGET

34 Brian STAPLETON

35 Robert STAPLETON

36 Edward STAPLETON

37 William STAPLETON

38 Olive STAPLETON m. Sir Robert DINELY

39 Ursula STAPLETON m. Sir Robert BAYNARD

40 Mary STAPLETON

41 Grace STAPLETON