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: Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
Sex: M
Birth: 19 Nov 1563 in Penshurst, Kent ^b
Baptism: 28 Nov 1563 in Penshurst, Kent ^c
Death: 13 Jul 1626 in Penshurst ^d
Burial: 16 Jul 1626 in Penshurst ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Henry SIDNEY, K.G. Death: Abt 1 May 1586

Mother:

Mary DUDLEY

Family:
Marriage:

Barbara GAMAGE on 23 Sep 1584 at St Donats, Glamorgan .^m1
Barbara GAMAGE Death: May 1621

Children:

Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester Birth: 1 Dec 1595 in Baynards Castle, London Death: 2 Nov 1677

Marriage:

Sarah BLOUNT on 25 Apr 1625 at Sutton at Hone, Kent .^m2
Sarah BLOUNT Death: 12 Mar 1655 in Sutton at Hone, Kent

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p553],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p553],
parents:: [Ref: CP VII p553]

Sources for baptism Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p553],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p553]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p554]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p554]

Sources with Information about marriage to Barbara GAMAGE

date:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
child:: [Ref: CP VII p554]

Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah BLOUNT

date:: [Ref: CP VII p554],
place:: [Ref: CP VII p554]

Research Notes:
1st Earl of Leicester, of Earldom cr 1618 [Ref: CP VII p553]

7 Oct 1586: knighted [Ref: CP VII p553]

2 Aug 1618: cr Earl of Leicester [Ref: CP VII p553]

Pedigree of Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
/-----Sir Henry SIDNEY, K.G.
Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester
|                                                               /-----Sir John III De SUTTON
|                                                      /-----John IV De SUTTON
|                                                     |         \-----Joan CLINTON
|                                             /-----John V De SUTTON
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Philip Le DESPENSER, Lord Despenser
|                                            |         \-----Alice Le DESPENSER
|                                            |                  \-----Elizabeth
|                                    /-----Sir John VI SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley
|                                   |        |                  /-----John Le BLOUNT
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir Walter Le BLOUNT
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Isoude MOUNTJOY
|                                   |         \-----Constance BLOUNT
|                                   |                 |         /-----Don Diego Gomez De Toledo, Lord Of Casarrubios
|                                   |                  \-----Sancha De AYALA
|                                   |                           \-----Inez Alfonso De AYALA
|                           /-----John DUDLEY
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Maurice De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                          |        |                  /-----Thomas De BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Eve ZOUCHE
|                          |        |         /-----Sir John De BERKELEY
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John De CLYVEDON
|                          |        |        |         \-----Katherine De CLYVEDON
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Emma
|                          |         \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir John BETTESHORNE
|                          |                  \-----Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
|                          |                          |         /-----John De CORMAILLES
|                          |                           \-----Goda
|                  /-----Edmund DUDLEY
|                 |        |                           /-----John BRAMSHOTT
|                 |        |                  /-----William BRAMSHOTT
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----John De L'ISLE
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De LISLE
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Joan De BOHUN
|                 |        |         /-----John BRAMSHOTT
|                 |        |        |         \-----Joan
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth BRAMSHOT
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir John PELHAM
|                 |                  \-----Katherine PELHAM
|                 |                           \-----Joan De COURCY
|         /-----John DUDLEY, K.G., Duke Of Northumberland
|        |        |                                             /-----Roger De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth De HASTINGS
|        |        |                           /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----John Le STRANGE, Lord Strange
|        |        |                          |         \-----Alinore LESTRANGE
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Ankaret BUTLER
|        |        |                  /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Thomas ASTLEY, Lord Astley
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir William ASTLEY, Lord Astley
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth De BEAUCHAMP
|        |        |                 |         \-----Joan ASTELEY
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John WILLOUGHBY, Lord Willoughby
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan WILLOUGHBY
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Cecily De UFFORD
|        |        |         /-----Sir Edward GREY, Viscount Lisle
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Henry De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----William De FERRERS, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan De POYNINGS
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry FERRERS
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger CLIFFORD, Lord Clifford
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Philippa De CLIFFORD
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Maud De BEAUCHAMP
|        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----John De MOWBRAY, Lord Mowbray
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth SEGRAVE, Baroness Segrave
|        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Richard FITZ ALAN, K.G., Earl Of Arundel and Su
|        |        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth De BOHUN
|        |         \-----Elizabeth GREY, Baroness Lisle
|        |                 |                                    /-----Gilbert TALBOT, Lord Talbot
|        |                 |                           /-----Richard TALBOT, Lord Talbot
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Petronilla BUTLER
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John TALBOT, K.G., Earl Of Shrewsbury
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir John Le STRANGE, Lord Strange
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Ankaret Le STRANGE
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Mary FITZ ALAN
|        |                 |         /-----John TALBOT, Vicount Lisle
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Thomas BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret De FERRERS
|        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUCHAMP
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Thomas BERKELEY, Lord Berkeley
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY, Countess Of Warwick
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Margaret De LISLE, Baroness Lisle
|        |                  \-----Elizabeth TALBOT, Baroness Lisle
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas CHEDDAR
|        |                           \-----Joan CHEDDAR
|        |                                   |         /-----Robert SCOBHULL
|        |                                    \-----Isabel SCOBHULL
\-----Mary DUDLEY
         |                                             /-----William GUILDFORD
         |                                    /-----Edward GUILDFORD
         |                                   |         \-----Joan De HALDEN
         |                           /-----Sir John GUILFORD
         |                          |         \-----Julian De PITTLESDEN
         |                  /-----Sir Richard GUILFORD, K.G.
         |                 |        |                  /-----John WALLER
         |                 |        |         /-----Richard WALLER
         |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret LANDSDALE
         |                 |         \-----Alice WALLER
         |                 |                  \-----Silvia GULBY
         |         /-----Sir Edward GUILFORD
         |        |        |         /-----John PIMPE
         |        |         \-----Anne PIMPE
          \-----Jane GUILFORD
                  |                                             /-----Sir Thomas WEST
                  |                                    /-----Sir Thomas WEST, Lord West
                  |                                   |         \-----Alice FITZ HERBERT
                  |                           /-----Sir Reynold WEST, Lord La Warre, Lord West
                  |                          |        |         /-----Roger La WARRE, Lord La Warre
                  |                          |         \-----Joan La WARRE
                  |                          |                  \-----Alinore MOWBRAY
                  |                  /-----Sir Richard WEST, Lord La Warre
                  |                 |        |         /-----Robert THORLEY
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret THORLEY
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Michael De La POLE, Earl Of Suffolk
                  |                 |                  \-----Anne De La POLE
                  |                 |                           \-----Katherine WINGFIELD
                  |         /-----Sir Thomas WEST, K.G., Lord La Warre, Lord West
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Walter HUNGERFORD, K.G., Lord Hungerford
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan HUSSEY
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert HUNGERFORD, Lord Hungerford
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PEVERELL
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Catherine PEVERELL
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret COURTENAY
                  |        |         \-----Katherine HUNGERFORD
                  |        |                 |                  /-----William BOTREAUX, Lord Botreaux
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir William BOTREAUX, Lord Botreaux
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth St LO
                  |        |                  \-----Margaret BOTREAUX, Baroness Botreaux
                  |        |                          |         /-----John BEAUMONT, K.G., Lord Beaumont
                  |        |                           \-----Elizabeth BEAUMONT
                  |        |                                    \-----Catherine EVERINGHAM
                   \-----Eleanor WEST
                           |                  /-----Sir John MORTIMER
                           |         /-----Sir Hugh MORTIMER
                            \-----Elizabeth MORTIMER
                                    |                           /-----Sir Geoffrey CORNWALL
                                    |                  /-----Richard CORNWALL
                                    |                 |         \-----Cecily
                                    |         /-----Sir Edmund CORNWALL
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir Roger SEYMOUR
                                    |        |         \-----Cecily SEYMOUR
                                    |        |                  \-----Cecily BEAUCHAMP
                                     \-----Eleanor CORNWALL
                                             |                  /-----Sir Thomas De BARRE
                                             |         /-----Sir Thomas De BARRE
                                             |        |         \-----Elizabeth CROZIER
                                              \-----Elizabeth BARRE
                                                      |         /-----Richard TALBOT, Lord Talbot
                                                       \-----Alice TALBOT
                                                                \-----Ankaret Le STRANGE

Descendants of Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester

1. Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester m1. Barbara GAMAGE m2. Sarah BLOUNT

m. Barbara GAMAGE father: John GAMAGE

2+ Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester m. Dorothy PERCY

m. Sarah BLOUNT father: William BLOUNT mother: Anne BYMAND

2nd generation

2. Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester m. Dorothy PERCY

m. Dorothy PERCY father: Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland mother: Dorothy DEVEREUX

3+ Lucy SYDNEY m. Sir John PELHAM

4+ Dorothy SIDNEY m1. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland m2. Robert SMYTHE

3rd generation

3. Lucy SYDNEY m. Sir John PELHAM

m. Sir John PELHAM father: Sir Thomas PELHAM mother: Mary WILBRAHAM

5+ Thomas PELHAM, Lord Pelham of Laughton m1. Elizabeth JONES m2. Grace HOLLES

6+ Henry PELHAM m.

7+ Elizabeth PELHAM m. Edward MONTAGU

4. Dorothy SIDNEY m1. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland m2. Robert SMYTHE

m. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland father: William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton mother: Penelope WROTTESLEY

8+ Dorothy SPENCER m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax

9 Penelope SPENCER

10+ Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m. Anne DIGBY

m. Robert SMYTHE

4th generation

5. Thomas PELHAM, Lord Pelham of Laughton m1. Elizabeth JONES m2. Grace HOLLES

m. Elizabeth JONES father: Sir William JONES mother: Elizabeth ALLEYNE

11+ Elizabeth PELHAM m. Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend

m. Grace HOLLES father: Gilbert HOLLES, Earl of Clare mother: Grace PIERREPONT

12 Thomas PELHAM, Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne m. Henrietta GODOLPHIN

6. Henry PELHAM m.

13+ Thomas PELHAM m. Annetta BRIDGES

7. Elizabeth PELHAM m. Edward MONTAGU

m. Edward MONTAGU father: George MONTAGU mother: Elizabeth IRBY

14+ Grace MONTAGU m. William COSBY

15+ George MONTAGU, Earl Of Halifax m1. Ricarda Posthuma SALTONSTALL m2. Mary LUMLEY

8. Dorothy SPENCER m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax

m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax father: Sir William SAVILLE mother: Anne COVENTRY

16 George SAVILLE

17 Henry SAVILLE

18+ William SAVILE, Marquess of Halifax m1. Elizabeth GRIMSTON m2. Mary FINCH

10. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m. Anne DIGBY

m. Anne DIGBY father: George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol mother: Anne RUSSELL

19 Robert SPENCER

20+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE

21 Henry SPENCER

22 Anne SPENCER m. James HAMMILTON, Duke of Hamilton

23 Elizabeth SPENCER m. Donnagh MACCARTY, Earl of Clancarty

24 Isabella SPENCER

25 Mary SPENCER

5th generation

11. Elizabeth PELHAM m. Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend

m. Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend father: Horatio TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend mother: Mary ASHE

26+ Charles TOWNSHEND, Viscount Townshend m. Audrey HARRISON

13. Thomas PELHAM m. Annetta BRIDGES

m. Annetta BRIDGES father: Thomas BRIDGES

27+ Thomas PELHAM, Earl of Chichester m. Anne FRANKLAND

14. Grace MONTAGU m. William COSBY

m. William COSBY father: Alexander COSBY mother: Elizabeth L'ESTRANGE

28+ Elizabeth COSBY m. Augustus FITZROY

15. George MONTAGU, Earl Of Halifax m1. Ricarda Posthuma SALTONSTALL m2. Mary LUMLEY

m. Ricarda Posthuma SALTONSTALL father: Richard SALTONSTALL mother: Silence PARKER

29+ Lucy MONTAGUE m. Francis NORTH, Earl of Guilford

m. Mary LUMLEY father: Richard LUMLEY, Earl Of Scarbrough mother: Frances JONES

30 Mary MONTAGU m. Sir Danvers OSBORNE

18. William SAVILE, Marquess of Halifax m1. Elizabeth GRIMSTON m2. Mary FINCH

m. Elizabeth GRIMSTON father: Sir Samuel GRIMSTON mother: Elizabeth FINCH

31 George SAVILLE

32 Lucy Anne SAVILLE

33 Anne SAVILLE

m. Mary FINCH father: Daniel FINCH, Earl of Winchilsea mother: Essex RICH

34 George SAVILLE

35 Essex SAVILLE

36 William SAVILLE

37+ Dorothy SAVILE m. Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington

38 Mary SAVILLE

20. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m1. Arabel CAVENDISH m2. Anne CHURCHILL m3. Judith TICHBORNE

m. Arabel CAVENDISH father: Henry CAVENDISH, Duke of Newcastle mother: Frances PIERREPONT

39 Frances SPENCER m. Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle; Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle father: Charles HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Anne CAPELL

m. Anne CHURCHILL father: John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough mother: Sarah JENNINGS

40 Anne SPENCER m. William BATEMAN

41 Diana SPENCER m. John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford; John RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford father: Wriothesley RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford mother: Elizabeth HOWLAND

42 Robert SPENCER

43 Robert SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland

44+ Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR

45+ John SPENCER m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET

m. Judith TICHBORNE father: Benjamin TICHBORNE mother: Elizabeth GIBBS