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


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford Birth: 1527 Death: 28 Jul 1585 in Russell House, Strand, Middlesex

Bibliography
  1. Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]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 v4p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1485 [Ref: CP II p74],
place:
[Ref: CP II p74, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193],
parents:
[Ref: CP II p74, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxxviii, CP II p75, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p529],
place:
[Ref: CP II p75]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: CP II p75, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p529]
Sources with Information about marriage to Anne SAPCOTE
date:
second marriage of Agnes [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p529]
spring of 1526 [Ref: CP II p75],
child:
[Ref: CP II p75, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p529, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]
Research Notes:
1st Earl of Bedford, of Earldom cr 1549/50 [Ref: CP II p73]
1st Earl of Bedford [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v2p529, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Knt, of Berwick, Dorset, Woburn, Bedfordshire, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, Acton, Midlesex, etc, and in right of his wife, of Chenies, Buckinghamshire, Thornaugh, Northamptonshire, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Gentleman of the Privy Council to Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Marshal of the Marshalsea [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Comptroller of the Household [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Lord High Admiral [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Lord Privy Seal [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

High steward of University of Oxford [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

24 Apr 1539: elected K.G.#302, installed 18 May 1539, succeeded Thomas Boleyn earl of Wiltshire [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxxiv]

K.G. [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]



Pedigree of John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
                   /-----John RUSSELL
          /-----Sir John RUSSELL
         |        |         /-----John HERING
         |         \-----Elizabeth HERING
 /-----James RUSSELL
|        |         /-----John FROXMERE
|         \-----Elizabeth FROXMERE
John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|         /-----John WYSE
 \-----Alice WYSE



Descendants of John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
1. John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford m. Anne SAPCOTE
m. Anne SAPCOTE father: Sir Guy SAPCOTE mother: Margaret WOLSTON

2nd generation

2. Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford m1. Margaret St JOHN m2. Bridget HUSSEY
m. Margaret St JOHN father: Sir John St JOHN mother: Margaret WALDEGRAVE
m. Bridget HUSSEY father: Sir John HUSSEY, Lord Hussey mother: Anne GREY

3rd generation

4. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Elizabeth COOKE
m. Elizabeth COOKE father: Sir Anthony COOKE mother: Anne FITZWILLIAM
6. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh m. Elizabeth LONG
m. Elizabeth LONG father: Henry LONG mother: Dorothy CLARKE
7. Elizabeth RUSSELL m. William BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath
m. William BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath father: John BOURCHIER, Lord Fitz Warin mother: Frances KITSON
8. Margaret RUSSELL m. George CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland
m. George CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland father: Henry CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland mother: Anne DACRE

4th generation

10. Anne RUSSELL m. Sir Henry SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester
m. Sir Henry SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester father: Edward SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS
13. Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford m. Catharine BRYDGES
m. Catharine BRYDGES father: Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley mother: Frances CLINTON
16. Edward BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath m1. Dorothy St JOHN m2. Anne LOVET
m. Dorothy St JOHN father: Oliver St JOHN, Lord St John of Bletso mother: Dorothy REDE
m. Anne LOVET father: Sir Robert LOVET mother: Anne SAUNDERS
17. Anne CLIFFORD m1. Richard SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset m2. Philip HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke
m. Richard SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset father: Robert SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset mother: Margaret HOWARD
m. Philip HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke father: Henry HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke mother: Mary SIDNEY

5th generation

18. Edward SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester m1. Elizabeth DORMER m2. Margaret O'BRIEN
m. Elizabeth DORMER father: Sir William DORMER mother: Alice MOLYNEUX
m. Margaret O'BRIEN father: Henry O'BRIEN, Earl Of Thomond mother: Mary BRERETON
19. Sir John SOMERSET m. Mary ARUNDELL
m. Mary ARUNDELL father: Sir Thomas ARUNDELL, Lord Arundell Of Wardour mother: Anne PHILIPSON
31. Anne RUSSELL m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol
m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol father: John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol mother: Beatrice WALCOTT
32. Catharine RUSSELL m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou
m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou father: Fulke GREVILLE mother: Margaret COPLEY
34. Diana RUSSELL m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford
m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford father: Richard NEWPORT, Lord Newport mother: Rachael LEVESON
35. William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR
m. Anne CARR father: Sir Robert KER, Earl of Somerset mother: Frances HOWARD
37. Anne BOURCHIER m. James CRANFIELD, Earl of Middlesex
m. James CRANFIELD, Earl of Middlesex
38. Margaret SACKVILLE m. John TUFTON, Earl of Thanet
m. John TUFTON, Earl of Thanet father: Nicholas TUFTON, Earl of Thanet mother: Frances CECIL