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. Robert SPENCER
  2. William SPENCER
  3. Thomas SPENCER
  4. John SPENCER
  5. Elizabeth SPENCER
  6. Mary SPENCER
  7. Anne SPENCER
  8. Rachael SPENCER
  9. Margaret SPENCER Birth: 6 Death: 1693
  10. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland Birth: Althorp Death: 20 Sep 1643 in Newbury
  11. Katherine SPENCER
  12. Alice SPENCER Death: Before 1712
  13. Richard SPENCER

Bibliography
  1. 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].*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 04 Dacre-Dysart. London: St Catherine Press, 1916. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 4 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo04byucoka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IV [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 11, Ridley-Sinclair. London: St Catherine Press, 1949. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/27141 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XI [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 12-1, Skelmersdale-Towton. London: St Catherine Press, 1953. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP XII/1 [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. 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]*].
  6. Foss, Edward, Biographia Juridica, Biographical Dictionary of the Judges of England, London: John Murray, 1870. Available at https://books.google.com/books?id=O0oBAAAAQAAJ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Foss Judges p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p160]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p161, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p161],
place:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p161]
Sources with Information about marriage to Penelope WROTTESLEY
date:
[Ref: CP XII/1 p161],
child:
[Ref: CP IV p463, CP XI p646, CP XII/1 p161, CP XII/1 p482, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]
Research Notes:
2nd Lord Spencer of Wormleighton, of Barony cr 1603 [Ref: CP XII/1 p160]
2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton [Ref: CP II p99]
Lord Spencer of Wormleighton [Ref: Foss Judges p189]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XII/1 p160]

K.B. [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p107]



Pedigree of William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
                                     /-----Sir John SPENCER
                            /-----Sir William SPENCER
                           |        |         /-----Walter GRAUNT
                           |         \-----Isabel GRAUNT
                   /-----Sir John SPENCER
                  |        |                  /-----Richard KNIGHTLY
                  |        |         /-----Sir Richard KNIGHTLY
                  |        |        |        |                  /-----Thomas De THROCKMORTON
                  |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John THROCKMORTON
                  |        |        |        |        |         \-----Agnes De BESFORD
                  |        |        |         \-----Eleanor THROCKMORTON
                  |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Guy SPINNEY
                  |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor SPINNEY
                  |        |        |                           \-----Katherine
                  |         \-----Susan KNIGHTLEY
                  |                  \-----Joan SKENARD
          /-----Sir John SPENCER
         |        |         /-----Sir Thomas KITSON
         |         \-----Katherine KITSON
 /-----Robert SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
|        |         /-----Sir Robert CATELIN
|         \-----Mary CATELIN
William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
|         /-----Sir Francis WILLOUGHBY
 \-----Margaret WILLOUGHBY
         |         /-----Sir John LYTTELTON
          \-----Elizabeth LYTTELTON



Descendants of William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton
1. William SPENCER, Lord Spencer of Wormleighton m. Penelope WROTTESLEY
m. Penelope WROTTESLEY father: Henry WROTTESLEY, Earl of Southampton mother: Elizabeth VERNON

2nd generation

11. Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland m. Dorothy SIDNEY
m. Dorothy SIDNEY father: Robert SIDNEY, Earl of Leicester mother: Dorothy PERCY
13. Alice SPENCER m. Henry MOORE, Earl of Drogheda
m. Henry MOORE, Earl of Drogheda father: Charles MOORE, Viscount Drogheda mother: Alice LOFTUS

3rd generation

15. Dorothy SPENCER m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax
m. George SAVILLE, Marquess of Halifax father: Sir William SAVILLE mother: Anne COVENTRY
17. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland m. Anne DIGBY
m. Anne DIGBY father: George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol mother: Anne RUSSELL
18. Mary MOORE m1. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie m2. John KERR, Lord Bellenden
m. William RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie father: George RAMSAY, Earl of Dalhousie mother: Anne FLEMING
m. John KERR, Lord Bellenden father: William DRUMMOND-KER, Earl of Roxburghe mother: Jean KER

4th generation

21. William SAVILE, Marquess of Halifax m1. Elizabeth GRIMSTON m2. Mary FINCH
m. Elizabeth GRIMSTON father: Sir Samuel GRIMSTON mother: Elizabeth FINCH
m. Mary FINCH father: Daniel FINCH, Earl of Winchilsea mother: Essex RICH
23. 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
m. Anne CHURCHILL father: John CHURCHILL, Duke Of Marlborough mother: Sarah JENNINGS
m. Judith TICHBORNE father: Benjamin TICHBORNE mother: Elizabeth GIBBS
31. Mary KERR m. John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll
m. John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll father: John CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth ELPHINSTONE

5th generation

38. Dorothy SAVILE m. Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington
m. Richard BOYLE, Earl of Burlington father: Charles BOYLE, Earl of Burlington mother: Juliana NOEL
45. Charles SPENCER, K.G., Duke of Marlborough m. Elizabeth TREVOR
m. Elizabeth TREVOR father: Thomas TREVOR, Lord Trevor mother: Elizabeth BURRELL
46. John SPENCER m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET
m. Georgiana Caroline CARTERET father: John CARTERET, Earl Granville mother: Frances WORSLEY
48. John CAMPBELL, Duke Of Argyll m. Elizabeth GUNNING
m. Elizabeth GUNNING father: John GUNNING mother: Bridget BOURKE