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: William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury
Sex: M
Birth: 28 Mar 1591 in Westminster ^b
Death: 3 Dec 1668 ^d
Burial: 5 Dec 1668 in Hatfield, Herts ^u

Parents:

Father:
Robert CECIL, Earl of Salisbury Birth: 1 Jun 1563 in Westminster Death: 24 May 1612 in St Margaret's Priory, Marlborough

Mother:

Elizabeth BROOKE Birth: 1 Jan 1562/3 Death: 24 Jan 1596/7 in Strand

Family:
Marriage:

Catherine HOWARD on 1 Dec 1608 .^m1
Catherine HOWARD

Children:

Anne CECIL Death: 6 Dec 1637 in Dorset House, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street
Elizabeth CECIL Birth: Abt 1619 Death: 19 Nov 1689
Charles CECIL, Viscount Cranborne Death: Dec 1660

Bibliography

Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Baronetage, 1611-1800, vol 3 English Irish and Scottish 1649-1664. Exeter, England: W Pollard, 1903. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/268971 Also available at https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta03coka Also available at https://archive.org/details/cu31924092524390 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CB III [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 05 E-Goojerat. London: St Catherine Press, 1926. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP V [Ap][p0-9].*].
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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p404],
place:: [Ref: CP XI p404],
parents:: [Ref: CP XI p404]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p406]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP XI p406],
place:: [Ref: CP XI p406]

Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine HOWARD

date:: [Ref: CP XI p406],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p341, CP IX p738, CP XI p406]

Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Salisbury, of Earldom cr 1605 [Ref: CP XI p404]
2nd Earl of Salisbury [Ref: CP IV p341]

heir of his father [Ref: CP XI p404]

Pedigree of William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury
                   /-----Richard CECIL
          /-----William CECIL, Lord Burghley
         |        |         /-----William HECKINGTON
         |         \-----Jane HECKINGTON
/-----Robert CECIL, Earl of Salisbury
|        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas COOKE
|        |                           /-----Sir Philip COOKE
|        |                          |        |         /-----Philip MALPAS
|        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MALPAS
|        |                  /-----John COOKE
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Robert BELKNAP
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Hamon BELKNAP
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Juliane DARSET
|        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry BELKNAP
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas De BOTILLER, Lord Sudeley
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan De BOTILLER
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Alice De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BELKNAP
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Richard KNOLLYS
|        |                 |                  \-----Margaret KNOLLYS
|        |                 |                          |         /-----William D'OYLEY
|        |                 |                           \-----Margaret D'OYLEY
|        |         /-----Sir Anthony COOKE
|        |        |        |         /-----William SAUNDERS
|        |        |         \-----Alice SAUNDERS
|        |        |                 |         /-----John SPENCER
|        |        |                  \-----Jane SPENCER
|         \-----Mildred COOKE
|                 |                                             /-----Sir John FITZ WILLIAM
|                 |                                    /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley
|                 |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth CLINTON
|                 |                           /-----Sir John FITZWILLIAM, Lord Of Emley
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Ralph CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell
|                 |                          |         \-----Maude De CROMWELL
|                 |                          |                  \-----Maud BERNAKE
|                 |                  /-----John FITZWILLIAM
|                 |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Henry GREENE
|                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry GREENE
|                 |                 |        |        |         \-----Katherine De DRAYTON
|                 |                 |         \-----Eleanor GREENE
|                 |                 |                 |         /-----Thomas MAUDIT
|                 |                 |                  \-----Maud MAUDIT
|                 |         /-----Sir William FITZWILLIAM
|                 |        |        |                  /-----John VILLIERS
|                 |        |        |         /-----William VILLIERS
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----William MERLING
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Joan MERLING
|                 |        |         \-----Eleanor VILLIERS
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Sir James BELERS
|                 |        |                 |         /-----John BELERS
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret BERNAKE
|                 |        |                  \-----Joan BELERS
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Anthony SUTTON
|                 |        |                           \-----Elizabeth SUTTON
|                  \-----Anne FITZWILLIAM
|                          |         /-----Sir John HAWES
|                           \-----Anne HAWES
William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury
|                                                               /-----Sir Thomas BROOKE
|                                                      /-----Sir Thomas BROOKE
|                                                     |         \-----Joan De HANHAM
|                                             /-----Edward BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|                                            |        |         /-----Sir Reynold BRAYBROKE
|                                            |         \-----Joan BRAYBROKE, Baroness Cobham
|                                            |                  \-----Joan De La POLE, Baroness Cobham
|                                    /-----John BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|                                   |        |                  /-----Sir John TUCHET, Lord Audley
|                                   |        |         /-----James TUCHET, Lord Audley
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth TUCHET
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir William De ROS, K.G., Lord Ros Of Helmsley
|                                   |                  \-----Margaret De ROS
|                                   |                           \-----Margaret FITZ ALAN
|                           /-----Thomas BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|                          |        |                           /-----John De NEVILL, K.G. Lord Neville Of Raby
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Maud PERCY
|                          |        |         /-----Edward NEVILLE, Lord Abergavenny
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----John Of Gaunt K.G., Duke of Lancaster
|                          |        |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Katharine Of Hainault
|                          |         \-----Margaret NEVILL
|                          |                 |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Alice TENDRING
|                          |                  \-----Katherine HOWARD
|                          |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
|                          |                           \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
|                          |                                    \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
|                  /-----George BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|                 |        |                  /-----John HEYDON
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry HEYDON
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Edward WINTER
|                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor WINTER
|                 |         \-----Dorothy HEYDON
|                 |                 |                  /-----Geoffrey BOLEYN
|                 |                 |         /-----Sir Geoffrey BOLEYN, Lord Mayor Of London
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir John BRACTON
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Anne BRACTON
|                 |                  \-----Anne BOLEYN
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Thomas HOO
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Thomas HOO, K.G., Lord Hoo
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Eleanor De FELTON
|                 |                           \-----Anne HOO
|                 |                                   |         /-----Nicholas WYCHINGHAM
|                 |                                    \-----Elizabeth WYCHINGHAM
|                 |                                             \-----Joan De ANTINGHAM
|         /-----William BROOKE, Lord Cobham
|        |        |                           /-----(Unk) BRAY
|        |        |                  /-----John BRAY
|        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund BRAY, Lord Braye
|        |         \-----Anne BRAY
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir John HALLYWELL
|        |                 |         /-----Richard HALLYWELL
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----William Le MOYNE
|        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel MOYNE
|        |                  \-----Jane HALLYWELL
|        |                          |                           /-----John NORBURY
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir Henry NORBURY
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Elizabeth De BOTILLER
|        |                          |         /-----Sir John NORBURY
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----William CROZIER
|        |                          |        |         \-----Anne CROZIER
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Edith
|        |                           \-----Jane NORBURY
|        |                                   |         /-----Otes GILBERT
|        |                                    \-----Joan GILBERT
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Robert HILL
|        |                                             \-----Elizabeth HILL
\-----Elizabeth BROOKE
         |         /-----Sir John NEWTON
          \-----Frances NEWTON
                  |                                             /-----Robert POYNTZ
                  |                                    /-----Nicholas POYNTZ
                  |                                   |         \-----Katherine FITZ NICHOL
                  |                           /-----John POYNTZ
                  |                          |        |         /-----Sir Edward MILL
                  |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MILL
                  |                          |                  \-----Juliana Le ROUS
                  |                  /-----Sir Robert POYNTZ
                  |                 |        |         /-----John COOKES
                  |                 |         \-----Alice COOKES
                  |         /-----Sir Anthony POYNTZ
                  |        |        |                           /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
                  |        |        |         /-----Sir Anthony WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Margaret Of Andria
                  |        |         \-----Margaret WYDEVILLE
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William STRADLING
                  |        |                 |         /-----William STRADLING
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Isabel St BARBE
                  |        |                  \-----Gwenlian STRADLING
                  |        |                          |         /-----John GWYN
                  |        |                           \-----Agnes GWYN
                   \-----Margaret POYNTZ
                           |                  /-----William HUDDLESIELD
                           |         /-----Sir William HUDDLESIELD
                           |        |        |         /-----John GOLD
                           |        |         \-----Alice GOLD
                            \-----Elizabeth HUDDLESIELD
                                    |                           /-----Sir Philip COURTENAY
                                    |                  /-----Sir John COURTENAY
                                    |                 |         \-----Anne WAKE
                                    |         /-----Sir Philip COURTENAY
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard CHAMPERNOUN
                                    |        |         \-----Joan CHAMPERNOUN
                                    |        |                  \-----Alice De ASTLEY
                                     \-----Katherine COURTENAY
                                             |                  /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
                                             |         /-----Sir Walter HUNGERFORD, K.G., Lord Hungerford
                                             |        |         \-----Joan HUSSEY
                                              \-----Elizabeth HUNGERFORD
                                                      |         /-----Sir Thomas PEVERELL
                                                       \-----Catherine PEVERELL
                                                                \-----Margaret COURTENAY

Descendants of William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury

1. William CECIL, Earl of Salisbury m. Catherine HOWARD

m. Catherine HOWARD father: Thomas HOWARD, Earl Of Suffolk mother: Catherine KNEVET

2+ Anne CECIL m. Algernon PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland

3+ Elizabeth CECIL m. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire

4+ Charles CECIL, Viscount Cranborne m. Diana MAXWELL

2nd generation

2. Anne CECIL m. Algernon PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland

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

5 Anne PERCY m. Philip STANHOPE, Earl of Chesterfield; Philip STANHOPE, Earl of Chesterfield father: Henry STANHOPE mother: Catharine WOTTON

6+ Elizabeth PERCY m. Arthur CAPELL, Earl of Essex

3. Elizabeth CECIL m. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire

m. William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire father: William CAVENDISH, Earl of Devonshire mother: Christian BRUCE

7+ Anne CAVENDISH m1. Charles RICH, Lord Rich m2. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter

8+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Mary BUTLER

4. Charles CECIL, Viscount Cranborne m. Diana MAXWELL

m. Diana MAXWELL father: James MAXWELL, Earl of Dirletoun mother: Elizabeth Besyne De PODOLSKO

9+ Frances CECIL m. Sir William BOWYER

10+ James CECIL, Earl of Salisbury m. Margaret MANNERS

3rd generation

6. Elizabeth PERCY m. Arthur CAPELL, Earl of Essex

m. Arthur CAPELL, Earl of Essex father: Arthur CAPELL, Lord Capell mother: Elizabeth MORRISON

11+ Anne CAPELL m. Charles HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle

7. Anne CAVENDISH m1. Charles RICH, Lord Rich m2. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter

m. Charles RICH, Lord Rich father: Robert RICH, Earl Of Warwick mother: Frances HATTON

m. John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter father: John CECIL, Earl Of Exeter mother: Frances MANNERS

12+ Elizabeth CECIL m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery

8. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Mary BUTLER

m. Mary BUTLER father: James BUTLER, Duke of Ormonde mother: Elizabeth PRESTON, Baroness Dingwall

13+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Rachel RUSSELL

9. Frances CECIL m. Sir William BOWYER

m. Sir William BOWYER father: Sir William BOWYER mother: Margaret WELD

14+ Cecil BOWYER m. Juliann PARKER

10. James CECIL, Earl of Salisbury m. Margaret MANNERS

m. Margaret MANNERS father: John MANNERS, Earl Of Rutland mother: Frances MONTAGU

15 Margaret CECIL m. Richard JONES, Earl of Ranelagh; Richard JONES, Earl of Ranelagh father: Arthur JONES, Viscount Ranelagh mother: Katherine BOYLE

4th generation

11. Anne CAPELL m. Charles HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle

m. Charles HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle father: Edward HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle mother: Elizabeth UVEDALE

16+ Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle m1. Frances SPENCER m2. Isabella BYRON

12. Elizabeth CECIL m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery

m. Charles BOYLE, Earl Of Orrery father: Roger BOYLE, Earl of Orrery mother: Mary SACKVILLE

17+ John BOYLE, Earl Of Cork And Orrery m1. Henrietta HAMILTON m2. Margaret HAMILTON

13. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Rachel RUSSELL

m. Rachel RUSSELL father: William RUSSELL, Lord Russell mother: Rachel WRIOTHESLEY

18+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

14. Cecil BOWYER m. Juliann PARKER

m. Juliann PARKER father: Richard PARKER

19+ Sir William BOWYER m. Anne STONEHOUSE

5th generation

16. Henry HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle m1. Frances SPENCER m2. Isabella BYRON

m. Frances SPENCER father: Charles SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland mother: Arabel CAVENDISH

m. Isabella BYRON father: William BYRON, Lord Byron mother: Frances BERKELEY

20+ Frederick HOWARD, Earl Of Carlisle m. Margaret Caroline LEVESON-GOWER

17. John BOYLE, Earl Of Cork And Orrery m1. Henrietta HAMILTON m2. Margaret HAMILTON

m. Henrietta HAMILTON father: George HAMILTON, Earl of Orkney mother: Elizabeth VILLIERS

m. Margaret HAMILTON father: John HAMILTON mother: Lucy DOPPING

21+ Lucy BOYLE m. George BYNG, Viscount Torrington

18. William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Catherine HOSKINS

m. Catherine HOSKINS father: John HOSKINS mother: Catherine HALE

22+ William CAVENDISH, Duke Of Devonshire m. Charlotte Elizabeth BOYLE, Baroness Clifford

19. Sir William BOWYER m. Anne STONEHOUSE

m. Anne STONEHOUSE father: Sir John STONHOUSE mother: Penelope DASHWOOD

23+ Penelope BOWYER m. George John COOKE