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 DIGBY, Lord Digby
Sex: M
Death: 7 Jun 1642 in Cork House, Dublin ^d
Burial: 9 Jun 1642 in St Patrick's, Dublin ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Robert DIGBY Death: 24 May 1618

Mother:

Lettice FITZGERALD Birth: Abt 1580 Death: 1 Dec 1658

Family:
Marriage:

Sarah BOYLE on 15 Dec 1626 .^m1
Sarah BOYLE Birth: 29 Mar 1609 in Dublin Death: 14 Jul 1633

Children:

Kildare DIGBY, Lord Digby Birth: Abt 1631 Death: 11 Jul 1661 in Dublin

Marriage:

Elizabeth ALTHAM on After 1633 .^m2
Elizabeth ALTHAM Birth: Abt 1601 Death: 3 Jan 1662/3

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].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: CP IV p353]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p353],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p353]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p353],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p353]

Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah BOYLE

date:: [Ref: CP IV p353],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p353]

Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth ALTHAM

date:: second marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: CB III p249]; second marriage of Robert [Ref: CP IV p353]

Research Notes:
1st Lord Digby, of Barony cr 1620 [Ref: CP IV p353]

heir of his father [Ref: CP IV p353]

Pedigree of Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby
          /-----Sir George DIGBY
/-----Sir Robert DIGBY
|        |         /-----Sir Arthur HEVANINGHAM
|         \-----Abigail HEVANINGHAM
Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby
|                                                               /-----John FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
|                                                      /-----John Cam FITZ GERALD
|                                                     |         \-----Margaret De La HERNE
|                                             /-----Thomas FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Kildare
|                                    /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, K.G., Earl Of Kildare
|                                   |        |                  /-----Gerald Fitz Morice, Earl Of Desmond
|                                   |        |         /-----James FITZ GERALD, Earl Of Desmond
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Alianore Le BOTILLER
|                                   |         \-----Joan FITZ GERALD
|                                   |                 |         /-----Ulick Mac RICHARD BURK
|                                   |                  \-----Mary Mac RICHARD BURK
|                           /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Earl Of Kildare
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Edward FITZEUSTACE
|                          |        |         /-----Rowland FITZEUSTACE, Baron Portlester
|                          |         \-----Alison FITZEUSTACE
|                          |                  \-----Jenet BELLEW
|                  /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Earl Of Kildare
|                 |        |                                    /-----Reynold De GREY, Lord Grey Of Ruthin
|                 |        |                           /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Joan ASTELEY
|                 |        |                  /-----Sir John GREY
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Henry FERRERS
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
|                 |        |                 |                  \-----Isabel MOWBRAY
|                 |        |         /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
|                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|                 |        |        |                 |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
|                 |        |        |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                 |        |        |                           \-----Margaret Of Andria
|                 |         \-----Elizabeth GREY
|                 |                 |                           /-----William BONVILLE, K.G., Lord Bonville
|                 |                 |                  /-----William BONVILLE
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret GREY
|                 |                 |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----William HARINGTON, Lord Harington
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARINGTON
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Margaret HILL
|                 |                  \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|                 |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Thomas MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|                 |                                    \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
|                 |                                             \-----Eleanor De HOLAND
|         /-----Gerald FITZGERALD, Lord Gerald
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir Richard BROWNE
|        |        |                           /-----Sir Thomas BROWNE
|        |        |                  /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir John FITZ ALAN, Lord Arundel
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas ARUNDEL
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth DESPENSER
|        |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor ARUNDEL
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Henry MOYNS
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Joan MOYNS
|        |        |         /-----Sir Anthony BROWNE, K.G.
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |        |        |        |         /-----John De NEVILLE, K.G., Marquess of Montagu
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MONTAGU, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
|        |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor De HOLAND
|        |        |        |         \-----Lucy NEVILLE
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Thomas INGOLDTHORPE
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Edmund INGOLDTHORPE
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret De La POLE
|        |        |        |                  \-----Isabel INGOLDTHORPE
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir John TIPTOFT, Lord Tiptoft
|        |        |        |                           \-----Joan TIPTOFT
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Joyce CHERLETON
|        |         \-----Mable BROWNE
|        |                 |                                    /-----John GAUGE
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir John GAGE
|        |                 |                          |         \-----Joan SUDGROVE
|        |                 |                  /-----William GAGE
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Thomas St. CLAIR
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Alianore St. CLAIR
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Margaret HOO
|        |                 |         /-----Sir John GAGE, K.G.
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Bartholomew BOLNEY
|        |                 |        |         \-----Agnes BOLNEY
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Eleanor
|        |                  \-----Alice GAGE
|        |                          |                           /-----Edward GUILDFORD
|        |                          |                  /-----Sir John GUILFORD
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Julian De PITTLESDEN
|        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard GUILFORD, K.G.
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----Richard WALLER
|        |                          |        |         \-----Alice WALLER
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Silvia GULBY
|        |                           \-----Philippe GUILFORD
|        |                                   |         /-----John PIMPE
|        |                                    \-----Anne PIMPE
\-----Lettice FITZGERALD
         |                  /-----Robert KNOLLYS
         |         /-----Sir Francis KNOLLYS, K.G.
         |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas PEYNSTON
         |        |         \-----Lettice PEYNSTON
          \-----Catherine KNOLLYS
                  |                                             /-----Maredudd Ap TUDUR FYCHAN
                  |                                    /-----Owen Ap Maredudd Ap TUDOR
                  |                                   |         \-----Margred
                  |                           /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
                  |                          |        |         /-----Charles VI King Of France
                  |                          |         \-----Catherine Of France
                  |                          |                  \-----Isabella Of Bavaria
                  |                  /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
                  |                 |        |                  /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
                  |                 |        |         /-----John BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret HOLAND
                  |                 |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
                  |                 |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
                  |                 |                           \-----Edith STOURTON
                  |         /-----Henry VIII TUDOR, King Of England
                  |        |        |                           /-----Richard Of York Earl Of Cambridge
                  |        |        |                  /-----Richard PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke of York
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Anne De MORTIMER
                  |        |        |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Cecily NEVILLE
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                  |        |         \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
                  |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
                  |        |                  \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
                  |        |                          |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
                  |        |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
                  |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Andria
                   \-----Katherine CARY
                           |                                    /-----Geoffrey BOLEYN
                           |                           /-----Sir Geoffrey BOLEYN, Lord Mayor Of London
                           |                          |         \-----Anne BRACTON
                           |                  /-----Sir William BOLEYN
                           |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas HOO, K.G., Lord Hoo
                           |                 |         \-----Anne HOO
                           |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth WYCHINGHAM
                           |         /-----Sir Thomas BOLEYN, K.G., Earl of Wiltshire and Orm
                           |        |        |                  /-----James BUTLER, Earl Of Ormond
                           |        |        |         /-----Thomas ORMOND, Earl of Ormond
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Joan BEAUCHAMP
                           |        |         \-----Margaret ORMOND
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard HANKEFORD
                           |        |                  \-----Anne HANKEFORD
                           |        |                           \-----Anne De MONTAGU
                            \-----Mary BOLEYN
                                    |                           /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
                                    |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                                    |                 |         \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
                                    |         /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
                                    |        |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
                                    |        |                  \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
                                     \-----Elizabeth HOWARD
                                             |                  /-----Philip TILNEY
                                             |         /-----Frederick TILNEY
                                             |        |         \-----Isabel THORPE
                                              \-----Elizabeth TILNEY
                                                      |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
                                                       \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
                                                                \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE

Descendants of Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby

1. Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby m1. Sarah BOYLE m2. Elizabeth ALTHAM

m. Sarah BOYLE father: Richard BOYLE, Earl of Cork mother: Catherine FENTON

2+ Kildare DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Mary GARDINER

m. Elizabeth ALTHAM father: Sir James ALTHAM mother: Mary STAPERS

2nd generation

2. Kildare DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Mary GARDINER

m. Mary GARDINER father: Robert GARDINER

3 Robert DIGBY, Lord Digby

4+ Simon DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Frances NOEL

5+ William DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Jane NOEL

3rd generation

4. Simon DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Frances NOEL

m. Frances NOEL father: Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough mother: Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY

6+ Frances DIGBY m. James SCUDAMORE, Viscount Scudamore

5. William DIGBY, Lord Digby m. Jane NOEL

m. Jane NOEL father: Edward NOEL, Earl of Gainsborough mother: Elizabeth WRIOTHESLEY

7+ Edward DIGBY m. Charlotte FOX

4th generation

6. Frances DIGBY m. James SCUDAMORE, Viscount Scudamore

m. James SCUDAMORE, Viscount Scudamore father: John SCUDAMORE, Viscount Scudamore mother: Frances CECIL

8+ Frances SCUDAMORE m. Charles FITZROY-SCUDAMORE

7. Edward DIGBY m. Charlotte FOX

m. Charlotte FOX father: Sir Stephen FOX mother: Christian HOPES

9 Edward DIGBY, Lord Digby

10+ Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby m1. Elizabeth FEILDING m2. Mary KNOWLER

11+ William DIGBY m.

5th generation

8. Frances SCUDAMORE m. Charles FITZROY-SCUDAMORE

m. Charles FITZROY-SCUDAMORE

12 Frances FITZROY-SCUDAMORE m. Charles HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk; Charles HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk father: Charles HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk mother: Katherine BROCKHOLES

10. Henry DIGBY, Earl Digby m1. Elizabeth FEILDING m2. Mary KNOWLER

m. Elizabeth FEILDING father: Charles FEILDING mother: Anne PALMER

m. Mary KNOWLER father: John KNOWLER

13 Edward DIGBY, Earl Digby

11. William DIGBY m.

14+ Sir Henry DIGBY m. Jane Elizabeth COKE