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: Diana CECIL
Sex: F
Death: 27 Apr 1654 ^d
Burial: 3 May 1654 in Maulden, Beds ^u

Parents:

Father:
William CECIL, Earl Of Exeter Birth: Jan 1565/6 in Burghley Death: 6 Jul 1640 in Exeter House, St John's, Clerkenwell

Mother:

Elizabeth DRURY Birth: 4 Jan 1578/9 Death: 26 Feb 1653/4 in Exeter House, St John's, Clerkenwell

Family:
Marriage:

Henry De VERE, Earl of Oxford on 1 Jan 1623/4 .^m1
Henry De VERE, Earl of Oxford Birth: 24 Feb 1593 Death: Before 9 Jun 1625 in The Hague

Marriage:

Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin on 12 Nov 1629 .^m2
Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin Birth: 2 Dec 1599 in Edinburgh Death: 21 Dec 1663 in Ampthill

Bibliography

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 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].*].
Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 10, Oakham-Richmond. London: St Catherine Press, 1945. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP X [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

parents:: [Ref: CP V p42, CP VII p452f, CP X p255],
father:: [Ref: CP VII p485]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: CP X p255]; 1654 [Ref: CP VII p452f, CP VII p485]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP V p42, CP X p255],
place:: [Ref: CP V p42, CP X p255]

Sources with Information about marriage to Henry De VERE, Earl of Oxford

date:: [Ref: CP X p255]; first marriage of Diana [Ref: CP V p42, CP VII p485]

Sources with Information about marriage to Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin

date:: [Ref: CP V p42, CP X p255]; second marriage of Diana [Ref: CP VII p485]

Research Notes:

Pedigree of Diana CECIL
                            /-----Richard CECIL
                   /-----William CECIL, Lord Burghley
                  |        |         /-----William HECKINGTON
                  |         \-----Jane HECKINGTON
          /-----Thomas CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
         |        |         /-----Peter CHEKE
         |         \-----Mary CHEKE
         |                  \-----Agnes DUFFIELD
/-----William CECIL, Earl Of Exeter
|        |                                                      /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
|        |                                             /-----George NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
|        |                                            |         \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
|        |                                    /-----Sir Henry NEVILLE
|        |                                   |        |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth BEAUCHAMP
|        |                                   |                  \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY, Countess Of Warwick
|        |                           /-----Richard NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|        |                          |        |                  /-----Sir William BOURCHIER, Count Of Eu
|        |                          |        |         /-----Sir John BOURCHIER, K.G., Lord Berners
|        |                          |        |        |         \-----Anne Countess Of Buckingham
|        |                          |         \-----Joan BOURCHIER
|        |                          |                 |         /-----Richard BERNERS
|        |                          |                  \-----Margery BERNERS
|        |                          |                           \-----Philippa DALYNGRIDGE
|        |                  /-----John NEVILL, Lord Latimer
|        |                 |        |                           /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|        |                 |        |                  /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
|        |                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth BURDET
|        |                 |        |         /-----Humphrey STAFFORD
|        |                 |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
|        |                 |        |        |         \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
|        |                 |        |        |                  \-----Katherine PABENHAM
|        |                 |         \-----Anne STAFFORD
|        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John FRAY
|        |                 |                  \-----Catherine FRAY
|        |                 |                          |         /-----Sir John DANVERS
|        |                 |                           \-----Agnes DANVERS
|        |                 |                                    \-----Alice VERNEY
|        |         /-----John NEVILLE, Lord Latimer
|        |        |        |                                    /-----Aubrey De VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|        |        |        |                           /-----Richard De VERE, K.G., Earl of Oxford
|        |        |        |                          |         \-----Alice FITZWALTER
|        |        |        |                  /-----John VERE, Earl Of Oxford
|        |        |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard SERGEAUX
|        |        |        |                 |         \-----Alice SERGEAUX
|        |        |        |                 |                  \-----Philippa FITZ ALAN
|        |        |        |         /-----Sir George VERE
|        |        |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD
|        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir John HOWARD, Lord Plaiz
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Margaret PLAIZ, Baroness Plaiz
|        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HOWARD, Baroness Plaiz
|        |        |        |        |                 |         /-----John WALTON
|        |        |        |        |                  \-----Joan WALTON
|        |        |        |        |                           \-----Margery SUTTON
|        |        |         \-----Dorothy VERE
|        |        |                 |                           /-----John STAFFORD
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Humphrey STAFFORD
|        |        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth CHEYNE
|        |        |                 |         /-----Sir William STAFFORD
|        |        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William LITCHFIELD
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Margaret LITCHFIELD
|        |        |                  \-----Margaret STAFFORD
|        |        |                          |         /-----Hugh WROTTESLEY
|        |        |                           \-----Elizabeth WROTTESLEY
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Sir John GRESLEY
|        |        |                                    \-----Thomasine GRESLEY
|         \-----Dorothy NEVILLE
|                 |                                             /-----John De BEAUFORT, K.G., Marquess of Somerset
|                 |                                    /-----Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
|                 |                                   |         \-----Margaret HOLAND
|                 |                           /-----Henry BEAUFORT, Duke Of Somerset
|                 |                          |        |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
|                 |                          |         \-----Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
|                 |                          |                  \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY, Countess Of Warwick
|                 |                  /-----Charles SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester
|                 |                 |         \-----Joan HILL
|                 |         /-----Henry SOMERSET, Earl Of Worcester
|                 |        |        |                           /-----Sir William AP THOMAS
|                 |        |        |                  /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
|                 |        |        |                 |         \-----Gladys Ferch DAFYDD
|                 |        |        |         /-----William HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke
|                 |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX
|                 |        |        |        |         \-----Anne DEVEREUX
|                 |        |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth MERBURY
|                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth HERBERT, Baroness Herbert
|                 |        |                 |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
|                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|                 |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
|                 |        |                  \-----Mary WYDEVILLE
|                 |        |                          |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
|                 |        |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|                 |        |                                    \-----Margaret Of Andria
|                  \-----Lucy SOMERSET
|                          |                           /-----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
|                           \-----Elizabeth BROWNE
|                                   |                           /-----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
Diana CECIL
|         /-----Sir William DRURY, K.G.
\-----Elizabeth DRURY
         |                                                      /-----Ralph De STAFFORD
         |                                             /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |                                            |         \-----Maud De HASTANG
         |                                    /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |                                   |        |         /-----Sir John BURDET
         |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth BURDET
         |                                   |                  \-----Katherine ARDERN
         |                           /-----Humphrey STAFFORD
         |                          |        |                  /-----Sir John De AYLESBURY
         |                          |        |         /-----Sir Thomas AYLESBURY
         |                          |        |        |         \-----Isabel STRANGE
         |                          |         \-----Eleanor AYLESBURY
         |                          |                 |         /-----Sir Lawrence De PABENHAM
         |                          |                  \-----Katherine PABENHAM
         |                          |                           \-----Elizabeth ENGAINE
         |                  /-----Sir Humphrey STAFFORD
         |                 |        |         /-----Sir John FRAY
         |                 |         \-----Catherine FRAY
         |                 |                 |         /-----Sir John DANVERS
         |                 |                  \-----Agnes DANVERS
         |                 |                          |         /-----William VERNEY
         |                 |                           \-----Alice VERNEY
         |         /-----Sir William STAFFORD
         |        |        |         /-----Sir John FOGGE
         |        |         \-----Margaret FOGGE
         |        |                 |         /-----William HAUTE
         |        |                  \-----Alice HAUTE
          \-----Elizabeth STAFFORD
                  |                                             /-----Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |                                    /-----Hunphrey STAFFORD, Earl Of Stafford
                  |                                   |         \-----Anne NEVILLE
                  |                           /-----Henry STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |                          |        |         /-----Edmund BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
                  |                          |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
                  |                          |                  \-----Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
                  |                  /-----Edward STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham
                  |                 |        |                  /-----Richard De WYDEVILLE
                  |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
                  |                 |        |        |         \-----Joan BEDLISGATE
                  |                 |         \-----Katherine WYDEVILLE
                  |                 |                 |         /-----Peter Of Luxemburg, Count Of St. Pol
                  |                 |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
                  |                 |                           \-----Margaret Of Andria
                  |         /-----Henry STAFFORD, Lord Stafford
                  |        |        |                           /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
                  |        |        |                  /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
                  |        |        |                 |         \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
                  |        |        |         /-----Henry PERCY, K.G., Earl Of Northumberland
                  |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard POYNINGS
                  |        |        |        |         \-----Eleanor POYNINGS, Baroness Poynings
                  |        |        |        |                  \-----Eleanor De BERKELEY
                  |        |         \-----Eleanor PERCY
                  |        |                 |                  /-----Sir William AP THOMAS
                  |        |                 |         /-----William HERBERT, K.G., Earl Of Pembroke
                  |        |                 |        |         \-----Gladys Ferch DAFYDD
                  |        |                  \-----Maud HERBERT
                  |        |                          |         /-----Sir Walter DEVEREUX
                  |        |                           \-----Anne DEVEREUX
                  |        |                                    \-----Elizabeth MERBURY
                   \-----Dorothy STAFFORD
                           |                  /-----Geoffrey POLE
                           |         /-----Sir Richard POLE, K.G.
                           |        |        |                  /-----Sir John De St JOHN
                           |        |        |         /-----Sir Oliver St JOHN
                           |        |        |        |         \-----Isabel De PAVELEY
                           |        |         \-----Edith St JOHN
                           |        |                 |         /-----Sir John De BEAUCHAMP, Baron Beauchamp Of Bletsoe
                           |        |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
                           |        |                           \-----Edith STOURTON
                            \-----Ursula POLE
                                    |                           /-----Richard Of York Earl Of Cambridge
                                    |                  /-----Richard PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke of York
                                    |                 |         \-----Anne De MORTIMER
                                    |         /-----Sir George PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke Of Clarence
                                    |        |        |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                                    |        |         \-----Cecily NEVILLE
                                    |        |                  \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                                     \-----Margaret PLANTAGENET, Countess Of Salisbury
                                             |                  /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
                                             |         /-----Richard King-Maker NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
                                             |        |         \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
                                              \-----Isabel NEVILLE
                                                      |         /-----Sir Richard BEAUCHAMP, K.G., Earl Of Warwick
                                                       \-----Anne BEAUCHAMP
                                                                \-----Isabel Le DESPENSER, Baroness Burghersh

Descendants of Diana CECIL

1. Diana CECIL m1. Henry De VERE, Earl of Oxford m2. Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin

m. Henry De VERE, Earl of Oxford father: Edward De VERE, Earl of Oxford mother: Elizabeth TRENTHAM

m. Thomas BRUCE, Earl Of Elgin father: Edward BRUCE, Lord Kinloss mother: Magdalen CLERK