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: Frances DUDLEY
Sex: F
Birth: 23 Jul 1611 in Dudley Castle ^b
Baptism: 18 Aug 1611 in Dudley Castle ^c
Burial: 11 Aug 1697 in Himley, co Stafford ^u

Parents:

Father:
Sir Ferdinando DUDLEY Death: 22 Nov 1621

Mother:

Honora SEYMOUR

Family:
Marriage:

Humble WARD, Lord Ward on Abt 17 Feb 1628 .^m1
Humble WARD, Lord Ward Birth: Abt 1614 Death: 14 Oct 1670

Children:

Edward WARD, Lord Ward Birth: 1631 Death: 3 Aug 1701
William WARD Birth: 3

Bibliography

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 12-2, Tracton-Zz. London: St Catherine Press, 1959. 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/2 [Ap][p0-9].*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p483],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p483],
parents:: [Ref: CP IV p483]

Sources for baptism Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p483],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p483]

Sources for burial Information

date:: [Ref: CP IV p483],
place:: [Ref: CP IV p483]

Sources with Information about marriage to Humble WARD, Lord Ward

date:: settl 17 Feb 1628 [Ref: CP IV p483, CP XII/2 p343],
child:: [Ref: CP IV p484, CP XII/2 p343, CP XII/2 p344]

Research Notes:
6th Baroness Dudley, of Barony cr 1440 [Ref: CP IV p483]
suo jure Baroness Dudley [Ref: CP XII/2 p342]

heir of her father [Ref: CP IV p483]
heir of her grandfather [Ref: CP IV p483]

24 Jun 1635: elevated to the rank of the dau of a Baron ("as if her father had been actually Lord Dudley") [Ref: CP IV p483]

23 Jun 1643: succeeded as Baroness Dudley, on her grandfather's death [Ref: CP XII/2 p342]

Pedigree of Frances DUDLEY
                                                                /-----John V De SUTTON
                                                       /-----Sir John VI SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley
                                                      |         \-----Constance BLOUNT
                                              /-----Sir Edmund SUTTON
                                             |        |         /-----Sir John De BERKELEY
                                             |         \-----Elizabeth BERKELEY
                                             |                  \-----Elizabeth BETTESHORNE
                                     /-----Edward SUTTON, K.G., Lord Dudley
                                    |        |                  /-----Sir Payn TYBETOT
                                    |        |         /-----Sir John TIPTOFT, Lord Tiptoft
                                    |        |        |         \-----Agnes WROTH
                                    |         \-----Joyce TIBETOT
                                    |                 |         /-----Sir Edward CHERLETON, K.G., Lord Cherleton
                                    |                  \-----Joyce CHERLETON
                                    |                           \-----Eleanor HOLLAND
                            /-----John DUDLEY, Lord Dudley
                           |        |                           /-----William De WILLOUGHBY, K.G., Lord Willoughby
                           |        |                  /-----Sir Thomas De WILLOUGHBY
                           |        |                 |         \-----Lucy Le STRANGE
                           |        |         /-----Sir William WILLOUGHBY
                           |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard ARUNDEL
                           |        |        |         \-----Joan De ARUNDEL
                           |        |        |                  \-----Alice
                           |         \-----Cecily WILLOUGHBY
                           |                 |                  /-----Henry STRANGEWAYS
                           |                 |         /-----Thomas STRANGWAYS
                           |                  \-----Joan STRANGEWAYS
                           |                          |         /-----Sir Ralph De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Westmoreland
                           |                           \-----Katherine NEVILLE
                           |                                    \-----Joan De BEAUFORT
                   /-----Sir Edward DUDLEY, Lord Dudley
                  |        |                                    /-----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
                  |         \-----Cecily 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
          /-----Edward DUDLEY, Lord Dudley
         |        |                                             /-----Sir Thomas STANLEY, K.G., Lord Stanley
         |        |                                    /-----Sir Thomas STANLEY, K.G., Earl Of Derby
         |        |                                   |         \-----Joan GOUSHILL
         |        |                           /-----George STANLEY, K.G., Lord Strange
         |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |        |                          |         \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
         |        |                          |                  \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
         |        |                  /-----Thomas STANLEY, Earl Of Derby
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----Richard Le STRANGE, Lord Strange
         |        |                 |        |         /-----John Le STRANGE, Lord Strange
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth COBHAM
         |        |                 |         \-----Joan STRANGE, Baroness Strange
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
         |        |                 |                  \-----Jacquette WIDVILLE
         |        |                 |                           \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
         |        |         /-----Sir Edward STANLEY, K.G., Earl Of Derby
         |        |        |        |                           /-----Sir Leonard HASTINGS
         |        |        |        |                  /-----Sir William HASTINGS, K.G., Lord Hastings
         |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Alice CAMOYS
         |        |        |        |         /-----Edward HASTINGS, Lord Hastings Of Hungerford
         |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
         |        |        |        |        |         \-----Katherine NEVILLE
         |        |        |        |        |                  \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
         |        |        |         \-----Anne HASTINGS
         |        |        |                 |                  /-----Sir Robert HUNGERFORD, Lord Hungerford
         |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HUNGERFORD
         |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Eleanor De MOLEYNS
         |        |        |                  \-----Mary HUNGERFORD, Baroness Botreaux
         |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Henry PERCY, Earl Of Northumberland
         |        |        |                           \-----Anne PERCY
         |        |        |                                    \-----Eleanor NEVILLE
         |         \-----Jane STANLEY
         |                 |                                    /-----Sir John HOWARD
         |                 |                           /-----Sir Robert HOWARD
         |                 |                          |         \-----Alice TENDRING
         |                 |                  /-----Sir John HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas MOWBRAY, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                 |                 |         \-----Margaret MOWBRAY
         |                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZ ALAN
         |                 |         /-----Sir Thomas HOWARD, K.G., Duke Of Norfolk
         |                 |        |        |                  /-----Richard De MOLEYNS
         |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir William De MOLEYNS
         |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Eleanor BEAUMONT
         |                 |        |         \-----Catherine MOLEYNS
         |                 |        |                  \-----Margery WHALESBOROUGH
         |                  \-----Dorothy HOWARD
         |                          |                           /-----Frederick TILNEY
         |                          |                  /-----Philip TILNEY
         |                          |                 |         \-----Margaret De ROCHFORD
         |                          |         /-----Hugh TILNEY
         |                          |        |        |         /-----Sir Edmund THORPE, Lord Thorpe
         |                          |        |         \-----Isabel THORPE
         |                          |        |                  \-----Joan De NORTHWOOD
         |                           \-----Agnes TILNEY
         |                                   |         /-----Walter TAILBOYS
         |                                    \-----(Unk) TAILBOYS
/-----Sir Ferdinando DUDLEY
|        |         /-----Sir James HARINGTON
|         \-----Theodosia HARINGTON
|                 |         /-----Sir William SYDNEY
|                  \-----Lucy SYDNEY
Frances DUDLEY
|                                                               /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
|                                                      /-----John SEYMOUR
|                                                     |         \-----Isabel WILLIAM
|                                             /-----John SEYMOUR
|                                            |        |         /-----Robert COKER
|                                            |         \-----Elizabeth COKER
|                                            |                  \-----Joan WALLYS
|                                    /-----Sir John SEYMOUR
|                                   |        |                  /-----William DARELL
|                                   |        |         /-----Sir George DARELL
|                                   |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth CALSTON
|                                   |         \-----Elizabeth DARELL
|                                   |                 |         /-----Sir John STOURTON, Lord Stourton
|                                   |                  \-----Margaret STOURTON
|                                   |                           \-----Margery WADHAM
|                           /-----Edward SEYMOUR, K.G., Duke Of Somerset
|                          |        |                           /-----Sir Roger WENTWORTH
|                          |        |                  /-----Sir Philip WENTWORTH
|                          |        |                 |         \-----Margery DESPENSER, Baroness Despenser
|                          |        |         /-----Sir Henry WENTWORTH, Lord Despenser
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----John De CLIFFORD, K.G., Lord Clifford
|                          |        |        |         \-----Mary CLIFFORD
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Elizabeth PERCY
|                          |         \-----Margaret WENTWORTH
|                          |                 |                  /-----John SAYE
|                          |                 |         /-----Sir John SAYE
|                          |                 |        |         \-----Alice
|                          |                  \-----Anne SAY
|                          |                          |         /-----Lawrence CHENEY
|                          |                           \-----Elizabeth CHENEY
|                          |                                    \-----Elizabeth COKAYNE
|                  /-----Edward SEYMOUR, Earl Of Hertford
|                 |        |                                    /-----Richard STANHOPE
|                 |        |                           /-----John STANHOPE
|                 |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth MARKHAM
|                 |        |                  /-----Thomas STANHOPE
|                 |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Thomas TALBOT
|                 |        |                 |         \-----Elizabeth TALBOT
|                 |        |         /-----Sir Edward STANHOPE
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----John JERNINGHAM
|                 |        |        |         \-----Mary JERNINGHAM
|                 |         \-----Anne STANHOPE
|                 |                 |                           /-----Sir William BOURCHIER, Count Of Eu
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir William BOURCHIER, Lord FitzWarin
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Anne Countess Of Buckingham
|                 |                 |         /-----Fulke BOURCHIER, Lord FitzWarin
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Richard HANKEFORD
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Thomasine HANKFORD
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth FITZWARIN, Baroness Fitzwarin
|                 |                  \-----Elizabeth BOURCHIER
|                 |                          |                  /-----Sir John De DINHAM, Lord Dinham
|                 |                          |         /-----Sir John DYNHAM, Lord Dynham
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Philippe LOVELL
|                 |                           \-----Elizabeth DINHAM
|                 |                                   |         /-----Sir Richard De ARCHES
|                 |                                    \-----Joan De ARCHES
|                 |                                             \-----Lucy
|         /-----Edward SEYMOUR, Lord Beauchamp
|        |        |                                             /-----Edward De GREY, Lord Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |                                    /-----Sir John GREY
|        |        |                                   |         \-----Elizabeth FERRERS, Lady Ferrers Of Groby
|        |        |                           /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|        |        |                          |        |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|        |        |                          |         \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|        |        |                          |                  \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
|        |        |                  /-----Thomas GREY, K.G., Marquess of Dorset
|        |        |                 |        |                  /-----William BONVILLE
|        |        |                 |        |         /-----William BONVILLE, Lord Harrington
|        |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth HARINGTON
|        |        |                 |         \-----Cicely BONVILLE, Baroness Harrington And Bonvil
|        |        |                 |                 |         /-----Sir Richard De NEVILLE, K.G., Earl Of Salisbury
|        |        |                 |                  \-----Katherine NEVILLE
|        |        |                 |                           \-----Alice MONTAGU, Countess Of Salisbury
|        |        |         /-----Henry GREY, K.G., Duke of Suffolk
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Nicholas WOTTON
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Sir Robert WOTTON, K.G.
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----John BAMBURGH
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth BAMBURGH
|        |        |        |         \-----Margaret WOTTON
|        |        |        |                 |                  /-----Hamon BELKNAP
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----Sir Henry BELKNAP
|        |        |        |                 |        |         \-----Joan De BOTILLER
|        |        |        |                  \-----Anne BELKNAP
|        |        |        |                          |         /-----Sir Richard KNOLLYS
|        |        |        |                           \-----Margaret KNOLLYS
|        |        |        |                                    \-----Margaret D'OYLEY
|        |         \-----Katherine GREY
|        |                 |                                    /-----Robert BRANDON
|        |                 |                           /-----Sir William BRANDON
|        |                 |                  /-----Sir William BRANDON
|        |                 |                 |        |         /-----Sir Robert WINGFIELD
|        |                 |                 |         \-----Elizabeth WINGFIELD
|        |                 |                 |                  \-----Elizabeth GOUSHILL
|        |                 |         /-----Charles BRANDON, K.G., Duke of Suffolk
|        |                 |        |        |                  /-----Sir Maurice Le BRUYN, Lord Brun
|        |                 |        |        |         /-----Sir Henry BRUYN
|        |                 |        |        |        |         \-----Elizabeth RETFORD
|        |                 |        |         \-----Elizabeth BRUYN
|        |                 |        |                 |         /-----Sir Robert DARCY
|        |                 |        |                  \-----Elizabeth DARCY
|        |                 |        |                           \-----Alice FILONGLEY
|        |                  \-----Frances BRANDON
|        |                          |                           /-----Owen Ap Maredudd Ap TUDOR
|        |                          |                  /-----Edmund TUDOR, Earl Of Richmond
|        |                          |                 |         \-----Catherine Of France
|        |                          |         /-----Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England
|        |                          |        |        |         /-----John BEAUFORT, K.G., Duke of Somerset
|        |                          |        |         \-----Margaret BEAUFORT
|        |                          |        |                  \-----Margaret De BEAUCHAMP
|        |                           \-----Mary TUDOR
|        |                                   |                  /-----Richard PLANTAGENET, K.G., Duke of York
|        |                                   |         /-----Edward IV Duke Of York, King Of England
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Cecily NEVILLE
|        |                                    \-----Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
|        |                                            |         /-----Sir Richard WYDVILLE, K.G., Earl of Rivers
|        |                                             \-----Elizabeth WYDVILLE
|        |                                                      \-----Jacquetta Of St.Pol
\-----Honora SEYMOUR
         |         /-----Sir Richard ROGERS
          \-----Honora ROGERS
                  |         /-----Sir Andrew LUTTRELL
                   \-----Cecilia LUTTRELL

Descendants of Frances DUDLEY

1. Frances DUDLEY m. Humble WARD, Lord Ward

m. Humble WARD, Lord Ward father: William WARD mother: Elizabeth HUMBLE

2+ Edward WARD, Lord Ward m. Frances BRERETON

3+ William WARD m.

2nd generation

2. Edward WARD, Lord Ward m. Frances BRERETON

m. Frances BRERETON father: Sir William BRERETON mother: Susan BOOTH

4+ William WARD m. Frances DILKE

5+ Katharine WARD m. John GREY

3. William WARD m.

6+ William WARD m. Mary GREY

3rd generation

4. William WARD m. Frances DILKE

m. Frances DILKE father: William DILKE

7+ Edward WARD, Lord Ward m. Diana HOWARD

8 William WARD, Lord Ward

5. Katharine WARD m. John GREY

m. John GREY father: Henry GREY, Earl of Stamford mother: Anne CECIL

9+ Frances GREY m. Sir John WROTTESLEY

6. William WARD m. Mary GREY

m. Mary GREY father: John GREY

10+ John WARD, Lord Ward m.

11+ William WARD m.

4th generation

7. Edward WARD, Lord Ward m. Diana HOWARD

m. Diana HOWARD father: Thomas HOWARD mother: Diana NEWPORT

12 Edward WARD, Lord Ward

9. Frances GREY m. Sir John WROTTESLEY

m. Sir John WROTTESLEY father: Sir Walter WROTTESLEY mother: Eleanor ARCHER

13+ Sir Richard WROTTESLEY m. Mary LEVESON-GOWER

10. John WARD, Lord Ward m.

14 John WARD, Lord Ward

15+ William WARD, Lord Ward m.

11. William WARD m.

16+ Humble WARD m. Susanna BEECROFT

5th generation

13. Sir Richard WROTTESLEY m. Mary LEVESON-GOWER

m. Mary LEVESON-GOWER father: John LEVESON-GOWER, Earl Gower mother: Evelyn PIERREPONT

17+ Elizabeth WROTTESLEY m. Augustus Henry FITZROY, Duke Of Grafton

15. William WARD, Lord Ward m.

18 John William WARD, Lord Ward

16. Humble WARD m. Susanna BEECROFT

m. Susanna BEECROFT

19+ William Humble WARD, Lord Ward m. Amelia PILLANS