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. Katherine De CLIFTON Death: 23 Mar 1459/60
  2. Constantine CLIFTON, Lord Clifton Birth: Abt 1372 Death: 19 Feb 1395/6

Bibliography
  1. Banks, Thomas Christopher, Baronia anglica concentrata: or, A concentrated account of all the baronies commonly called baronies in fee; deriving their origin from writ of summons, and not from any specific limited creation. London: Simpkin, 1844. Available at https://archive.org/details/baroniaanglicaco01bankuoft. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Banks Baronies v[1-2]p[0-9]*].
  2. Barrett, Jonathan Tyers, Memorials of the parochial church, the collegiate chantry, and the chapel of St. Mary: commonly called Mortimer's Chapel, in the Parish of Attleborough, in the county of Norfolk, together with some account of the services used at the consecration of churches from the Anglo-Saxon to the present time, London: John W Parker, 1848. Available at https://archive.org/details/memorialsofparoc00barr. Also available at https://books.google.com/books?id=s0IIAAAAQAAJ. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Barrett Attleborough p[0-9]*].
  3. Beltz, George Frederick, Memorials of the most noble Order of the Garter. London: Pickering, 1841. Available at http://archive.org/details/memorialsofmostn00beltuoft Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter p[0-9]*].
  4. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  5. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 03 Canonteigh-Cutts. London: St Catherine Press, 1913. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 3 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo03coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP III [Ap][p0-9].*].
  6. Farnham, George F, Leicestershire Medieval Pedigrees. Leicester: Thornley, 1925. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007941560 images 458-633. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Farnham Pedigrees p[0-9]*].
  7. Roskell, J S, History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1386-1421. Wolfboro Falls, NH: Alan Sutton, 1992. NYPL JFE 95-5018. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v[1-4]p[0-9]*].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p[0-9]*].
  9. Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, 1992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Weis AR7 #[0-9][0-9]*[A-Z]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
abt 1353 (age 15 in 1368) [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257]
abt 1353 [Ref: Weis AR7 #218],
parents:
[Ref: Barrett Attleborough p183, Farnham Pedigrees p18f, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257, Weis AR7 #218]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: CP III p308, Farnham Pedigrees p18f, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257]
1388 [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v3p228, Weis AR7 #218],
place:
[Ref: CP III p308, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257]
Sources with Information about marriage to Elizabeth CROMWELL
date:
first marriage of Elizabeth [Ref: Barrett Attleborough p182, Burke Peerage p516, CP III p308, CP III p554(c), Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p358]
first marriage of John [Ref: Weis AR7 #218],
names:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p168, Farnham Pedigrees p18f],
child:
[Ref: Banks Baronies v1p158, Barrett Attleborough p183, Beltz KnightsofGarter p372, CP III p308, HoP 1386-1421 v3p228, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p554, Weis AR7 #218]
Research Notes:
1st Lord Clifton, of Barony cr 1376 [Ref: CP III p307]
1st Lord Clifton [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257, Richardson RoyalAnc v2p554]
First Lord Clifton, of Buckenham, Norfolk [Ref: Weis AR7 #218]

Knt, of Buckenham, Babingley, Denton, Hillborough, West Bradenham, etc, Norfolk [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257]
of Buckenham, Norfolk [Ref: HoP 1386-1421 v3p228]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v2p257]



Pedigree of John De CLIFTON, Lord Clifton
                            /-----Roger De CLIFTON
                   /-----Sir Adam De CLIFTON
                  |        |         /-----Adam De CAILLY
                  |         \-----Margery De CAILLY
                  |                 |                           /-----Walter De TATESHALE
                  |                 |                  /-----Robert De TATESHALE, Baron Of Tattershall
                  |                 |                 |         \-----Iseult PANTULF
                  |                 |         /-----Robert De TATESHALE, Baron Of Tattershall
                  |                 |        |        |         /-----William D'AUBIGNY, Earl Of Arundel
                  |                 |        |         \-----Maud D'AUBIGNY
                  |                 |        |                  \-----Mabel Of Chester
                  |                  \-----Emma De TATESHAL
                  |                          |                  /-----Henry De GREY
                  |                          |         /-----Sir John De GREY
                  |                          |        |         \-----Iseude De BARDOLF
                  |                           \-----Nichole De GREY
                  |                                   |         /-----Roger De CAUZ
                  |                                    \-----Emma De CAUZ
                  |                                             \-----Nichole De LEIGH
          /-----Adam De CLIFTON
         |        |                                             /-----Robert De MORTIMER
         |        |                                    /-----William De MORTIMER
         |        |                           /-----Constantine De MORTIMER
         |        |                          |         \-----Alice
         |        |                  /-----Sir Constantine De MORTIMER
         |        |                 |        |                  /-----John De BRAOSE, Baron Of Bramber
         |        |                 |        |         /-----Sir Richard De BREUSE, Lord Of Stinton
         |        |                 |        |        |         \-----Margaret Of Wales
         |        |                 |         \-----Sibyl De BREUSE
         |        |                 |                 |         /-----William Le RUS
         |        |                 |                  \-----Alice Le RUS
         |        |                 |                           \-----Agatha De CLERE
         |        |         /-----Sir Robert De MORTIMER
         |        |        |         \-----Agnes
         |         \-----Eleanor De MORTIMER
         |                  \-----Margery
 /-----Constantine De CLIFTON
John De CLIFTON, Lord Clifton
|                  /-----William De La POLE
|         /-----Sir William De La POLE
|        |         \-----Elena
 \-----Catherine De La POLE
          \-----Catherine



Descendants of John De CLIFTON, Lord Clifton
1. John De CLIFTON, Lord Clifton m. Elizabeth CROMWELL
m. Elizabeth CROMWELL father: Sir Ralph CROMWELL, Lord Cromwell mother: Maud BERNAKE

2nd generation

3. Constantine CLIFTON, Lord Clifton m. Margaret HOWARD
m. Margaret HOWARD father: Sir Robert HOWARD mother: Margaret De SCALES

3rd generation

4. Elizabeth CLIFTON m. Sir John KNYVET
m. Sir John KNYVET father: Sir John KNYVET mother: Joan De BOTETOURT
5. Sir John CLIFTON, Lord Clifton m. Joan THORPE
m. Joan THORPE father: Sir Edmund THORPE, Lord Thorpe mother: Joan De NORTHWOOD

4th generation

6. John KNYVET m. Alice LYNNE
m. Alice LYNNE father: William LYNNE mother: Alice STOKES
9. Jane KNYVET m1. Robert TOPPES m2. Richard De ROS
m. Robert TOPPES
m. Richard De ROS father: Sir Thomas De ROS, Lord Ros Of Helmsley mother: Eleanor BEAUCHAMP
10. Margaret KNYVET m1. Richard CHAMBERLAYNE m2. William GEDNEY
m. Richard CHAMBERLAYNE father: Richard CHAMBERLAIN mother: Margaret De LOUVAIN
m. William GEDNEY

5th generation

14. Christine KNYVET m. Sir Henry COLET
m. Sir Henry COLET father: Robert COLET
15. Sir William KNYVET m1. Alice De GREY m2. Joan STAFFORD m3. Joan COURTENAY
m. Alice De GREY father: John De GREY mother: Elizabeth
m. Joan STAFFORD father: Humphrey STAFFORD, K.G., Duke Of Buckingham mother: Anne NEVILLE
m. Joan COURTENAY father: Thomas COURTENAY, Earl Of Devon mother: Margaret BEAUFORT
19. Richard CHAMBERLAYNE m. Sybil FOWLER
m. Sybil FOWLER father: Richard FOWLER, Chancellor Of The Duchy Of Lanca mother: Joan DANVERS