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. Edward RUSSELL, Lord Russell
  2. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell Birth: 2 Death: Jul 1584 in Highgate
  3. Sir Francis RUSSELL, Lord Russell
  4. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh Birth: Abt 1558 Death: 9 Aug 1613 in Northall, Bucks
  5. Elizabeth RUSSELL Death: 24 Mar 1605
  6. Margaret RUSSELL Birth: 8 Jul 1560 in Exeter Death: 22 May 1616 in Brougham Castle
  7. Anne RUSSELL

Marriage:
Bibliography
  1. 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]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 02 Bass-Canning. London: St Catherine Press, 1912. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Vol 2 also available at http://archive.org/completepeerageo02coka Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP II [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. 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].*].
  4. 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].*].
  5. 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].*].
  6. Clutterbuck, Robert, History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, London: Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815-27, v1-3. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/188626. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v[1-3]p[0-9]*].
  7. Bradley, Hal, 080426-134433, CP error? William Bourchier, Earl of Bath. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 4/26/2008. Subject: CP error? William Bourchier, Earl of Bath. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/uaC9wF1tjUY/m/lFxpR869hyUJ. Author address: colonialancestors at gmail dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Hal Bradley SGM 4/26/2008-134433].
  8. Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2005. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson MCA p[0-9]*].
  9. Richardson, Douglas, Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Baltimore, MD: Genelogical Publishing Co, 2004. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson PA p[0-9]*].
  10. 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 v1[pc][0-9]*].
  11. 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 v4p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p75],
parents:
[Ref: CP II p75, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Clutterbuck Hertford v2p529, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxxxii, CP II p76, CP XI p257, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p510],
place:
[Ref: CP II p76, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p510]
London [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193]
Sources for burial Information
date:
[Ref: CP II p76],
place:
[Ref: CP II p76, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p510]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret St JOHN
date:
first marriage of Francis [Ref: CP II p76, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193]
prob in 1546 [Ref: Richardson MCA p709, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]
second marriage of Margaret [Ref: CP XI p239, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p385],
names:
[Ref: Richardson MCA p94, Richardson PA p115],
child:
[Ref: CP II p77, CP II p78, CP III p568, CP XI p239, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Hal Bradley SGM 4/26/2008-134433, Richardson MCA p710, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Francis RUSSELL & Elizabeth LONG (#241300) [Ref: CP II p18]
Sources with Information about marriage to Bridget HUSSEY
date:
second marriage of Francis [Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193]
settlement 25 Jun 1566 [Ref: CP II p76, CP XI p257, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p510],
names:
[Ref: Clutterbuck Hertford v1p238]
Research Notes:
2nd Earl of Bedford, of Earldom cr 1549/50 [Ref: CP II p75]
2nd Earl of Bedford [Ref: CP IV p424, Clutterbuck Hertford v1p193, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p385]

Knt, of Amersham and Chenies, Buckinghamshire, Actor and Russell (Bedford) House, the Strand, Midlesex, etc [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]
of Amersham and Chenies, Buckinghamshire, and Russell (bedford) House, the Strand, Middlesex [Ref: Richardson MCA p709]

heir of his father [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

K.B. [Ref: Richardson MCA p709, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p385, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

Lieutenant of Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1539: Joint High Steward of Peterborough Abbey [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1547-8: Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1547-52: Knight of the Shire for Buckinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1552: Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1553-80: Lord Warden of the Stannaries [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1558: Privy Councillor [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1564: Warden of the East Marches towards Scotland and Captain of Berwick [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

23 Apr 1564: elected K.G.#350, installed 14 May 1564, succeeded William lord Paget [Ref: Beltz KnightsofGarter pclxxx]

K.G. [Ref: Richardson MCA p709, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p385, Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]

1584-5: Justice of the Forest south of Trent [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v4p509]



Pedigree of Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
                            /-----John RUSSELL
                   /-----Sir John RUSSELL
                  |        |         /-----John HERING
                  |         \-----Elizabeth HERING
          /-----James RUSSELL
         |        |         /-----John FROXMERE
         |         \-----Elizabeth FROXMERE
 /-----John RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|        |         /-----John WYSE
|         \-----Alice WYSE
Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
|         /-----Sir Guy SAPCOTE
 \-----Anne SAPCOTE
         |         /-----Sir Guy WOLSTON
          \-----Margaret WOLSTON



Descendants of Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford
1. Francis RUSSELL, K.G., Earl of Bedford m1. Margaret St JOHN m2. Bridget HUSSEY
m. Margaret St JOHN father: Sir John St JOHN mother: Margaret WALDEGRAVE
m. Bridget HUSSEY father: Sir John HUSSEY, Lord Hussey mother: Anne GREY

2nd generation

3. John RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Elizabeth COOKE
m. Elizabeth COOKE father: Sir Anthony COOKE mother: Anne FITZWILLIAM
5. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell of Thronhaugh m. Elizabeth LONG
m. Elizabeth LONG father: Henry LONG mother: Dorothy CLARKE
6. Elizabeth RUSSELL m. William BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath
m. William BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath father: John BOURCHIER, Lord Fitz Warin mother: Frances KITSON
7. Margaret RUSSELL m. George CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland
m. George CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland father: Henry CLIFFORD, Earl Of Cumberland mother: Anne DACRE

3rd generation

9. Anne RUSSELL m. Sir Henry SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester
m. Sir Henry SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester father: Edward SOMERSET, K.G., Earl of Worcester mother: Elizabeth HASTINGS
12. Francis RUSSELL, Earl of Bedford m. Catharine BRYDGES
m. Catharine BRYDGES father: Giles BRYDGES, Lord Chandos of Sudeley mother: Frances CLINTON
15. Edward BOURCHIER, Earl of Bath m1. Dorothy St JOHN m2. Anne LOVET
m. Dorothy St JOHN father: Oliver St JOHN, Lord St John of Bletso mother: Dorothy REDE
m. Anne LOVET father: Sir Robert LOVET mother: Anne SAUNDERS
16. Anne CLIFFORD m1. Richard SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset m2. Philip HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke
m. Richard SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset father: Robert SACKVILLE, Earl of Dorset mother: Margaret HOWARD
m. Philip HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke father: Henry HERBERT, Earl Of Pembroke mother: Mary SIDNEY

4th generation

17. Edward SOMERSET, Marquess Of Worcester m1. Elizabeth DORMER m2. Margaret O'BRIEN
m. Elizabeth DORMER father: Sir William DORMER mother: Alice MOLYNEUX
m. Margaret O'BRIEN father: Henry O'BRIEN, Earl Of Thomond mother: Mary BRERETON
18. Sir John SOMERSET m. Mary ARUNDELL
m. Mary ARUNDELL father: Sir Thomas ARUNDELL, Lord Arundell Of Wardour mother: Anne PHILIPSON
30. Anne RUSSELL m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol
m. George DIGBY, K.G., Earl of Bristol father: John DIGBY, Earl of Bristol mother: Beatrice WALCOTT
31. Catharine RUSSELL m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou
m. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou father: Fulke GREVILLE mother: Margaret COPLEY
33. Diana RUSSELL m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford
m. Francis NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford father: Richard NEWPORT, Lord Newport mother: Rachael LEVESON
34. William RUSSELL, Duke of Bedford m. Anne CARR
m. Anne CARR father: Sir Robert KER, Earl of Somerset mother: Frances HOWARD
36. Anne BOURCHIER m. James CRANFIELD, Earl of Middlesex
m. James CRANFIELD, Earl of Middlesex
37. Margaret SACKVILLE m. John TUFTON, Earl of Thanet
m. John TUFTON, Earl of Thanet father: Nicholas TUFTON, Earl of Thanet mother: Frances CECIL

5th generation

39. Elizabeth SOMERSET m. William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis
m. William HERBERT, Marquess of Powis father: Percy HERBERT, Lord Powis mother: Elizabeth CRAVEN
40. Henry SOMERSET, Duke of Beaufort m. Mary CAPELL
m. Mary CAPELL father: Arthur CAPELL, Lord Capell mother: Elizabeth MORRISON
41. Anne SOMERSET m. Henry HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk
m. Henry HOWARD, Duke Of Norfolk father: Henry Frederick HOWARD, Earl of Norfolk mother: Elizabeth STEWART
44. Charles SOMERSET m1. Jane THOMAS m2. Catherine BASKERVILLE m3. Elizabeth GOODYER
m. Jane THOMAS father: Walter THOMAS
m. Catherine BASKERVILLE father: Walter BASKERVILLE mother: Judith VAUGHAN
m. Elizabeth GOODYER father: John GOODYER mother: Anne MORGAN
45. Anne DIGBY m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland
m. Robert SPENCER, K.G., Earl of Sunderland father: Henry SPENCER, Earl of Sunderland mother: Dorothy SIDNEY
48. Robert GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Ann DODDINGTON
m. Ann DODDINGTON father: John DODDINGTON
49. Fulke GREVILLE, Lord Brooke of Beauchamps Cou m. Sarah DASHWOOD
m. Sarah DASHWOOD father: Francis DASHWOOD mother: Alice SLEIGH
50. Diana NEWPORT m. Thomas HOWARD
m. Thomas HOWARD
51. Richard NEWPORT, Earl of Bradford m. Mary WILBRAHAM
m. Mary WILBRAHAM father: Sir Thomas WILBRAHAM mother: Elizabeth MITTON
54. William RUSSELL, Lord Russell m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY
m. Rachel WRIOTHESLEY father: Thomas WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton mother: Rachel De MASSUE
55. Elizabeth CRANFIELD m. John EGERTON, Earl Of Bridgwater
m. John EGERTON, Earl Of Bridgwater father: John EGERTON, Earl Of Bridgwater mother: Elizabeth CAVENDISH
60. Thomas TUFTON, Earl of Thanet m. Catherine CAVENDISH
m. Catherine CAVENDISH father: Henry CAVENDISH, Duke of Newcastle mother: Frances PIERREPONT
61. Cecily TUFTON m. Christopher HATTON, Viscount Hatton
m. Christopher HATTON, Viscount Hatton father: Christopher HATTON, Lord Hatton mother: Elizabeth MONTAGU