John Baliff of Wisbech Marshall

• General Notes
  •   Some records state that William Marshall was born in Wisbech, the son of John Marshall, but his date of birth is unknown. John Marshall was a prominent citizen of Wisbech in the 1600’s having been elected Bailiff (the equivalent of an Alderman today) four times between 1616 and 1677, but no evidence has been found yet to prove that he was William Marshall's father.
    
    It is a known fact that William Marshall was a lawyer of Lincoln’s Inn in London. It is also a known fact that a man named William Marshall was a scholar at Westminster; was admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1639; obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1642/43 and a Master of Arts degree in 1646; went on to Oxford University and was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1647. It would appear very likely that these are one and the same man.
    
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