RUSSELL, John I (d.1584), of Blackfriars, London.

2nd s. of (Sir) Francis Russell, 2nd Earl of Bedford, by his 1st w., and bro. of Sir Francis and William. m. 23 Dec. 1574, Elizabeth (d.1609), da. of Sir Anthony Cooke of Gidea Hall, Romford, Essex, wid. of Sir Thomas Hoby, 2da. summ. to Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Russell Jan. 1581.