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Family and Education
b. 1527, o.s. of Sir John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, by Anne, da. of Sir Guy Sapcotes of Hunts. educ. King’s, Camb. m. (1) Margaret (d. 27 Aug. 1562), da. of Sir John St. John of Bletsoe, Beds., wid. of William Gostwick (d. Dec. 1545), of Willington, Beds., 4s. inc. Sir Francis, John and William 3da.; (2) settlement 25 June 1566, Bridget (d. 12 Jan. 1601), da. of Sir John Hussey, Lord Hussey, wid. of Sir Richard Morison (d. 20 Mar. 1556) of London and Cassiobury, Herts. and of Henry Manners, 2nd Earl of Rutland (d. 17 Sept. 1563), s.p. Kntd. 20 Feb. 1547. summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony as Baron Russell 1 Mar. 1553; KG nom. 23 Apr. 1564, inst. 15 May 1564. suc. fa. as 2nd Earl of Bedford 14 Mar. 1555.Date of birth estimated from parents’ marriage and from age (28) at fa.’s i.p.m. (C142/102/80) and (58) at own death. CP; DNB; H. P. R. Finberg, Gostwicks of Willington (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxxvi), 72n, 76, 89 establishes that Margaret 2nd Countess of Bedford was the daughter-in-law, not the wife, of Sir John Gostwick* as given in CP.CPR" class="drupal_footnote" style="color:red;">
Offices Held

J.p. Bucks. 1547 – d., Beds., Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Northants, Som. 1558/59; sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 1547 – 48; custos rot. Bucks. c. 1547 – d.; commr. relief Bucks. 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553, eccles. causes, dioceses of Lincoln and Peterborough 1571; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1558, 1559, 1563, 1571; ld. lt., Cornw., Devon, Dorset 1558 – d.; PC 21 Nov. 1558 – d.; ld. warden of the stannaries 1559 – 80; ambassador to France 1559, 1561; gov. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. and warden, east marches 1564 – 25 Aug. 1568; lt. gen., the north 1 Aug. 1565; high steward, duchy of Cornw. 13 Apr. 1572 – d.; c.j. in eyre, south of the Trent 1584 – d.; numerous minor offices. CPR, 1547–8, pp. 81, 419; 1550–3, pp. 141, 393; 1553, pp. 351, 413; 1563–6, p. 259; 1566–9, p. 201; 1569–72, pp. 476–7; APC, iv. 49, 277; G. Scott Thomson, Lds. Lt. 39, 46, 48; information from J. C. Sainty; LJ, i. 514, 542, 580, 667; Arundel castle mss autograph letters 1513–85, no. 29.

Parlimentarian
RUSSELL, Francis (1527-85), of Amersham and Chenies, Bucks. and Russell (Bedford) House, the Strand, Mdx.
Main residences: Amersham; Chenies, Bucks.; Russell (Bedford) House, the Strand, Mdx.
Author
M.K.D.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title

RUSSELL, Francis (1527-85)

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