RUSSELL, William (c.1602-1669), of Great Witley, Worcs.; later of Strensham, Worcs. and Charing Cross, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1602, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Russell† of Strensham and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Spencer of Yarnton, Oxon. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 84. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1620, aged 18; M. Temple 1622. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. settlement 20 Sept. 1624, (with £4,500) Frances (bur. 9 Jan. 1654), da. of Sir Thomas Reade of Barton, Berks. and Brocket, Herts., 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.) C78/263/8; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 84; Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 84-5; Soc. Gen. Strensham par. reg.; Regs. of St. Michael and All Angels, Great Witley, Worcs. 28, 29, 33, 34, 35. cr. bt. 12 Mar. 1627; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 161. suc. fa. 1632. C142/580/97. d. 30 Nov. 1669. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 84. sig. Wil[liam] Russell.

Offices Held

Master of the game (jt.) Malvern Chase, Worcs. 1610–32; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 641; B.S. Smith, Hist. Malvern, 152. commr. swans, Midland counties 1627, C181/3, f. 226v. charitable uses, Worcs. 1632, 1638, C93/14/1; 93/17/6. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1633 – 42, 1660–d.; C181/3, f. 226v; 181/4, f. 143v; 181/5, f. 219; C181/7, pp. 11, 498. j.p. Worcs. 1633 – 46, 1660–d.; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 68; Diary of Henry Townshend ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1920), ii. 184, 276. sheriff, Worcs. 1635 – 36, 1642–3, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 159; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 416. commr. Avon navigation 1636; Rymer, ix. pt. 2, p. 6. dep. lt. Worcs. by 1637 – 42, 1660; HEHL, EL7443; SP29/11/200. commr. array, Worcs. 1642, Northants RO, FH133. raise volunteers (roy.), Worcs. 1642; R.H. Silcock, ‘County Govt. in Worcs.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1974), p. 327. freeman, Worcester, Worcs. 1643; Chamber Order Bk. of Worcester ed. S. Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. viii), 369. commr. safety (roy.), Worcs. 1643 – 46, sequestration (roy.), Worcs. 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 14, 74; Diary of Henry Townshend, iii. 265. association Worcs., Salop, Herefs. and Staffs. (roy.) 1645, CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 322. Sir Jacob Astley’s army 1645–6, Diary of Henry Townshend, iii. 244. Poll Tax, Worcs. 1660, assessment, Worcs. 1662, 1664 – 68, indigent roy. officers, Worcs. 1662, disafforestation Malvern Chase, 1662, subsidy, Worcs. 1663–4. SR, v. 220, 341, 384, 468, 542, 572, 582, 586, 619; E178/5982; E115/108/38.

Lt. col. horse (roy.), 1642–3; E. Warburton, Mems. of Prince Rupert and Cavaliers, ii. 70. col. horse and ft. (roy.), 1644–6; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, pp. 37–8; Diary of Henry Townshend, i. 112. gov. (roy.), Worcester 1642–3. Chamber Order Bk. of Worcester, 73.

Patentee, soap monopoly 1631, Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 208. member, Fishery Soc. by 1632. SP16/221/1.

Parlimentarian

RUSSELL, William (c.1602-1669), of Great Witley, Worcs.; later of Strensham, Worcs. and Charing Cross, Westminster.

Main residences: Great Witley, Worcs.; Strensham, Worcs.; Charing Cross, Westminster.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

RUSSELL, William (c.1602-1669)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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