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Russell, John (1485 - 1554/5)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1485
Death Date: 1555-03-14

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Sapcote, Anne ( - 1559)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1526-10
    Union ended: n.d.
    Note: Union began sometime between November 1525 and October 1526

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Baron Russell

Titles

  • Baron Russell
    Assumed: 1538/9-03-09
    Vacated: 1554/5-03-14
  • 3rd Earl of Bedford
    Assumed: 1549/50-01-19
    Vacated: 1554/5-03-14
  • Knight
    Assumed: 1522-07-02
    Vacated: 1554/5-03-14
  • Knight of the Garter
    Assumed: 1539-04-24 (installed 18 May 1539)
    Vacated: 1554/5-03-14

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Sheriff, Somerset 1527 -11 -16
Sheriff, Dorset 1527 -11 -16
MP, Buckinghamshire 1529
JP, Northamptonshire 1536
JP, Huntingdonshire 1536
JP, Buckinghamshire 1536
JP, Bedfordshire 1536
Privy Councillor, England 1536 1554/5 -03 -14
Comptroller of the Household, England 1537 -10 -18 1539
Chief Steward & Receiver, Somerset 1537/8 -2 -23
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Essex 1537/8
JP, Hertfordshire 1537/8
JP, Huntingdonshire 1537/8 1539
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Surrey 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Sussex 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Kent 1538
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hertfordshire 1538
JP, Northamptonshire 1538 1540
Constable, Cornwall 1539 -9 -18
High Steward, Duchy of Cornwall 1539 -7 -4 1554/5 -03 -14
JP, Cornwall 1539 1540
JP, Somerset 1539 1541
JP, Dorset 1539 1540
JP, Devon 1539 1541
JP, Hertfordshire 1539
JP, Buckinghamshire 1539
Keeper, Cornwall 1539 -9 -18
Keeper, Devon 1539 -9 -18
President, Council in the West, England 1539 -4 -12 Comprising Cornwall, Devon, Dorset & Somerset
Steward, Devon 1539 -9 -18
Warden of the Stannaries, Cornwall 1539 -7 -4 1554/5 -03 -14 Stannaries also in Devon
JP, Hertfordshire 1539/40
JP, Hampshire 1539/40
JP, Oxfordshire 1539/40
JP, Wiltshire 1539/40
JP, Berkshire 1539/40
Commissioner of Gaol Delivery, Northamptonshire 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Somerset 1540 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Cornwall 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Devon 1540
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Dorset 1540
Lord High Admiral, England 1540 -7 -28 1542/3 -01 -17
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Wiltshire 1540/1 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Berkshire 1540/1 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Hampshire 1540/1 1545
Commissioner of Oyer and Terminer, Oxfordshire 1540/1 1545
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1542
JP, Oxfordshire 1542
JP, Hampshire 1542
JP, Warwickshire 1542
JP, Kent 1542 1543
JP, Lincolnshire 1542 1544
JP, Surrey 1542 1543
JP, Rutland 1542 1543
JP, Norfolk 1542 1543
JP, Cumberland 1542
JP, Worcestershire 1542
JP, Gloucestershire 1542
JP, Cambridgeshire 1542
JP, Buckinghamshire 1542 1543
JP, Essex 1542
JP, Bedfordshire 1542 1543
Keeper of the Privy Seal, England 1542 -12 -3 1554/5 -03 -14
JP, Suffolk 1542/3 1544
JP, Wiltshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Shropshire 1542/3
JP, Herefordshire 1542/3
JP, Derbyshire 1542/3
JP, Middlesex 1542/3 1544
JP, Nottinghamshire 1542/3
JP, Monmouthshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Berkshire 1542/3 1544
JP, Somerset 1542/3 1544
JP, Devon 1542/3 1544
High Steward, Oxfordshire 1543 1554/5 -03 -14
JP, Hertfordshire 1543
JP, Northamptonshire 1543
JP, Staffordshire 1543 1544
JP, Cheshire 1543
JP, Warwickshire 1543/4 1545
JP, Gloucestershire 1543/4
JP, Worcestershire 1543/4
JP, Cornwall 1543/4
JP, Sussex 1543/4 1545
JP, Huntingdonshire 1543/4
JP, Leicestershire 1543/4
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1543/4 1545
Chief Steward, Lincolnshire 1544 -6 -3
Constable & Keeper, Northamptonshire 1544 -6 -3
JP, Cambridgeshire 1544
JP, Oxfordshire 1544
JP, Essex 1544
Keeper, Northamptonshire 1544 -6 -3
Keeper & Steward, Hertfordshire 1544 -6 -3
Steward, Lincolnshire 1544 -6 -3 1547
JP, Derbyshire 1544/5
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1544/5
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1544/5
Commissioner of Array, Wales 1545
Commissioner of Array, Somerset 1545
Commissioner of Array, Gloucestershire 1545
Commissioner of Array, Dorset 1545
Commissioner of Array, Devon 1545
Commissioner of Array, Cornwall 1545
Lord Lieut, Devon 1545
Lord Lieut, Somerset 1545
Lord Lieut, Dorset 1545
Lord Lieut, Cornwall 1545
JP, Hampshire 1547
JP, Buckinghamshire 1547
JP, Huntingdonshire 1547
JP, Northamptonshire 1547
JP, Bedfordshire 1547
JP, Hertfordshire 1547
JP, Cornwall 1547
JP, Gloucestershire 1547
JP, Dorset 1547
JP, Worcestershire 1547
JP, Essex 1547
JP, Cumberland 1547
JP, Norfolk 1547
JP, Rutland 1547
JP, Cambridgeshire 1547
JP, Surrey 1547
JP, Lincolnshire 1547
JP, Kent 1547
JP, Wiltshire 1547
JP, Warwickshire 1547
JP, Yorkshire: West Riding 1547
JP, Yorkshire: East Riding 1547
JP, Yorkshire: North Riding 1547
JP, Shropshire 1547
JP, Herefordshire 1547
JP, Cheshire 1547
JP, Derbyshire 1547
JP, Middlesex 1547
JP, Suffolk 1547
JP, Staffordshire 1547
JP, Nottinghamshire 1547
JP, Leicestershire 1547
JP, Devon 1547
JP, Sussex 1547
JP, Somerset 1547
JP, Northumberland 1547
JP, Berkshire 1547
JP, Oxfordshire 1547
JP, Westmorland 1547
Lord Protector, England 1547 -1 -31
Steward, Lincolnshire 1548 1554/5 -03 -14
Lord Lieut, Somerset 1549 1553
Lord Lieut, Dorset 1549 1553
Lord Lieut, Devon 1549 1553
Lord Lieut, Cornwall 1549 1553
Lord Lieut, Buckinghamshire 1552

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Russell House, London (city-county)
  • Chenies, Buckinghamshire
    Acquired: 1526
    Via wife
  • Bedford House, Exeter (city-county) in Devon
    (Performance Venue)
    Acquired: 1539
    Divested: 1554/5

Lands

  • Berkshire
  • Buckinghamshire
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Cornwall
  • Devon
  • Dorset: Berwick
  • Hertfordshire
  • Lincolnshire
  • Middlesex
  • Northamptonshire
  • Somerset
  • Suffolk
  • Yorkshire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Earl of Bedford's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Admiral's Players
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Lord Admiral's Players
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Privy Seal's Interluders
Performance - Dover (Unknown), Dover, Kent Lord Privy Seal's Minstrels
Performance - Rye (Unknown), Rye, Sussex Lord Privy Seal's Minstrels
Performance - Guildhall, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Lord Privy Seal's Players
Performance - Guildhall (1), Barnstaple, Devon Lord Privy Seal's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Privy Seal's Players
Performance - Guildhall, Plymouth, Devon Lord Privy Seal's Players
Performance - Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth, Devon Lord Privy Seal's Trumpeters
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Lord Russell's Interluder/s
Dismissal - Bristol (Unknown), Bristol, Bristol (city-county) in Gloucestershire Lord Russell's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Privy Seal's Players Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Privy Seal's Players Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Privy Seal's Players Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Privy Seal's Players Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Privy Seal's Trumpeters Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Musicians 1
Lord Privy Seal's Interluders Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Admiral's Players Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Admiral's Players Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Russell's Players Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Lord Russell's Interluder/s Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Players 1
Earl of Bedford's Minstrels Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Privy Seal's Minstrels Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Lord Privy Seal's Minstrels Russell, John (1485 - 1555) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bedford House Exeter (city-county) in Devon Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

View a list of abbreviations.

  • The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982
  • The Dictionary of National Biography. 1882–1901 (66 vols); 1908–9 (28 vols). 2 vols. London: Oxford UP, 1975
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.