RUSSEL

Notes: Other pedigrees (from unreliable sources) centre on TheobaldRussell(d. 1340) of Yaverland in Isle of Wight, Kingston Russell in Dorset, and Horsington in Somerset.

One reference states that the grandfather of this Theobald was a common ancestor of the Earls and the Dukes of Bedford. Other references state that the Earls of Bedford descended from a son of Theobald's second marriage. Most of these references 'appear to agree' on Theobald's ancestry.

TheobaldRussell, he is said to have married twice. First wife was Eleanor Gorges, daughter and heiress of Sir Ralph De Gorges. By Eleanor he had three sons, his heir Ralph, William (died sp) and Theobald who assumed the name of Gorges after inheriting from his mother. Theobald's second wife is said to be Eleanor De la Tour, daughter of John De la Tour, by whom he had a son William. WilliamRussell, son of Theobald and Eleanor, married the daughter and heiress of Muschamp. They had a son HenryRussellwho married the daughter and co-heir of John Herring. Henry had a son JamesRussellwho was the father of John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford. (There is no mention of Stephen Russell, apparently a proven ancestor, or of his wife Alice, also a proven ancestor.)

Bearing in mind that StephenRussellwas Member of Parliament for Weymouth in 1394/5, also was a ThomasRussellwho was Member of Parliament for adjacent Melcombe in 1384/5 and 1389/90, and a WilliamRussellwho was Member of Parliament for Melcombe in 1340/1 and taxed at the same place in 1367/8.

Father: William RUSSELL (Sir)

Mother: Jane PEVERELL

Married: Eleanor GORGES

Children:

1. Ralph RUSSELL

2. William RUSSELL (died sp)

3. Theobald GORGES (Sir)

Married 2: Eleanor De la TOUR (dau. of John De la Tour)

Children:

4. William RUSSELL

Ralph RUSSELL

Died: 13 Feb 1375, Kingston Russell, Dorset, England

Father: Theobald RUSSEL

Mother: Eleanor GORGES

Married: Alice ?

Children:

1. Maurice RUSSELL

2. Agnes (Nesta) RUSSELL

Agnes (Nesta) RUSSELL

Born: ABT 1357, Dyrham, Gloucester , England

Father: Ralph RUSSELL

Mother: Alice ?

Married: John De CRADOCK (b. ABT 1355) ABT 1377

Children:

1. John NEWTON (b. ABT 1380) (m. Margaret Moythe)

Maurice RUSSELL

Born: 2 Feb 1356, Kingston Russell, Dorset, England

Died: 27 Jun 1416, Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England

Father: Ralph RUSSELL

Mother: Alice ?

Married 1: Isabel CHILDREY (dau. of Edmund Childrey and Lucy ?) ABT Jun 1369

Children:

1. Isabel RUSSELL

2. Margaret RUSSELL

Married 2: Joan DAUNTESEY (b. ABT 1395 - d. 1457) (dau. of Joun Dauntesey and Elizabeth Beverley) (w.1 of John Dewall - w.2 of John Stradling)

Children:

1. Thomas RUSSELL (d. 1430, a minor)

Margaret RUSSELL

Born: ABT 1386, Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England

Died: 1460

Father: Maurice RUSSELL

Mother: Isabel CHILDREY

Married 1: John KEMYS of Syston Manor

Married 2: Gilbert DENNYS (Sir) (son of William Dennys and Margaret Corbett)

Children:

1. Maurice DENNYS of Olveston (b. ABT 1419) (m.1 Catherine Stradling - m.2 Alice Poyntz)

2. William DENNYS

3. Richard DENNYS

4. Margaret DENNYS

Isabel RUSSELL

Father: Maurice RUSSELL

Mother: Isabel CHILDREY

Married 1: John DRAYTON

Married 2: Stephen HATFIELD

Married 3: Thomas De La RIVER

Married 4: William SCROPE (1° E. Wiltshire)

Stephen RUSSELL of Weymouth

Died: 1438

Notes: Member of Parliament for Weymouth in 1394/5. His wife, Alice was a daughter of Hugh, a granddaughter of Cecily De Blynchesfield, and heir-general of both the Blynchesfield and De la Tour families.

Married: Alice De La TOUR

Children:

1. Jennet RUSSELL

2. Henry RUSSELL

Jennet RUSSELL

Born: ABT 1414

Father: Stephen RUSSELL of Weymouth

Mother: Alice De La TOUR

Married: Eustace WHITNEY (b. 1410 - d. ABT 1468) (son of Robert Whitney and Joan Oldcastle) 1435

Children:

1. Robert WHITNEY of Whitney (b. 1436) (m. Constance Touchet)

Henry RUSSELL

Died: 1463/4, Dorchester, England

Father: Stephen RUSSELL of Weymouth

Mother: Alice De La TOUR

Married: Elizabeth HERRING

Children:

1. John RUSSELL

John RUSSELL

Died: 1505

Father: Henry RUSSELL

Mother: Elizabeth HERRING

Married: Alice FROXEMERE

Children:

1. James RUSSELL of Kingston Russell

James RUSSELL of Kingston Russell

Died: 1509

Father: John RUSSELL

Mother: Alice FROXEMERE

Married: Anne (Alice) WYSE (dau. of John Wyse of Sydenham, Dorset and Thomasine Fulford)

Children:

1. John RUSSELL (1° E. Bedford)

John RUSSELL (1° E. Bedford)

Born: 1485

Died: 14 Mar 1554/5, The Strand, Midlessex, London, England

Buried: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: James RUSSELL of Kingston Russell

Mother: Anne (Alice) WYSE

Married: Anne SAPCOTE (C. Bedford)(d. 14 Mar 1559) (See her Biography) 1526

Children:

1. Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Born: 1527

Died: 28 Jul 1585, Bedford House, The Strand, Midlessex, London, England

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: John RUSSELL (1° E. Bedford)

Mother: Anne SAPCOTE (C. Bedford)

Married 1: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Children:

1. Edward RUSSELL (3° B. Russell)

2. John RUSSELL (4° B. Russell)

3. Francis RUSSELL (5° B. Russell)

4. William RUSSELL (1° B. Russell of Thornhaugh)

5. Anne RUSSELL (C. Warwick)

6. Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath)

7. Margaret RUSSELL (C. Cumberland)

Married 2: Bridget HUSSEY (C. Rutland/C. Bedford) 25 Jun 1566

Anne RUSSELL (C. Warwick)

Born: Dec 1548, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Died: 6/9 Feb 1603, Northaw, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Notes: went to court as a maid of honor after her mother’s death. Poet Pietro Bozzari wrote of her that she had "a form like Helen's, by delight attended". Remained at court as a lady of the privy chamber after her marriage with Ambrose Dudley. She became extremely influential and was once said to have refused a bribe of £100 to advance a suit in chancery because the sum was too small. In addition to her lodgings at court, Anne kept a house in what had once been the garden of the priory of the Austin Friars in Broad Street, London. She was also lady of the manor of Rowington, Warwickshire and it was to her that William Shakespeare had to apply for the copyhold on his cottage and grounds in Stratford-upon-Avon. She had no children of her own, but she was guardian to her nephew, the 3rd E. of Bedford, and took an interest in the upbringing of three of her nieces, Anne and Elizabeth Russell and Anne Clifford. Anne Russell was with Queen Elizabeth when the Queen died.

Father: Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Mother: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Married: Ambrose DUDLEY (3° E. Warwick) 11 Nov 1565, Queen's Chapel, Whitehall, London, England

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Elizabeth RUSSELL (C. Bath)

Died: 24 Mar 1605

Buried: Tawstock

Father: Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Mother: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Married: William BOURCHIER (3° E. Bath)7 Aug 1582/3, St.Mary Major's/St. Stephen's Church, Exeter, England

Children

1. Edward BOURCHIER (4º E. Bath)

2. Richard BOURCHIER (B. Fitzwaryn)

3. Frances BOURCHIER

4. Robert BOURCHIER

5. John BOURCHIER (b. 1583)

Margaret RUSSELL (C. Cumberland)

Born: 7 Jul 1560, Exeter, England

Died: 24 May 1616, Brougham Castle

Buried: Appleby, St. Lawrence

Notes: See her Biography.

Father: Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Mother: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Married: George CLIFFORD (3° E. Cumberland) 24 Jun 1577,St. Mary Overies, Southwark, England

Children:

1. Robert CLIFFORD (Sir)

2. Francis CLIFFORD

3. Anne CLIFFORD (14° B. Clifford)

Edward RUSSELL (3° B. Russell)

Born: 1551

Died: 1572

Buried: 26 Jun 1572, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Mother: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Married: Jane Sybilla MORISON (B. Russell/B. Wilton)(dau. of Sir Richard Morison of Cashiobury and Bridget Hussey, C. Rutland/C. Bedford) ABT 1571

Edward Russell

3º B. Russell

John RUSSELL (4° B. Russell)

Born: ABT 1553

Died: 1584

Notes: summ. to Lords in his fa.'s barony as Lord Russell Jan 1581. Russell married a sister-in-law of Lord Burghley, and the Queen Elizabeth and the Earl of Leicester were godparents to the daughter born in 1575. Both Russell's seats in Parliament were obtained through the influence of his father. On the second occasion some doubt arose as to whether he could continue in his seat after the death of his elder brother entitled him to a courtesy title, and his membership of the Commons was confirmed 9 Feb 1576. He was appointed to committees concerned with ports (13 Feb), wines (21 Feb), church discipline (29 Feb) and the petition urging the Queen to marry (12 Mar). Later that year he travelled in Germany and Italy. He was raised to the peerage before the next and last session of the Parliament. Russell died v.p. at Highgate in Jul 1584. Administration was granted to his widow on 9 Oct 1584: a further grant was made, 22 Oct 1618, to their daughter Anne, Lady Herbert.

Father: Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Mother: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Married: Elizabeth COOKE (B. Russell) 12/23 Dec 1574

Children:

1. Elizabeth RUSSELL

2. Anne RUSSELL (C. Worcester)

3. Francis RUSSELL (d. young)

Elizabeth RUSSELL

Born: Oct 1575

Died: Jun 1600

Buried: St. Edmund´s Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England

Notes: She is said to have been born within the precincts of Westminster Abbey, where the Dean had given her mother permission to take refuge from an outbreak of the plague. Queen Elizabeth was her godmother. At nineteen, she went to court as a Maid of honour to Queen. She and her sister Anne sold their inheritance, Russell House in St. Martin-in-the-fields, provoking a quarrel with their mother. Elizabeth further irritated Lady Russell by being thrown out of the Coffer Chamber in Apr 1597, in company with Elizabeth Brydges, for going unchaperoned to watch the Earl of Essex and other gentlemen play at ballon. One rumor makes Elizabeth Russell the Earl’s mistress. She certainly had admirers, Lord Cobham and Lord Admiral Charles Howard among them. Although the Lord Admiral was already married, Lady Russell urged her daughter to use her influence with him. Lady Russell wanted him to grant her the lease to Donnington. At one point in the 1590s, negotiations were ongoing for Elizabeth Russell’s marriage to the Earl of Worcester’s heir, but that young man died and the next brother in line was betrothed to Elizabeth’s younger sister, Anne. Elizabeth danced at their wedding. Then, within a fortnight, she fell ill and died. There are various stories about her death. One says she died of consumption. Another blames her death on a prick from a needle and asserts that it was her punishment for working on a Sunday. However she died, she was buried in Westminster Abbey, where she is the subject of a most unusual sculpture. She is shown asleep sitting up, one foot resting on a skull.

Father: John RUSSELL (4° B. Russell)

Mother: Elizabeth COOKE (B. Russell)

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Anne RUSSELL (C. Worcester)

Born: ABT 1578

Died: 1/8 Apr 1639, Worcester House

Notes: in 1594 went to Court as Maid of honour to Queen Elizabeth I.

Father: John RUSSELL (4° B. Russell)

Mother: Elizabeth COOKE (B. Russell)

Married: Henry SOMERSET (1° M. Worcester) 16 Jun 1600, Ludgate, St.Martin's

Children:

1. Edward SOMERSET (2° M. Worcester)

2. John SOMERSET

3. Elizabeth SOMERSET (V. Montagu)

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Francis RUSSELL (5° B. Russell)

Born: 1553, Badby, Northamptonshire, England

Died: 27 Jul 1585

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Mother: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Married 1: Juliana FORSTER(b. 1555 - d. 1585) (dau. and coh. of Sir John Foster of Bamborourgh and Jane Radcliffe) 15 Apr 1571, Badby Parish, Northampton, England

Children:

1. Edward RUSSELL (3° E. Bedford)

2. Mary Anne RUSSELL

Mary Anne RUSSELL

Born: 18 Apr 1574, Badby, Northamptonshire, England

Died: Badby, Northamptonshire, England

Father: Francis RUSSELL (5° B. Russell)

Mother: Juliana FORSTER

Married: John ROOT 23 Jul 1600, Badby, Northamptonshire, England

Children:

1. Mary ROOT

2. Susan ROOT

3. Thomas ROOT

4. John ROOT

Edward RUSSELL (3° E. Bedford)

Born: 20 Dec 1572

Died: 3 May 1627, Moor Park, Hertfordshire, England

Buried: Chenies

Notes: implicated in the Essex´s Rebellion.

Father: Francis RUSSELL (5° B. Russell)

Mother: Juliana FORSTER

Married: Lucy HARRINGTON 12 Dec 1594, Stepney, Midlessex, England

Children:

1. Francis RUSSELL (b. 1602 - d. 1602)

2. Dau. RUSSELL

William RUSSELL (1° B. Russell of Thornhaugh)

Born: ABT 1558/1562

Acceded: Thornhaugh

Died: 9 Aug 1613, Northall, Buckinghamshire, England

Buried: Thornhaugh

Notes: See his Biography.

Father: Francis RUSSELL (2° E. Bedford)

Mother: Margaret St. JOHN (C. Bedford)

Married: Elizabeth LONG(b. ABT 1562 - d. 12 Jun 1611) (dau. of Henry Long of Shingay and Dorothy Clarke of Weston) 13 Feb 1585, Watford

Children:

1. Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Married 2: Lucy ?

Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Born: 1593

Died: 9 May 1641

Buried: Chenies

Notes: Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, co. Northampton, being only son and heir of William, Lord Russell of Thornhaugh (so created 21 Jul 1603), by Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry Long. He was born 1593, attended his father in Ireland, when a youth, was knighted 30 Mar 1607, and succeeded to his father's Peerage 9 Aug 1613. Custos Rot. 1619, and Lord Lieutenant of Devon, 1623, both till his death. In 1630 he undertook the great work of draining the fens in the counties of Northampton, Cambridge, Huntingdon, Norfolk and Lincoln, called from him "the Bedford level". He is said to have been Grand Master of Freemasons 1635-36. Though of the popular party, his moderation was such that he had undertaken to preserve Lord Stafford's life. He wsa one of the 16 'popular' noblemen, named by the King, Sep 1640, to treat with the Scots at Ripon. P.C. 19 Feb 1641; the King also had resolved to make him Lord High Treasurer, but his premature death prevented the accomplishment thereof. He married (settlement dat. 22 Feb.) 26 Feb 1608/9, at St. Mary le Strand, Catherine, daughter and coheir of Giles Brydges, 3rd Baron Chandos of Sudeley, by Frances, daughter of Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln. He died 9 May 1641, of the small pox, and was buried at Chenies, aged about 48. Will dated 14 Oct 1639, pr. 8 Feb 1642. His widow died 29 Jan, and was buried 16 Feb 1656/7, with him. M.I.".

Father: William RUSSELL (1° B. Russell of Thornhaugh)

Mother: Elizabeth LONG

Married: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford) 26 Feb 1608/9, St Mary Le Strand, London, Middlesex, England

Children:

1. William RUSSELL (1° D. Bedford)

2. Diana RUSSELL (B. Newport)

3. John RUSSELL (d. 1681)

4. Catherine RUSSELL (B. Beauchamp)

5. Anne RUSSELL (C. Bristol)

6. Edward RUSSELL (Hon.)

7. Francis RUSSELL (Gov. of Barbados)

8. Margaret RUSSELL (C. Carlisle)

9. Elizabeth RUSSELL

10. Frances RUSSELL

Diana RUSSELL (B. Newport)

Born: 1624

Died: 30 Jan 1695

Buried: Chenies, Buckinghamshire, England

Father: Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Mother: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford)

Married: Francis NEWPORT (1° E. Bradford) (b. 23 Feb 1619 / 1620 - d. 19 Sep 1708, Twickenham) (son of Richard Newport, 1° B. Newport and Rachel Leveson) 28 Apr 1642, St.Giles's-in-the-Fields

Catherine RUSSELL (B. Beauchamp)

Born: ABT 1618

Died: 1 Dec 1676

Father: Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Mother: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford)

Married: Robert GREVILLE (2° B. Beauchamp) ABT 1630

Children:

1. Francis GREVILLE (3º B. Beauchamp)

2. Edward GREVILLE

3. Robert GREVILLE (4º B. Beauchamp) (b. ABT 1638)

4. Fulke GREVILLE (5º B. Beauchamp) (b. 1643)

5. Thomasine GREVILLE

6. Algernon GREVILLE

Francis RUSSELL (Gov. of Barbados)

Died: ABT 1 Oct 1696

Father: Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Mother: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford)

Married: Catherine GREY 30 Apr 1691

Anne RUSSELL (C. Bristol)

Born: ABT 1616

Died: 27 Jan 1696/7

Father: Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Mother: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford)

Married: George DIGBY (2° E. Bristol) (d. 20 Mar 1676/7)

Margaret RUSSELL (C. Carlisle)

Died: Nov 1676

Buried: Chenies

Father: Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Mother: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford)

Married 1: James HAY (2° E. Carlisle) (b. ABT 1612 - d. 30 Oct 1660 - bur. 15 Nov 1660, Waltham Abbey, Essex) (son of James Hay, 1° E. Carlisle and Honora Denny) 21 Mar 1632 St.Benet's Fink, London

Married 2: Edward MONTAGUE (2° E. Manchester) 31 Jul 1667

Edward RUSSELL (Hon.)

Father: Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Mother: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford)

Married: Penelope HILL

Children:

1. Edward RUSSELL (1° E. Orford) (b. 1652, Chiswick, Midx. - d. 26 Nov 1727, Covent Garden - bur. Chenies) (m. Margaret Russell, 12 Nov 1691, Woburn)

William RUSSELL (1° D. Bedford)

Born: Aug 1616

Died: 7 Sep 1700, Bedford House, London, England

Buried: Chenies

Father: Francis RUSSELL (4° E. Bedford)

Mother: Catherine BRYDGES (C. Bedford)

Married: Anne (Elizabeth) CARR (D. Bedford)(dau. of Robert Carr, 1° E. Somerset and Frances Howard, C. Essex/C. Somerset) 11 Jul 1637, St.Benet's Church, London

Children:

George Digby, 2° E. Bristol, and William Russell, 1° D. Bedford

1. Francis RUSSELL (B. Russell) (b. 1638 - d. 14 Jan 1678)

2. William RUSSELL (B. Russell) (b. 29 Sep 1639 - d. 21 Jul 1683, Lincoln Inn Field (beheaded) (m. Rachel Wriothesley 31 Jul 1669 Titchfield, Hants)

3. James RUSSELL

4. Diana RUSSELL

5. Margaret RUSSELL (b. 31 Aug 1656 - bur. 29 Jan 1702, Chenies) (m. Edward Russell, 1° E. Orford, 12 Nov 1691, Woburn)

Robert RUSSELL

Born: 1422

Married: Elizabeth THROCKMORTON ABT 1448, Coughton, Warwickshire, England

Children:

1. Elizabeth RUSSELL

2. Robert RUSSELL

Elizabeth RUSSELL

Father: Robert RUSSELL

Mother: Elizabeth THROCKMORTON