John Russell husband of Anne Sapcote
1486 Born Before
1506 Gentleman of the Privy Chamber of King Henry VII
1509 Gentleman of the Privy Chamber of King Henry VIII
1513 Captain in the English Army (France)
1522 Knight (by Earl of Surrey)
1523 June Knight-Marshal of the Household
1523 Aug Secret Envoy to the Emperor, & Charles, Duke of Bourbon
1525 June-Nov Secret Envoy to the Emperor, & Charles, Duke of Bourbon
1527 Jan Ambassador to the Pope (Clement VII) & Naples
1528 Shetiff counties Dorset and Somerset
1529-1536 MP Buckingham
1536 Joint Commissioner to try Insurgents in County of Lincoln
1537-1539 Comptroller of the Household
1538 Privy Councillor
1539 Created Baron Russell of Cheyneys
1539 April K.G
1539 High Steward of the Duchy of Cornwall, Warden of the Stannaries, Rider and Master Forester of Dartmoor Forset & Chace & Warden of Exmor Forest
1539 Constable of Restormell Castle, & Keeper of Restormell Park
1539 Keeper of Tiverton & Assheley Parks
1539 Keeper of Blockonnoc Manor & Park
1539 Steward of the Honours of Wykerlegh, South Tawton & Steele
1539 Keeper of Lydford Castle
1540-42 Lord High Admiral of England & Ireland
1540 Lord President Counties Devon, Dorset, Cornwall and Somerset
1542 High Steward of the University of Oxford
1543-1547 Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
1544 July Captain-General of the Vanguard English Army in France
1544 July Lost an Eye
1545 Keeper of Rockingham Castle
1545 Lieutenant & Captain-General in the Western Counties and Wales
1546 Joint Executor to King Henry VIII
1547 Lord High Stewart of England for Coronation of King Edward VI
1547 Bearer of the Third Sword, Coronation of King Edward VI
1547 Privy Councillor
1547-1553 Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
1549 Lieutenant of the Protector in Counties Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and Somerset
1550 Created Earl of Bedford
1550 Chief Commissioner to make peace with France
1552 First Special Commissioner to execute Penal Laws
1553 Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal
1554 Lord Lieutenant county of Devon
1554 April-July Ambassador Extraordinary to Spain
1555 March 14th Died
1527 Born
1547 Knight by King Edward VI
1547-1552 MP for Buckingham
1550-1555 st Lord Russell
1552 Summonsed to Parliament as Baron Russell
1553-1580 Lord Warden of the Stannaries
1555 Suceeded as 2nd Earl of Bedford
1557 Captain in the English Army (St Quentin)
1558 Lord Lieutenant Counties of Dorset, Devon & Cornwall & City of Exeter
1558 Privy Councillor
1558 Member of Gray’s Inn
1559 Assistant to the commissioners to draw up the new Liturgy
1559 Lord Lieutenant Counties Devon and Cornwall
1561 Ambassador Extraordinary to Paris
1564 Warden of the East Marches & Captain of Bewick
1564 KG
1565-1569 Lieutenant-General in Counties Northumberland, Cumberland, Westmoreland & Durham
1566 Ambassador Extraordinary to Scotland
1566 Proxy for Queen Elizabeth at Baptism of James, Prince of Scotland
1569 Lord Lieutenant Counties Devon, Cornwall & City of Exeter
1569 Chief Commissioner of Musters in County Buckingham
1574 Lord Lieutenant Counties Devon, Cornwall, Dorset and City of Exeter
1576 Lieutenant of the Order of the Garter
1576 High Steward of Oxford
1581 Joint Commissioner to treat with the French Ambassadors
1584 Warden & Chief Justice in Eyre of the Royal Forests South of Trent
1585 Lord Lieutenant Counties Devon, Cornwall & Dorset
Francis Russell youngest daughter Margaret Russell married George Clyfford, third
Earle of Cumberland. Died as a widow at Brougham Castle and buried at Appleby
St Lawrence. Margaret’s tomb was erected by her daughter Ann Clyfford, wife of
the Earl of Dorset, Her Arms;
Under
countess's coronet, 4ly of 8; I, ar. lion rampant gu. on chief sa. 3 escallops
of field (Russell) ; 2, sa. tower ar. (De la Tour) ; 3, barry of 8 or
& gu. (Muschamp) ; 4, gu. 3 herrings hauriant ar. (Herring) ; 5, sa.
griffin segreant ar. between 2 cross crosslets fitché or (Froxmere) ; 6, sa. 3
chevronels erm. (Wyse) ; 7, sa. 3 dovecotes ar. (Sapcote) ; 8, ar. on
cross gu. 5 mullets or (Semark).