298 BEDFORD. Herbert. His widow d. in 1609 and was bur. at Bisharn afsd. M.I.( h ) Will, as " late wife of lit. Hon. John, late Lord Russell," dat. 23 April 1G0E>, pr. 23 June following, and again 19 Nov. 1017. V. 15S5. 3. Edward (Russell), Earl ok Bedford, &c, grandson and h. male, being only s. and It of Sir Francis R. by Juliana, da. and coheir of Sir John Foster, Warden of the Middle Marches, which Francis was 3rd 8. of the 2nd Farl. by his 1st wife, and was slain v.p. (the day before his father's death) in a fray with Scotland, 27 July 15S5. He was 6. Oct. 1874. He m. 12 Dec. 1684, at Stepney, Midx., Lucy, da. of John (Harinuton), Lorh H.uiington ok Exton, by Ann, da. and h. of Robert Kelwav. He d. s.p s. at Moor Park, Herts, 3 May 1627 and was bur. the 11th at Chenies. Adniou. 8 May 1027 t" his relict, ami agaiu 4 July following, His widow, who in 1614 was coheir to her br. John, the 2nd Lord Harington, was a patroness of literature. She (/. at Moor Park on the 26th (of the same) May 1027 and was bur. at Exton afsd. Admon. 4 July 1027. VI. 1627. 4- Fraxcjs (Russell), Earl of Bedford, Sec, cousin and h. male. He was also BARON RUSSELL OF THOKNHA.UGH, co. Northampton, being s. and h. of William Lord Russell of Thoruhaugh (gu cr. 21 July 1603) by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Henry Lonc:, which William was 4th audyst. s. of the 2nd Earl of Bedford by his 1 st wife. He was b. 1 093, attended his father in Ire- land, when a youth, was Knighted 30 March 1607, and sue. to his father's Peerage 9 Aug. 1613. Lord Lieut, of Devon, 1623. He was a student and a friend of the literary men of his age. 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." Though of the popular party, his moderation was such that he had undertaken to preserve Lord Strafford's life, being first Commissioner to the Scots, 1640. and P.C., 1641 ; the King also had resolved to make him Lord High Treasurer, but his premature death prevented the accomplishment thereof. He »!,, settlement dat. 22 Feb. 1608, Catharine, da. and coheir of Oiles (BbyDGBs), 3rd LonD Chandos, by Frances, da. of Edward (Clinton), Kahi. ok Lincoln. He d. of the small pox, 9 May 16-11, and was bin: at Chenies. Will dat. 11 Oct. 1639, pr. 8 Fell. 1612. His widow d. 29 Jan., and was bur. 16 Feb. 1656-7 with him. M.I.( C ) VII. 1641. 5. William (Russell), Earl of Bedford, etc., s. and ■n„tor1nm •'• auout 1613 - K B - 1 Fu, ->- 16 - u > at tllp coronation of uuKeaom. cllarles L He wajJ M p for Tav j st ock - m the (Long) of IV. 1G94. 3 Nov. 1640, and, on 21 April 1641, was one of the 24 Com- moners who conferred with the Lords as to a petition of grievances. On 14 July 1642, being then a Peer, he accepted the command as Gen. of the Horse in the Parliamentary service,( d ) with which he did great execution at Edgehill, 23 Oct. 1642. He was Lord Lieut, of Devon and Somerset, 1642, on the nora. of the Pari. In 1643, however, having, with the Earls of Holland and of Clare, endeavoured to mediate between the King and the Pari., he joined the former at Oxford and fought on the Royal side at the first battle of Newbury, 20 Sep. 1643. After this he never sat in the House of Lords till 25 April 1660, when he took an active part in effecting the restoration. At the coronation, on 23 April 1001, he carried the sceptre of St. Edward. Was Gov. of Plymouth, 1071. El. and iuv. ( b ) In Ashmole's " Berkshire " her effigy is said to have " a Viscountess's coronet on her head," which would be the courtesy rank of her husband. ( c ) " 1652-3 " is the date on the M.I. in Lipscomb's '* Bucks," iii, 259, but "1657 " is correctly given in Wiffen's " House of Russell," and in the burial entry as given in " Lipscomb." The date in the Register is " 1650," i.e. 1656-7. (<*) See next page.
