RUSSELL, John I (d.1437), of Sutton Overcourt, Herefs.

Attestor, parlty. elections, Glos. 1407, 1425, 1429, Salop 1429.

Apprentice-at-law, duchy of Lancaster 1403-aft. 1422. He probably continued to be retained after 1422, for there is no further record of the duchy’s apprentices until 1437: R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 453. His rank of apprentice proves a formal legal education, but there is no evidence to support the statement of the earlier biography that he was a member of Lincoln’s Inn.

J.p.q. Herefs. 20 Feb. 1407 – Dec. 1427, 19 Mar. 1428 – d., Glos. 21 Mar. 1413 – Nov. 1416.

Parlty. proxy, abbot of Gloucester 1410, 1411, 1417. SC10/44/2153, 2175; 46/2268.

Commr. Salop., duchy of Lancaster lands s. of Trent, Glos., Herefs., Worcs., S. Wales Feb. 1410–36; of inquiry, Herefs. Dec. 1418 (suspected adherents of Sir John Oldcastle†); EHR, lv. 432–8. to raise troops or subsidy, duchy of Lancaster ldships., Herefs., Wales, Jan. 1420; muster and produce troops Feb. 1420; DL42/17, ff. 238–9. take assize of novel disseisin, Herefs. June 1423; C66/410, m. 17d. of gaol delivery, Hereford May 1429 (q.), June 1435 (q.), Worcester castle Mar. 1437. C66/424, m. 6d; 437, m. 8d; 440, m. 43d.

Justice itinerant, duchy of Lancaster ldships. in S. Wales Apr. 1410, Aug. 1413, Nov. 1416, Feb. 1417 (q.), Feb. 1418 (q.); DL42/17, ff. 202, 204v. Humphrey, earl of Stafford’s ldship. of Newport, Mon. 1432.

Escheator, Herefs. and adjacent march 9 Mar. – 10 Dec. 1411, 14 Dec. 1415 – 8 Dec. 1416, 23 Nov. 1419 – 16 Nov. 1420, 5 Nov. 1432–3.

Sheriff, Herefs. 10 Nov. 1417 – 14 Nov. 1418.

Steward, James, Lord Berkeley’s manor of Wotton-under-Edge, Glos. by Nov. 1422–?, 1426 – ?Sept. 1432 DL30/77/990. Anne Stafford, countess of March’s ldship. of Usk, Mon. by July.

Speaker 1423, 1432.