RUSSELL, Richard I (d.1435), of York.

Attestor, parlty. elections, York 1417, 1420, 1421 (May), 1421 (Dec.), 1423, 1426, 1427, 1429, 1431, 1432, 1435.

Chamberlain, York 3 Feb. 1409–10; sheriff Mich. 1412–13; member of the council of 12 prob. by Mar. 1415 – d.; mayor 3 Feb. 1421–2, The earlier biography wrongly dates the mayoralty to 1420–1, but see York City Chamberlains’ Acct. Rolls (Surtees Soc. cxcii), 209; York Memoranda Bk. iii (Surtees Soc. clxxxvi), 76. 1430 – 31.

Commr. York 1421 – 31; of gaol delivery, Nov. 1420, June 1431, Feb. 1432, Feb. 1434. C66/403, m. 10d; 430, m. 9d; 431, m. 8d; 435, m. 19d.

Mayor of the staple of Calais by 5 Jan. 1425-bef. 6 June 1426, by 28 June 1427-c. Sept. 1429. English Miscellanies (Surtees Soc. lxxxv), 3; York Memoranda Bk. ii (Surtees Soc. cxxv), 157, 159; Historical Collns. Citizen London (Cam. Soc. ser. 2, xvii), 164.