RUSSELL, Henry (d.1463), of Weymouth and Dorchester, Dorset.

Family and Education

s. and h. of Stephen Russell alias Gascoigne† (d.1438), of Weymouth and Dorchester, by Alice, h. gen. to the families of de la Tour and Blynchesfeld. The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 260-1. m. (1) bef. 1432, Elizabeth (d.?1442), da. and coh. of John Herring (d.1455) of Chaldon Herring, Dorset, G. Scott Thomson, Two Cents. Fam. Hist. 315; C139/162/21. 2s. inc. John Russell III*, 2da.; (2) Isabel (d. 10 Jan. 1479). E149/240/16.

Offices Held

Attestor, parlty. elections, Weymouth 1431, 1432, 1435, 1437, Dorset 1432, 1449 (Feb.), 1460.

Dep. butler, by appointment of Thomas Chaucer*, Melcombe Regis 8 Dec. 1427 – ?July 1433, Melcombe Regis and Poole 15 Nov. 1455–?d. CPR, 1422–9, p. 448; 1452–61, p. 273.

Bailiff, Weymouth Mich. 1429–30, 1432 – 33, 1437 – 38, 1440–1. E159/207, recorda Mich. rot. 32d; 210, recorda, Mich. rot. 36; 218, recorda Mich. rot. 24; E207/15/4.

Searcher of ships for uncustomed wool 24 Apr. 1440-June 1443. CPR, 1436–41, p. 411; E159/222, brevia Hil. rot. 17d.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Exeter and Dartmouth 24 Nov. 1440–20 Mar. 1442. CFR, xvii. 166, 168, 172, 200, 201, 203; E356/19, rot. 45.

Commr. to levy £50 pursuant to an ordinance in Parl., Salisbury, Poole and Weymouth Apr. 1454.

Parlimentarian

RUSSELL, Henry (d.1463), of Weymouth and Dorchester, Dorset.

Main residences: Weymouth; Dorchester, Dorset.

Gascoigne, Gascoyne, Gasken

Author

L.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1422-1461

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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