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b. c. 1616, 1st s. of Sir William Russell†, 1st bt. of Chippenham, Cambs. and his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Gerard of Burwell, Cambs.;Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, ii. 382-3; CB; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies. bro. of Gerard Russell†. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 28 Jan. 1631, ‘aged 14’;Reg. of Wadham Coll. Oxford ed. R. B. Gardiner (1889-95), i. 103-4; Al. Ox. G. Inn 15 Aug. 1633, I. Temple 6 Feb. 1635.G. Inn Admiss. 201; Inner Temple database. m. or Dec. 1631, Catherine, da. of John Wheatley of Catsfield, Sussex, 7s. (2 d.v.p.), 7 da. (2 d.v.p.).Chippenham par. reg. 1560-1646, ff. 15v-17, 19, 21v; Chippenham par. reg. 1669-1719, ff. 11v-12; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, ii. 389-92. suc. fa. 1654.Chippenham par. reg. 1669-1719, f. 11. bur. 30 Apr. 1664 30 Apr. 1664.Chippenham par. reg. 1669-1719, f. 12v.
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Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 1641.LC3/1, f. 25.

Local: commr. subsidy, Cambs. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 20 Aug. 1642–?CJ ii. 729a; LJ v. 307a. Commr. Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely militia, 6 Jan. 1643;SP28/5, ff. 74–5. sequestration, Cambs. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Cambs. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Cambs. and I. of Ely 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Cambs. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; I. of Ely 14 Mar. 1655. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660SP25/76A, f. 16; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78; A. and O. J.p. Cambs.; Bucks. Mar. 1652 – aft.July 1653; Suff. Feb. 1656-Mar. 1657.C231/6, p. 217, 259, 326; A Perfect List (1660). Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Cambs. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 16, 378. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 27, 380. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Cambs. 21 Sept. 1655.Bodl. Rawl. C.948, p. 24. Custos rot. 1656-July. 1660.A Perfect List (1660); 231/7, p. 14. Commr. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), Eastern Assoc. army by Oct. 1643-aft. Mar. 1645.SP 28/10, f. 189; G. Davies, ‘The army of the Eastern Assoc.’, EHR xlvi. 93. Gov. Gt. Yarmouth Dec. 1643-Feb. 1644;HMC 9th Rep. 313, 320; Holmes, Eastern Assoc. 188–9. I. of Ely Aug. 1645-aft. Nov. 1647.LJ vii. 532b, 535b-536a; SP28/128/6, f. 5v. Capt. of dragoons, Ely by July 1647.SP28/251.

Central: commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Civic: chamberlain, Chester by 1657.A Narrative of the late Parliament (so called) (1657, E.935.5), 17; A Second Narrative of the late Parliament (1658), 27.

Parlimentarian
RUSSELL, Francis (c.1616-64), of Chippenham, Cambs.
: Cambs.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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RUSSELL, Francis (c.1616-64), of Chippenham, Cambs.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited substantial estates at Chippenham, Cambs.M. Spufford, Contrasting Communities (Cambridge, 1974), 58-92.
Oxford 1644
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