- John Russell (bishop)
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name = John Russell
religion =Catholic
See =Diocese of Lincoln
Title =Bishop of Lincoln
Period = 1480–1494
Predecessor =Thomas Rotherham
Successor =William Smyth
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bishops =Bishop of Rochester
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date of birth =
place of birth =
date of death =December 30 1494
place of death =John Russell (died
30 December 1494 ) was an EnglishBishop of Rochester andbishop of Lincoln andLord Chancellor .Life
He was admitted to
Winchester College in 1443, and in 1449 went to Oxford as Fellow of New College. He resigned his fellowship in 1462, and appears to have entered the royal service.In April of 1467 and January of 1468 he was employed on diplomatic missions for
Edward IV of England toCharles the Bold , atBruges . He was there again in February of 1470 as one of the envoys to invest Charles with theOrder of the Garter : the Latin speech which Russell delivered on this last occasion was one ofWilliam Caxton 's earliest publications, probably printed for him at Bruges byColard Mansion [See Blades, Life of Caxton, i. p. vii, ii. 29-31.] .In May of 1474 he was promoted to be
keeper of the privy seal ,Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 93] and retained his office even after his consecration asbishop of Rochester on22 September 1476 , and translation to the post ofbishop of Lincoln on9 September 1480 .Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 249]As a trusted minister of Edward IV, he was one of the executors of the king's will; but on
13 May 1483 he accepted the office of chancellor in the interest ofRichard of Gloucester , apparently with great reluctance. He retained thegreat seal until29 July 1485 .Powicke "Handbook of British Chronology" p. 86]Russell was above all things an official, and was sometimes employed by Henry VII in public affairs. But his last years were occupied chiefly with the business of his diocese, and of the university of Oxford, of which he had been elected chancellor in 1483. He died at
Nettleham , and was buried atLincoln Cathedral .Sir Thomas More calls Russell "a wise manne and a good, and of much experience, and one of the best-learned men, undoubtedly, that England had in hys time." Two English speeches composed by Russell, for the intended parliament ofEdward V , and the first parliament of Richard III, are printed in Nichols's "Grants of Edward V" [Camden Society ] . Some other writings remain in manuscript.ee also
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List of bishops of Rochester
*List of bishops of Lincoln and precursor offices
*List of Lord Chancellors and Lord Keepers Notes
References
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* Powicke, F. Maurice and E. B. Fryde "Handbook of British Chronology" 2nd. ed. London:Royal Historical Society 1961Further reading
For contemporary notices see especially More's "Life of Richard III", the Continuation of the
Croyland Chronicle , ap. Freeman Scriptores, and Bentley's "Excerpta Historica", pp. 16-17.
* Wood, "History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford"
* T. Kirby, "Winchester Scholars", and "Annals of Winchester College"
* Campbell, "Lives of the Chancellors"
* Foss, "Judges of England"
* "Concise Dictionary of National Biography"External links
* [http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/John_Russell_(Bishop) Source]
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Lord Privy Seal; Lord Chancellor of England; Bishop of Rochester; Bishop of Lincoln
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DATE OF DEATH=December 30, 1494
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