Russell, Francis, ? 1526-1585 (2nd earl of Bedford, magnate)
Person
Dates
- Existence: ? 1526 - 1585
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Fonds
Collection of miscellaneous Elizabethan orders for musters and other military papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.54
Scope and Contents
Includes: statistics of musters, 1588-97; London, orders for discipline, 1589; instructions to Sir Thomas Bodley as envoy to king of Denmark, 1588; instructions to Armagel Waad as envoy to duke of Holstein, 1559 (cf. Calendar of State Papers Foreign 1558-9, p. 217); instructions for musters and for lords lieutenant, with a special article for Norfolk and Lincoln, undated; instructions to Francis Russell, 2nd earl of Bedford, on appointment as lord lieutenant of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and...
Dates:
1558-1635
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library