March 14 – A man who served 4 monarchs and kept his head, and A mumbling judge causes problems
Joel | March 14, 2022
On this day in Tudor history, 14th March 1555, courtier, envoy and landowner, Sir John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, died at his London residence on the Strand aged around 70. Russell was an important Tudor man who served four Tudor monarchs – Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI and Mary I – AND he […]
