Thomas Russell (abt. 1412 - abt. 1432)

Born about 1412 in Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England

Ancestors

Died about 1432 at about age 20 in Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England

Biography

He was born about 1412 in Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England. He was the son of Sir Maurice Russell and his wife, Joan Dauntsey. He died 1432 in Dyrham, Gloucestershire, England.

Sources

• Source: Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols., ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City, Utah: the author, 2013), Vol II page 398.

Joan (or Jane) Dauntsey, born about 1396. She married (1st) before 1412 (as his 2nd wife) Maurice Russell, 3rd son but eventual heir of Ralph Russell, Knt., by his wife, Alice. He was born 2 Feb. 1356. They had one son, Thomas. Sir Maurice Russell, died 27 June 1416. His widow, Joan, married (2nd) before 8 July 1418 John Stradling, 2nd son of William Stradling, Knt., , by Isabel, daughter and heiress of John Saint Barbe. They had two sons, Richard and Edmund. Sir John Stradling died in 1435. His widow, Joan, married (3rd) after 17 July 1437 John DeWall (or DeWale), Esq. Joan DeWall, Esq., died shortly before 16 March 1453. His widow, Joan, died in 1457.

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• Gorges, Raymond, The Story of a Family Through Eleven Centuries... Family of Gorges (Boston: Updike, 1944.), p. 30

• Brydges, Egerton, Collins's Peerage of England (London: T. Bensley, 1812.), 1:264