John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln

Also known as: doctor Russell · Family: English government · Role: bishop of Lincoln · First appears: Edward V 5

Life events

• c. 1483 · John Russell, Bishop of Lincoln received the great seal.(Edward V 5)
  • “At which councell also, the archbishop of Yorke chancellor of England, which had deliuered vp the great seale to the quéene, was thereof greatlie reprooued, and the seale taken from him, and deliuered to doctor Russell bishop of Lincolne”

Edward V 5

• sworn: Edward V “At which councell also, the archbishop of Yorke chancellor of England, which had deliuered vp the great seale to the quéene, was thereof greatlie reprooued, and the seale taken from him, and deliuered to doctor Russell bishop of Lincolne, a wise man and a good, and of much experience, and one of the best learned men vndoubtedlie that England had in his time.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.