Lower Strensham Worcestershire
Brass effigies of Sir John Russell 1556 , and wife Edith Unton 1562 placed on the wall on the north side of the chancel altar looking down on their table tomb. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/a4w25E Above are displayed their heraldic shields
"Here iieth the bodies of Sir John Russell, knight , & Dame Edith his wife, the naturall father & mother of Sir Thomas Russell , knight, theyr onlie sone,... the which Sir John Russell departed out this world in the faithe of Jesus Christ ye ......... daye of August An Do 1556 and in the third and fourth year of the reign of King Phillip and Queen Marie; and ye sayd Dame Edith dyed also in ye fayth of Jesus Christ, the .... daye of October An Do 1562 having both .... in hope in Christ of a joyfull resurrection"
Sir John was the son of John Russell 1502 & Elizabeth www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/R6UdMM daughter of Thomas Baynham 1499 of Mitcheldean and 2nd wife Alice daughter of William Walwyn.
He m 1539 Edith daughter of Thomas Unton 1574 flic.kr/p/T3tkY7 and 2nd wife Elizabeth 1536 4th daughter of Oliver Hyde d1516 and Agnes www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/10966270484/ daughter and heir of Thomas Lovingcott.
Edith was the sister of Alexander Unton 1547 at Faringdon flic.kr/p/4CUEmP
Children
1. Sir Thomas Russell c 1529-1574 m1 1539 at Beoley, Worc Frances 1555 daughter of Sir Roger Cholmeley /Cholmley. Lord Chief Justice, and Christiana Hurst (parents of John Russell 1593 m Elizabeth Sheldon 1622 & grandparents of Sir Thomas Russell 1632 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/z3m433 ) m2 Margaret 1617 daughter of William Lygon of Madresfield and Eleanor Dennis +++
1. Agnes 1539 m Sir John Edward Jenner 1569 son of William Charles Jenner and Joanna Gayner
2. Mary 1576 m Richard Lygon of Madresfield son of William Lygon & Eleanor +++ daughter of Sir William Dennis of Dyrham and Anne Berkeley (parents of Mary wife of John Washborne of Wichenford flic.kr/p/6F3VfX ) Mary & Richard Lygons daughter Penelope m Robert Walweyn parents of John Walweyn 1624 at Mathon www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9936vA )
- St John the Baptist, Lower Strensham, Worcestershire
Picture (right) with thanks - copyright Philip Pankhurst CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5567148
Lower Strensham Worcestershire
Brass effigies of Sir John Russell 1556 , and wife Edith Unton 1562 placed on the wall on the north side of the chancel altar looking down on their table tomb. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/a4w25E Above are displayed their heraldic shields
"Here iieth the bodies of Sir John Russell, knight , & Dame Edith his wife, the naturall father & mother of Sir Thomas Russell , knight, theyr onlie sone,... the which Sir John Russell departed out this world in the faithe of Jesus Christ ye ......... daye of August An Do 1556 and in the third and fourth year of the reign of King Phillip and Queen Marie; and ye sayd Dame Edith dyed also in ye fayth of Jesus Christ, the .... daye of October An Do 1562 having both .... in hope in Christ of a joyfull resurrection"
Sir John was the son of John Russell 1502 & Elizabeth www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/R6UdMM daughter of Thomas Baynham 1499 of Mitcheldean and 2nd wife Alice daughter of William Walwyn.
He m 1539 Edith daughter of Thomas Unton 1574 flic.kr/p/T3tkY7 and 2nd wife Elizabeth 1536 4th daughter of Oliver Hyde d1516 and Agnes www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/10966270484/ daughter and heir of Thomas Lovingcott.
Edith was the sister of Alexander Unton 1547 at Faringdon flic.kr/p/4CUEmP
Children
1. Sir Thomas Russell c 1529-1574 m1 1539 at Beoley, Worc Frances 1555 daughter of Sir Roger Cholmeley /Cholmley. Lord Chief Justice, and Christiana Hurst (parents of John Russell 1593 m Elizabeth Sheldon 1622 & grandparents of Sir Thomas Russell 1632 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/z3m433 ) m2 Margaret 1617 daughter of William Lygon of Madresfield and Eleanor Dennis +++
1. Agnes 1539 m Sir John Edward Jenner 1569 son of William Charles Jenner and Joanna Gayner
2. Mary 1576 m Richard Lygon of Madresfield son of William Lygon & Eleanor +++ daughter of Sir William Dennis of Dyrham and Anne Berkeley (parents of Mary wife of John Washborne of Wichenford flic.kr/p/6F3VfX ) Mary & Richard Lygons daughter Penelope m Robert Walweyn parents of John Walweyn 1624 at Mathon www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9936vA )
- St John the Baptist, Lower Strensham, Worcestershire
Picture (right) with thanks - copyright Philip Pankhurst CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5567148