4. Sa., a griffin segreant between 3 crosses crosslet fitchée arg. Froxmere.
5. Sa., 3 chevrons arg. Wyse.
6. Sa., 3 dovecotes arg., 2 and 1, a mullet for difference. Sapcote.
7. Arg. on a cross gu., 5 mullets arg., 1, 3, and 1. Bodenham.
Coronet.—That of an Earl.
[Prayers. Edinburgh, 1565.]
Francis Russell (born 1527, died 28th July 1585) was the son of John Russell, K.G., created Earl of Bedford in 1549. In 1554 Francis Russell succeeded to his father's earldom, and in 1546 he was made a Knight of the Bath. He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire, Member of Parliament for Northumberland, and Lord Lieutenant for Bucks.
Lord Bedford served as Ambassador to France on two occasions, and in 1564 he was made a Knight of the Garter. He also served as Chief Justice in Eyre south of Trent, and Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, Devon, and Cornwall. He was known as the "Good Earl of Bedford," and entertained Queen Elizabeth both at Chenies and at Woburn.
