Download or read book Sketch of the History of of the House of Russell (Classic Reprint) written by David Ross and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-22 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketch of the History of of the House of Russell Was knight of the shire for the county of Southampton in 1307. Several generations afterwards, Sir John Russell, the head of the family, was Speaker of the House of Com mons, in the reign of Henry VI., 1423-1431. His son, James, by his first wife, Alice, daughter of John Wyse, Esq., was father of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.