Earl Bedford is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically.
There have been three creations of Earl Bedford:
1st. 1138. Hugh Beaumont. Extinct. 1138.
2nd. 1366. Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons. Extinct. 18th February 1397. Battle of Nicopolis.
3rd. 19th January 1550. John Russell 1st Earl Bedford. Extant.
In 1138 Hugh Beaumont [aged 32] was created 1st Earl Bedford. There is some doubt as to whether this creation existed.
After 1138 Hugh Beaumont [deceased] died. Earl Bedford extinct.
Summary
1366. Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons [aged 26] created.
18th February 1397. Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons extinct. See Battle of Nicopolis.
In 1366 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons [aged 26] was created 1st Earl Bedford. Isabella Countess Bedford and Soissons [aged 33] by marriage Countess Bedford.
On 26th August 1377 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons [aged 37] renounced his title Earl Bedford following the accession of King Richard II of England [aged 10].
On 18th February 1397 Enguerrand de Coucy 1st Earl Bedford 1st Count Soissons [aged 57] died whilst a prisoner following the Battle of Nicopolis without male issue. Earl Bedford extinct. His succeeded daughter Marie [aged 30] succeeded Countess Soissons.
Summary
19th January 1550. John Russell 1st Earl Bedford [aged 65] created.
14th March 1555. Son Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 28] succeeded.
28th July 1585. Son Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford [aged 12] succeeded.
3rd May 1627. Son Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford [aged 34] succeeded.
9th May 1641. Son William Russell 1st Duke Bedford [aged 24] succeeded.
7th September 1700. Son Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford [aged 19] succeeded.
26th May 1711. Son Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford [aged 3] succeeded.
23rd October 1732. Son John Russell 4th Duke Bedford [aged 22] succeeded.
5th January 1771. Son Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford [aged 5] succeeded.
2nd March 1802. Son John Russell 6th Duke Bedford [aged 35] succeeded.
20th October 1839. Son Francis Russell 7th Duke Bedford [aged 51] succeeded.
14th May 1861. Son William Russell 8th Duke Bedford [aged 51] succeeded.
27th May 1872. Son Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 52] succeeded.
14th January 1891. Son George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford [aged 38] succeeded.
23rd March 1893. Son Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 35] succeeded.
27th August 1940. Son Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford [aged 51] succeeded.
9th October 1953. Son John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford [aged 36] succeeded.
25th October 2002. Son Henry Robin Ian Russell 14th Duke Bedford [aged 62] succeeded.
13th June 2003. Son Andrew Ian Henry Russell 15th Duke Bedford [aged 41] succeeded.
On 19th January 1550 John Russell 1st Earl Bedford [aged 65] was created 1st Earl Bedford. Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford [aged 71] by marriage Countess Bedford.
Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke
Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson.
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On 14th March 1555 John Russell 1st Earl Bedford [aged 70] died. His succeeded son Francis [aged 28] succeeded 2nd Earl Bedford, 2nd Baron Russell of Cheneys. Margaret St John Countess Bedford [aged 22] by marriage Countess Bedford.
On 25th June 1566 Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 39] and Bridget Hussey Countess Bedford [aged 40] were married. She by marriage Countess Bedford. He the son of John Russell 1st Earl Bedford and Anne Sapcote Countess Bedford.
On 28th July 1585 Francis Russell 2nd Earl Bedford [aged 58] died. His succeeded grandson Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford [aged 12] succeeded 3rd Earl Bedford, 3rd Baron Russell of Cheneys.
On 12th December 1594 Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford [aged 21] and Lucy Harrington Countess Bedford [aged 14] were married at St Dunstan's Church Stepney. She by marriage Countess Bedford. She brought an enormous dowry of £10000 and the estate of Minster Lovell, Oxfordshire [Map].
On 3rd May 1627 Edward Russell 3rd Earl Bedford [aged 54] died at Moor Park, Hertfordshire. His succeeded first cousin Francis [aged 34] succeeded 4th Earl Bedford, 4th Baron Russell of Cheneys. Catherine Brydges Countess Bedford [aged 47] by marriage Countess Bedford.
On 9th May 1641 Francis Russell 4th Earl Bedford [aged 48] died. His succeeded son William [aged 24] succeeded 5th Earl Bedford, 5th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 3rd Baron Russell of Thornhaugh. Anne Carr Countess of Bedford [aged 25] by marriage Countess Bedford.
On 7th September 1700 William Russell 1st Duke Bedford [aged 84] died at Bedford House Covent Garden. His succeeded grandson Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford [aged 19] succeeded 2nd Duke Bedford, 2nd Marquess Tavistock, 6th Earl Bedford, 6th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 4th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 2nd Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 26th May 1711 Wriothesley Russell 2nd Duke Bedford [aged 30] died. His succeeded son Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford [aged 3] succeeded 3rd Duke Bedford, 3rd Marquess Tavistock, 7th Earl Bedford, 7th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 5th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 3rd Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 23rd October 1732 Wriothesley Russell 3rd Duke Bedford [aged 24] died at A Coruña. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His succeeded brother John [aged 22] succeeded 4th Duke Bedford, 4th Marquess Tavistock, 8th Earl Bedford, 8th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 6th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 4th Baron Howland of Streatham. Diana Spencer Duchess Bedford [aged 22] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 5th January 1771 John Russell 4th Duke Bedford [aged 60] died at Woburn, Bedfordshire. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His succeeded grandson Francis [aged 5] succeeded 5th Duke Bedford, 5th Marquess Tavistock, 9th Earl Bedford, 9th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 7th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 5th Baron Howland of Streatham.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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On 2nd March 1802 Francis Russell 5th Duke Bedford [aged 36] died unmarried at Woburn, Bedfordshire. He was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His succeeded brother John [aged 35] succeeded 6th Duke Bedford, 6th Marquess Tavistock, 10th Earl Bedford, 10th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 8th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 6th Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 20th October 1839 John Russell 6th Duke Bedford [aged 73] died. His succeeded son Francis [aged 51] succeeded 7th Duke Bedford, 7th Marquess Tavistock, 11th Earl Bedford, 11th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 9th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 7th Baron Howland of Streatham. Anna Maria Stanhope Duchess Bedford [aged 56] by marriage Marchioness Tavistock.
On 14th May 1861 Francis Russell 7th Duke Bedford [aged 73] died. His succeeded son William Russell 8th Duke Bedford [aged 51] succeeded 8th Duke Bedford, 8th Marquess Tavistock, 12th Earl Bedford, 12th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 10th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 8th Baron Howland of Streatham.
On 27th May 1872 William Russell 8th Duke Bedford [aged 62] died. His succeeded first cousin Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 52] succeeded 9th Duke Bedford, 9th Marquess Tavistock, 13th Earl Bedford, 13th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 11th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 9th Baron Howland of Streatham
On 14th January 1891 Francis Russell 9th Duke Bedford [aged 71] shot himself as a result of insanity at 81 Eaton Square, Belgravia. His succeeded son George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford [aged 38] succeeded 10th Duke Bedford, 10th Marquess Tavistock, 14th Earl Bedford, 14th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 12th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 10th Baron Howland of Streatham. Adeline Marie Somers Duchess Bedford [aged 38] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
Monument in the Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies erected by Elizabeth Sackville-West Duchess Bedford [aged 72] in 1892.
On 23rd March 1893 George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford [aged 40] died. George William Sackville Russell 10th Duke Bedford was buried at Bedford Chapel, St Michael's Church, Chenies. His succeeded brother Herbrand [aged 35] succeeded 11th Duke Bedford, 11th Marquess Tavistock, 15th Earl Bedford, 15th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 13th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 11th Baron Howland of Streatham. Mary Caurroy Tribe Duchess Bedford [aged 27] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 27th August 1940 Herbrand Arthur Russell 11th Duke Bedford [aged 82] died. His succeeded son Hastings [aged 51] succeeded 12th Duke Bedford, 12th Marquess Tavistock, 16th Earl Bedford, 16th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 14th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 12th Baron Howland of Streatham. Louisa Crommelin Roberta Jowitt Whitwell Duchess Bedford by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 9th October 1953 Hastings William Russell 12th Duke Bedford [aged 64] died. His succeeded son John [aged 36] succeeded 13th Duke Bedford, 13th Marquess Tavistock, 17th Earl Bedford, 17th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 15th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 13th Baron Howland of Streatham. Lydia Yarde-Buller Duchess Bedford [aged 35] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 25th October 2002 John Ian Robert Russell 13th Duke Bedford [aged 85] died at Santa Fe. His succeeded son Henry Robin Ian Russell 14th Duke Bedford [aged 62] succeeded 14th Duke Bedford, 14th Marquess Tavistock, 13th Marquess Tavistock, 18th Earl Bedford, 18th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 16th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 14th Baron Howland of Streatham. Henrietta Joan Tiarks Duchess Bedford [aged 62] by marriage Duchess Bedford.
On 13th June 2003 Henry Robin Ian Russell 14th Duke Bedford [aged 63] died. His succeeded son Andrew Ian Henry Russell 15th Duke Bedford [aged 41] succeeded 15th Duke Bedford, 15th Marquess Tavistock, 19th Earl Bedford, 19th Baron Russell of Cheneys, 17th Baron Russell of Thornhaugh, 15th Baron Howland of Streatham.