Sir Maurice Russell, JP of Kingston Russell, Dorset and Dyrham, Glos. was an English gentleman and knight. He was a prominent member of the Gloucestershire gentry. He was the third but eldest survivin
Sir Maurice Russell(1356–1416) and first wife Isabel Childrey. Rubbing from monumental brass, floor of the south chapel, St Peter's Church, Dyrham.
St Peter's Church, parish church of Dyrham. Next to it has stood for many centuries the manor house of Dyrham, the present incarnation of which, Dyrham Park (pictured), dates from the reign of William & Mary, and is thought to incorporate some of the structure of the ancient home of the Russells. In this church can be seen the funerary brass of Sir Maurice Russell and Isabel Childrey.
Arms of Russell impaling Childrey, detail from monumental brass of Sir Maurice Russell, Dyrham Church
Armorials of the de Dauntsey family of Dauntsey, Wiltshire: Per pale or and argent, 3 bars nebulée gules. These arms can be seen on various monuments within Dauntsey parish church
Nuneham Courtenay is a village and civil parish about 5 miles SSE of Oxford. It occupies several miles close to the east bank of the River Thames.
Maurice Russell, knight
…Bolingbroke, Duke of Lancaster; (2) Sir Thomas de la River (died 1406) of Tormarton & Acton Turville, Gloucestershire; (3) Sir John Drayton (died 1417) of Nuneham Courtenay; and (4) Stephen Hatfield (died 1461), esquire. Isabel and Drayton sold their share in the Russell lands to Margaret and her husband Sir Gilbert Denys…
All Saints' parish church, built 1872–74
Nuneham House overlooking the Thames.
View northwest of the main road in Nuneham Courtenay village.
1874 'New' All Saints' Church, designed in the Early English Gothic Revival style.