The influential role of Russell in the region, however, continued and he was instrumental in the putting down of the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. The historian Joyce Youings has argued that, if Cromwell had not fallen, the Council would have become part of a network of such bodies, and that his fall saved the region, and England, from his "passion for a salaried bureaucracy".
The influential role of Russell in the region persisted and he played a key role in suppressing the Prayer Book Rebellion in 1549. Historian Joyce Youings argues that if Cromwell hadn't fallen, the Council would have joined other similar organizations, potentially leading to England being controlled by his "desire for a paid bureaucracy".