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ROCKLEY, Sir Robert (c.1340-c.1415), of Falthwaite, Yorks.

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b. c.1340, s. and h. of Robert Rockley (d.1341) of Falthwaite by Cecily, da. of Robert Oxspring of Oxspring. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Fitzwilliam of Wentworth and Sprotborough by his w. Maud Cromwell, 3s. (1 d.v.p.); poss. (2) by June 1402, Alice, da. and h. of Thomas Sheffield of Bolsterstone by his w. Alice. Kntd. by June 1398.J. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 93, 285-6, 294; CPR, 1385-9, p. 475; 1408-13, p. 107; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xii. 301; Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. lxix. 60. Although largely accurate in other respects, Hunter assumes, erroneously, that there were two Robert Rockleys, the younger of whom sat in Parliament.
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Commr. of array, Yorks. (W. Riding) Dec. 1368, June 1388, Aug. 1403, May 1415; to deliver a prisoner from London to Boston Oct. 1391; make arrests Yorks. Dec. 1392, Aug., Sept. 1393, Mar. 1394, Jan. 1396, July 1403 (rebels and traitors).

Assessor of a subsidy, Yorks. (W. Riding) Dec. 1381.

Constable, steward and master forester of Knaresborough and bailiff of Osgoldcross, Yorks. for John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, by Sept. 1388-bef. 1399.Somerville, Duchy, i. 372; DL42/15, f. 21v.

J.p. in the duke of Lancaster’s liberties in Yorks. 11 Mar. 1390.

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ROCKLEY, Sir Robert (c.1340-c.1415), of Falthwaite, Yorks.
Main residence: Falthwaite, Yorks.
Roclny, Rockeley(e), Roskley
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ROCKLEY, Sir Robert (c.1340-c.1415)

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ROCHFORD, John (d.1410), of Fenn of Boston, Lincs.

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s. and h. of Sir Saier Rochford of Boston. m. by c.1375, Alice, 1s. 2da. Kntd. by 12 Nov. 1399.CPR, 1399-1401, p. 164; P. Thompson, Boston, 177; Reg. Repingdon (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lviii), 211-12. Lincs. Peds. ed. Maddison, 829, is mistaken in stating that Rochford’s mother was Joan, da. and coh. of Sir Hillary, for although she did have a son named John Rochford he cannot have been our MP. The latter was succeeded by Sir Ralph Rochford of Fenn in Boston (d.1439/40) not by two young female descendants as was the case with Joan Hillary’s son: CFR, xiv. 423; Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (EETS, lxxviii), 120-8. During the lifetime of his uncle, Sir John Rochford the elder (d.c.1392), contemporaries usually referred to this MP as ’the younger’ or ’son of Sir Saier’ in order to avoid confusion. The problem of identification is, however, further complicated by the evidence of yet another namesake known as John Rochford of Boston. He and the subject of this biography were together parties to the endowment of Barling abbey in 1390 (C143/409/19; CPR, 1388-92, pp. 192-3), and were evidently related. John Rochford of Boston was himself a figure of some consequence. An adherent of the Lords Appellant of 1388, he served as a j.p. in Lindsey from 1387 to 1390, and, along with other members of the prolific Rochford clan, he took the oath in 1388 to support the Appellants’ rule. He served on occasional royal commissions, and in 1398 was twice pardoned for his attachment to King Richard’s enemies (C66/319 m. 16v; C67/30 mm. 18, 34; PR, iii. 400; CPR, 1385-9, p. 257; 1391-6, p. 430). Yet despite his connexion with leading figures in Boston (CP25(1)143/147/19, 144/148/39; JUST 1/1496 rot. 3v), we know that it was not he, but the subject of this biography who played a prominent part in the affairs of the Corpus Christi guild there.
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Commr. of inquiry, Lincs. Nov. 1379 (disorder at Boston), Mar. 1382 (shipwreck), Norf. May 1388 (dispute over the manor of Denver), Lincs. May 1391 (refusal of chantry priests to perform their duties), Feb. 1392 (counterfeiting the great seal), May 1392 (negligent chantry priests), July 1393 (use of fraudulent weights by wool merchants), Dec. 1397 (attacks on the bp. of Lincoln), Lincs., Notts., Yorks. Mar. 1400 (goods of the abp. of Canterbury), Lincs. Dec. 1400 (dispute over the manor of Blyborough), May 1401 (possessions of a felon),CIMisc. vii. 181. Sept. 1401 (value of Somerton castle),Ibid. 198. Nov. 1402 (fair at Burgh-le-Marsh), Feb. 1410 (possessions of a felon);Ibid. 408, 412. array (Holland) Apr. 1385, Dec. 1399, Aug. 1402, July 1403, (Kesteven) Aug. 1403, (Holland) Sept. 1403; sewers Feb. 1390, May 1395, (Lindsey) Nov. 1399, (Holland) Feb. 1400, May 1403, July 1405, Norf. June 1406, June 1407, Lincs. July 1409, (Lindsey) Nov. 1410; to settle a civic dispute, Lincoln Mar. 1393; take charge of the goods of the vicar of Sibsey, Lincs. Feb. 1398; take securities Nov. 1400; proclaim the King’s intention to rule justly May 1402; take victuals for the royal army June 1405; inspect indictments for treason Nov. 1405; enforce statutes concerning weirs, Cambs., Hunts. Mar. 1410.

Alderman of the Corpus Christi guild, Boston 1381 – 86, 1391 – 94, 1397 – 99, 1409.Thompson, 117–18.

J.p. Lincs. (Holland) 20 Dec. 1382 – Feb. 1407, 7 June 1410 – d., (Kesteven) 16 May 1401-Mar. 1406.

Sheriff, Lincs. 21 Oct. 1391 – 18 Oct. 1392, 24 Nov. 1400 – 8 Nov. 1401, 4 Nov. 1409–29 Nov. 1410.

Steward of the duchy of Lancaster honour of Bolingbroke, Lincs. and overseer of feodaries and bailiffs, Lincs. bef. 3 Feb. 1399–12 May 1407.Somerville, Duchy, i. 575; DL42/15, f. 28.

Steward of the estates forfeited for treason by Thomas Holand, earl of Kent, Lincs. Feb. 1400 – d.

Constable of the bp. of Ely’s castle of Wisbech, Cambs. 17 Aug. 1401–d.Ely Episcopal Recs. ed. Gibbons, 75.

Collector of a tax, Cambs. (Isle of Ely) Mar. 1404, of a royal loan, Lincs. Sept. 1405; controller of a tax (Holland) Mar. 1404.

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ROCHFORD, John (d.1410), of Fenn of Boston, Lincs.
Main residence: Fenn of Boston, Lincs.
Rechefort, Rechford, Rochefort, Rycheford
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ROCHFORD, John (-d.1410)

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ROCHES, Sir John (c.1333-1400), of Bromham, Wilts.

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b. c.1333, s. and h. of John Roches of Bromham by Agnes, da. and coh. of Gilbert Berwick of East Winterslow, Wilts. m. by Apr. 1376, Willelma (c.1365-31 Oct. 1410), da. and event. h. of Sir Robert de la Mare of Steeple Lavington, Wilts. by Maud, da. of Sir Hugh Hastings, 2s. d.v.p. 2da. Kntd. by Mar. 1363.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv), 5-6; CIPM, xi. 44; CFR, xii. 312.
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Commr. to distribute a tax allowance, Wilts. May 1373; of oyer and terminer Feb. 1375; inquiry Sept. 1377 (illegal confederations), Hants Jan. 1383 (piracy), Cornw. Mar. 1383 (maritime suit), Wilts. Mar. 1400 (dissensions at Amesbury priory); to put down rebellion, Hants, Wilts. July 1381, Wilts. Dec. 1381, Mar., Dec. 1382; of array, Hants, Wilts. July 1381, Wilts. Dec. 1399; arrest, Cornw. Feb. 1383; gaol delivery, Old Sarum Mar. 1384; to determine appeals against judgements in the ct. of chivalry Jan. 1386, Feb., Mar., May 1394, June 1395, Feb. 1396, in the ct. of admiralty Oct. 1391, Nov. 1393, Aug. 1396; investigate encroachments on the admiral’s jurisdiction by the civic authorities of London Jan. 1391; of weirs, Wilts. June 1398.

Surveyor of the forests of Chippenham, Melksham and Pewsham, Wilts. 5 Dec. 1373 – d.

Ambassador to Aragon 30 Oct. 1377 – 4 May 1378, 20 June 1378.

Jt. warden, Savernake forest, Wilts. 28 June 1381-c.1382.

Keeper of Marlborough castle and surveyor of Savernake forest 28 Mar. 1382 – d.

Adm. to the south and west 22 May 1382 – 23 Nov. 1383, to the north and west 21 May-22 June 1389.

J.p. Wilts. 20 Dec. 1382 – Mar. 1386, 28 June-Nov. 1396.

Dep. marshal of England bef. Mar. 1385, Jan.-Mar. 1394.Nottingham Med. Studies, vii. 77.

Capt. of Brest by 8 Jan. 1386-c. May 1388.

Alnager, Wilts. 20 Nov. 1388–8 Mar. 1389.

Sheriff, Wilts. 7 Nov. 1390–21 Oct. 1391.

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ROCHES, Sir John (c.1333-1400), of Bromham, Wilts.
Main residence: Bromham, Wilts.
Notes

Care has been taken to distinguish him from his father, from John de Roches† (d. bef. 1349), father-in-law of Sir Bernard Brocas* (M. Burrows, Fam. Brocas of Beaurepaire, 323), and from the Sir John Roches (d.1376) whose family held lands in Wales and Ireland (CP, xi. 43-44). It was probably our John’s father who was constable of Taunton castle by appointment of Bishop Edington of Winchester from bef. May 1355 until Edington’s death in 1366: Reg. Langham (Canterbury and York Soc. liii), 321.

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