Family and Education
b. c.1371, yr. s. of John Rookwood (d.c.1386), of Stanningfield, Stansfield and Stanstead, Suff. by his 2nd w. Joan (d.1392), da. of Sir Robert Swinburne and sis. of Sir Thomas Swinburne. m. Agnes, kinswoman of Sir Edmund Thorpe and Sir Robert Corbet,Reg. Chichele, ii. 143-9; F. Blomefield, Norf. v. 150. 2s. 1da.
Offices Held
Commr. of arrest, Suff. July 1400; inquiry Jan. 1412 (contributors to a subsidy) July 1421 (assault on a duchy of Lancaster official); to raise royal loans Nov. 1419.
Tax collector, Suff. Mar. 1401.
Escheator, Norf. and Suff. 3 Nov. 1412–10 Nov. 1413.
J.p. Suff. 16 Mar. – Dec. 1417.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Acton, Suff.
Rokewode, Rookwode
Volume
Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
ROOKWOOD, William (c.1371-1422)
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Oxford 1644
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