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ROBINSON, William (by 1515-55/58), of Worcester.

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Family and Education

b. by 1515. m. Eleanor, 3s. 2da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Worcs. RO, 008.7/BA 3585/17.

Offices Held

Bailiff, Worcester 1536 – 37, 1538 – 39; commr. musters 1539.Nash, Worcs. ii. App. cxii; LP Hen. VIII, xiv.

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ROBINSON, William (by 1515-55/58), of Worcester.

Main residence: Worcester.

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D.F.C.

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Commons 1509-1558

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ROBINSON, William (by 1515-55/58)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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ROBOTHAM, Robert (by 1522-70/71), of London, Hartington, Derbys. and Raskelf, Yorks.

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b. by 1522. m. Sept. 1551, Grace, da. of one Paget, wid. of Robert Bull of London, 2s. 3da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Herts. (Harl. soc. xxii), 87; C1/1394/7.

Offices Held

Gent. household of Prince Edward by 1543; groom of the wardrobe by Jan. 1548; yeoman of the robes by Sept. 1549; comptroller of customs, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. Aug. 1551 – d.; parker, St. John’s Wood, Mdx. May 1552 – d., Berry Pomeroy, Devon June 1552.E179/69/35; 315/220, f. 34, 224, f. 315; 403/2449, f. 60; CPR, 1553, p. 374; Lit. Rems. Edw. VI, p. ccxii; PCC 46 Populwell.

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ROBOTHAM, Robert (by 1522-70/71), of London, Hartington, Derbys. and Raskelf, Yorks.

Main residences: London; Hartington, Derbys.; Raskelf, Yorks.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ROBOTHAM, Robert (by 1522-70/71)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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ROCHE, William (by 1478-1549), of London and Havering atte Bower, Essex.

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Family and Education

b. by 1478, prob. s. of John Roche of Wickersley, Yorks. m. (1) by 1520, Juliana (d.1526), 1s. 4da.; (2) 1531, Elizabeth, wid. of Thomas Cropp of London; (3) by 1541, Margaret, wid. of John Long (d.1538) of London. Kntd. 1540 /41.Date of birth estimated from apprenticeship. J. Weever, Funeral Monuments (1767), 402; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. vi. 321; xi. 328; PCC 3 Thower, 19 Dyngeley, 42 Populwell; C142/90/91; City of London RO, rep. 8, f. 194v; A. H. Johnson, Company of Drapers, ii. 257.

Offices Held

Warden, Drapers’ Co. 1512 – 13, 1520 – 21, master, 1531 – 32, 1535 – 36, 1540 – 41, 1543 – 44, 1545 – 46, 1548 – 49; auditor, London 1519 – 21, 1541 – 43, sheriff 1524 – 25, alderman 1530 – d., mayor 1540–1.Johnson, ii. 468–70; City of London RO, jnl. 12, ff. 15, 67, 293v; 14, ff. 232v, 273, 339v; rep. 8, f. 131v.

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ROCHE, William (by 1478-1549), of London and Havering atte Bower, Essex.

Main residences: London; Havering atte Bower, Essex.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ROCHE, William (by 1478-1549)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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ROCHESTER, Sir Robert (c.1500-57), of Stansted, Essex.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1500, yr. s. of John Rochester of Terling by Griselda, da. and event. coh. of Walter Writtle of Bobbingworth. unm. KB 29 Sept. 1553; KG nom. 23 Apr. 1557.Date of birth estimated from elder brother’s, CIPM Hen. VII, iii. 534. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 280; DNB where he is incorrectly described as the eldest son.

Offices Held

Member, council of 16th Earl of Oxford in 1542, receiver by 1542, supervisor 1546 – 47; member, household of Princess Mary by Apr. 1547, comptroller by May 1550; commr. relief, Essex and household of Princess Mary 1550, rebel fines 1553, marriage treaty 1554, sale of crown lands 1554, augmentations 1554; other commissions 1553 – d.; comptroller, the Household 5 Aug. 1553 – d.; PC 1553 – d.; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster and constable, Pleshey castle, Essex by Sept. 1553 – d.; j.p. Essex and Suff. 1554; chief steward, crown lands, Essex May 1554; temporary keeper, privy seal 1555; under steward, Westminster Jan. 1555 – d.; bailiff and under steward, St. Alban’s liberty, Herts. Dec. 1556 – d.; keeper, Beaulieu, Essex and bailiff, manors of Boreham, Essex and Hunsdon, Herts. July 1557–d.Information from Susan Flower; Essex RO, D/DPr/60–61; Harl. Roll N5; APC, ii. 86; CSP Span. 1550–2, p. 84; 1554, p. 2; Machyn’s Diary (Cam. Soc. xlii), 39; Somerville, Duchy, i. 395, 612; CPR, 1553, pp. 352, 363; 1553–4, pp. 19, 24, 36–37, 76, 88, 265, 300; 1554–5, pp. 107–8, 220; 1555–7, pp. 284, 509, 554.