Family and Education
s. and h. of William Rokesburgh (d.1387) of Stanstead Abbots, prob. by his w. Parnel, wid. of John Patmore of Albury, Herts. and John Barre. m. Isabel, at least 1 da.VCH Herts. iv. 7, 55; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. x. 165. If H. Chauncy’s transcription of a memorial inscription at the church of Stanstead Abbots is correct, Rokesburgh must have had two wives named Isabel, one who died in 1400 (Herts. i. 384), and a second whom he married before 8 July 1416 and who survived him by at least a few months (CFR, xiv. 160; P. Morant, Essex (Colchester), ii. 494).
Offices Held
Commr. of sewers, Essex, Herts., Mdx. July 1416; kiddles Feb. 1428, Dec. 1433, Apr. 1434; inquiry, Essex, Herts. Jan. 1429 (concealments); to assess a royal loan, Herts. Apr. 1431.
Escheator, Essex and Herts. 5 Nov. 1430–26 Nov. 1431.
J.p. Herts. 24 Jan. 1431 – Aug. 1433.
Main residences: Stanstead Abbots, Herts.; Great Parndon, Essex.
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Commons 1386-1421
Web Title
ROKESBURGH, William (-d.1434)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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