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.
Main residences: London; Havering atte Bower, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
ROCHE, William (by 1478-1549)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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