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

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.