Family and Education
prob. s. and h. of Sir Thomas Rokeby (fl.1389), ‘le neveu’, of Rokeby and Mortham. m. Joan, da. and h. of Sir John Strother of Felton, Northumb., by Mary (fl.1415), da. and coh. of Sir Alan Heton† (d.1388) of Ingram, Northumb., Northumb. RO, Swinburne (Capheaton) mss, ZSW/1/79, 149; 4/29. Joan did not fall heir to a share of the Heton lands for Mary had male issue by her 2nd husband, Sir William Swinburne† (d.1404) of Capheaton, Northumb.: The Commons 1386-1421, iv. 551-3. Under the terms of the 1351 contract for Mary’s marriage to Strother, the lands of Strother’s father, Henry, in Kirknewton, Felton and elsewhere in Northumb. should have passed to the issue of the couple, but title appears to have been disputed: Swinburne mss, ZSW/4/29. By a fine levied in 1415 Rokeby and his wife alienated their interest in her inheritance to feoffees headed by the wealthy Newcastle merchant, Roger Thornton*: CP25(1)/291/63/44. poss. 2s. 1da. Kntd. by Jan. 1405.
Offices Held
Parlty. proxy for the prior of Durham 1406.
Collector of a tax, Yorks. (N. Riding) Mar. 1401.
Sheriff, Northumb. 21 Jan. – 22 Nov. 1405, Yorks. 23 Nov. 1407 – 15 Nov. 1408, 10 Dec. 1411 – 3 Nov. 1412.
Commr. Cumb., Northumb., Westmld., Yorks., Normandy, Louviers Aug. 1407 – June 1418.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Rokeby; Mortham, Yorks.
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Commons 1422-1461
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Oxford 1644
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