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ROOS, Sir Robert (1390-1441), of Gedney, Lincs.

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b. Gedney, 1 Nov. 1390, s. and h. of Sir James Roos (d.1403) of Gedney by Joan, da. of Philip, Lord Despenser (d.1401). m. (1) ?by 12 Feb. 1403, Joan (d. bef. 18 Mar. 1422), da. and coh. of Sir John Rochford† (d.1410) of Fenn in Boston, Lincs. by Alice, ?da. of Sir Hugh Hastings of Elsing, Norf., 1da.; (2) Joan (d. bef. 7 Feb. 1439), CCR, 1435-41, p. 247. da. of Sir John Skelton* by his 2nd w. , 1da. Kntd. 1415.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Yorks. 1435.

Commr. of sewers, Holland, Kesteven June 1416, Holland Nov. 1423, July 1428, Dec. 1432, Lincs. Feb., May, July 1434, Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Northants. Feb. 1438, Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Norf., Northants. Aug. 1439, Jan. 1441; gaol delivery, Lincoln castle Apr. 1430; C66/426, m. 24d. oyer and terminer, Lincs. Dec. 1430 (on complaint of Sir William Bonville*); array, Holland Jan. 1436; to assess a subsidy Jan. 1436; treat for loans, Lincs. Mar. 1439, Nov. 1440.

J.p. Holland 8 July 1420 – Feb. 1422, 7 July 1423 – d.

Sheriff, Lincs. 16 Nov. 1420 – 1 May 1422, 26 Nov. 1431 – 5 Nov. 1432, 7 Nov. 1435 – 6 Nov. 1436.

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ROOS, Sir Robert (1390-1441), of Gedney, Lincs.
Main residence: Gedney, Lincs.
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ROOS, John (d.?1461), of Laxton, Notts.

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s. and h. of Robert Roos of North Deighton and Steeton, Yorks. Care must to taken to distinguish the MP from his contemporary of Routh in E. Riding: Test. Ebor. ii (Surtees Soc. xxx), 159-60. The biography in HP Biogs. ed. Wedgwood and Holt, 725-6, conflates him with John Rous of Ragley, Warws. m. by June 1433, CIPM, xxiv. 42-44; Notts. IPM (Thoroton Soc. iv), 195. Isabel (c.1408-aft.1484), da. of Miles Etton (d.v.p. bef. Nov. 1431); gdda. of Sir John Etton† (d.1433) of Gilling, Yorks., by his 1st w. Katherine, gdda. and coh. of Sir Adam Everingham (d.1388) of Laxton, at least 3s.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Notts. 1447, 1450.

Escheator, Notts. and Derbys. 4 Nov. 1443–4.

Commr. of inquiry, Notts. Jan. 1449 (lands of (Sir) Hugh Willoughby*), C139/135/37. Feb. 1450 (riots of William Meryng), May 1454 (enclosure by John Strelley*); to distribute allowance on tax Aug. 1449; of arrest July 1455 (defaulting collectors of fifteenth and tenth), E159/231, commissiones Trin. July 1458 (William and Thomas Meryng); ?array, Yorks. (W. Riding) May 1461.

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ROOS, John (d.?1461), of Laxton, Notts.
Main residence: Laxton, Notts.
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ROKKE, John, of Wells, Som.

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m. wid. of a Wells citizen, Som. Archs., Wells recs., convocation act bk. 1378-1450, p. 236. ?1da. Som. Feet of Fines (Som. Rec. Soc. xxii), 140.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Som. 1422, 1427, 1432, Wells 1426, 1432, 1435, 1437.

Auditor, Wells Dec. 1422, Mich. 1426–7; constable of the peace 1423 – 24; master 1424 – 25, 1430 – 32, 1434–5. HMC Wells, ii. 668, 670; C219/14/3; convocation act bk. pp. 241, 242, 246, 254, 277, 285.

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ROKKE, John, of Wells, Som.
Main residence: Wells, Som.
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ROKES, Thomas II (d.1458), of Ascott in Wing, Bucks.

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m. bef. 1435, CP25(1)/22/120/19. Margery, da. of Sir Thomas Sackville*, 2s. inc. Thomas†, prob. 1da. PCC 12 Stokton (PROB11/4, ff. 88v-89); CCR, 1454-61, pp. 134-5; CAD, ii. C2218.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Bucks. 1431, 1432, 1433, 1435, 1449 (Nov.).

Clerk of Sir Thomas Brounflete, keeper of the wardrobe, by July 1411-Mar. 1413. Issues of the Exchequer ed. Devon, 317.

Collector of customs and subsidies, Bristol 28 Feb. 1416–29 Sept. 1417, E356/18, rot. 1. 22 July 1439–31 Aug. 1444 or later; CFR, xiv. 113; xv. 19; xvii. 59–61; xviii. 235; E403/751, m. 2; E122/18/44. ?controller, Southampton 28 Oct. 1426–?July 1428. CPR, 1422–9, pp. 383, 443.

Tax collector, Bristol Feb., May 1416.

?Gauger, Kingston-upon-Hull 24 Nov. 1418–?Nov. 1434, CPR, 1416–22, p. 181. Two other ‘King’s servants’, William Ludlow II* and Thomas Newton II*, were jointly appointed to that office on 14 Nov. 1434: CPR, 1429–36, p. 450. Southampton 5 Dec. 1433–?Jan. 1450. CPR, 1429–36, p. 327; 1446–52, p. 309; E122/141/26–28, 30, 32.

Receiver-general and attorney-general for dowager Queen Katherine 1 Oct. 1422–?Jan. 1437. E159/199, communia Hil. rot. 2; E403/664–725; SC6/1291/1. Rokes was still her receiver-gen. in Nov. 1436, so probably held the office, and that of her attorney-gen., until her death on the following 3 Jan.

Escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 5 Nov. 1430 – 25 Nov. 1431, 7 Nov. 1435 – 22 Nov. 1436.

J.p. Bucks. 5 June 1432 – Apr. 1434, 30 Apr. (q.)-July 1434, 18 July 1434 – d.

Commr. to assess subsidy, Bucks. Jan. 1436, Aug. 1450; treat for loans Feb. 1436; distribute tax allowance May 1437; survey lordship of Kings Langley, Herts. May 1438; of inquiry, Bucks. Dec. 1438 (forestallers and regrators of corn), Beds., Berks., Bucks., Dorset, Glos., Herts., Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Wilts. Feb. 1439 (concealments), Bucks. Mar. 1439 (wards and escapes of felons); arrest, Hants. Nov. 1455, Bucks. Mar. 1457.

Sheriff, Beds. and Bucks. 4 Nov. 1445 – 3 Nov. 1446.

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ROKES, Thomas II (d.1458), of Ascott in Wing, Bucks.
Main residence: Ascott in Wing, Bucks.
Roche, Rokis, Rokys, Rookes, Rukes
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ROKES, Thomas I (b.c.1391), of Taunton, Som.

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b. c.1391, CIPM, xxvi. 466. ?s. of Edmund Rokes† of Taunton. KB27/714, rot. 94. m. Margaret, KB27/704, rot. 61. 1s.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Taunton 1435.

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ROKES, Thomas I (b.c.1391), of Taunton, Som.
Main residence: Taunton, Som.
Roche, Roges
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ROKES, John, of Hinton Waldrist, Berks. and Sherborne, Dorset.

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m. Cecily, 1s. CCR, 1447-54, p. 92; C1/38/119. John†. In HP Biogs. ed. Wedgwood and Holt, 724 it is stated, without supporting evidence, that Rokes died childless, and that the John who sat for Wareham in 1467 and Dorchester in 1472 was the yr. s. of Thomas Rokes II. Also without evidence it is asserted that Thomas II and John, the MP of 1449, were brothers.
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Attestor, parlty. elections, Berks. 1447, 1459.

Receiver of the lordship and honour of Wallingford for Queen Katherine bef. Jan. 1437, for the Crown 28 June 1439–10 Mar. 1441, C76/130, m. 12; CPR, 1436–41, pp. 289, 523. of duchy of Lancaster estates formerly held as dower by Queen Katherine, Berks., Bucks., Dorset, Glos., Herefs., Oxon., Wilts. 18 Mar. 1437–aft. June 1440. R. Somerville, Duchy, i. 622; DL42/18, f. 136; DL37/8/52. William Osgodby occupied the office 1441–2.

Commr. of inquiry, Berks., Bucks., Oxon. Feb. 1438 (value of lands belonging to the honours of Wallingford and St. Valery), May 1438 (condition of borough of Wallingford and parcels of honour of Wallingford), Beds., Berks., Bucks., Dorset, Glos., Hants, Herts., Mdx., Oxon., Surr., Wilts. Feb. 1439 (concealments of revenues of honours of Wallingford and St. Valery); kiddles, Berks., Bucks., Oxon. May 1438.

Bailiff of the liberties of the bp. of Salisbury, Surr. and Suss. by Easter 1441-bef. Mich. 1443, Som. and Dorset by Easter 1441-c.1473. E368/213, rots. 7d, 8; 214, rot. 3d; 216, rot. 3d; 234, rot. 4,; 246, rot. 7d. As ‘the bishop of Salisbury’s servant’ he was paid 6s. 8d. by the civic authorities of Salisbury in Oct. 1449: First General Entry Bk. Salisbury (Wilts. Rec. Soc. liv), 433.

Escheator, Hants and Wilts. 7 Apr. – 4 Nov. 1446, Oxon. and Berks. 6 Nov. 1448 – 11 Dec. 1449.

Controller, customs and subsidies, Poole and Melcombe Regis 12 Apr. 1449 – Mar. 1450, Poole 26 Mar. 1450 – 8 Sept. 1451, 10 Feb. 1452–14 Jan. 1453; CPR, 1446–52, pp. 239, 313, 494, 504; 1452–61, p. 25; E356/20, rots. 44d, 45. However, in the accts. from Mich. 1447 to Mich. 1451 John Wyke II* is named as controller at Poole: E356/20, rots. 44, 44d. collector 9 Jan. 1459–20 May 1452. CFR, xix. 215–17, 254; E122/119/2; E356/21, rots. 45–46d.

Gauger, Southampton 21 Jan. 1450–25 Apr. 1451. CPR, 1446–52, p. 309; E122/141/34.

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ROKES, John, of Hinton Waldrist, Berks. and Sherborne, Dorset.
Main residences: Hinton Waldrist, Berks.; Sherborne, Dorset.
Rokys, Rookes, Rookys, Rowkes
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ROKEBY, Sir Thomas, of Rokeby and Mortham, Yorks.

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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.
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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.

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ROKEBY, Sir Thomas, of Rokeby and Mortham, Yorks.
Main residences: Rokeby; Mortham, Yorks.
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ROGER, Thomas (aft. 1429-71), of Benham Valence and Lambourn, Berks.

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b. aft. 1429, s. and h. of John Roger I* and er. bro. of John II*. m. by 1454, His s. and h. Thomas was born on 30 June 1455: C140/39/63. a da. of Thomas Uvedale* by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Foxley*, 1s. Dist. 1465.
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Attestor, parlty. election, Berks. 1467.

Commr. to distribute tax allowance, Berks. June 1453; of array, hundreds of Evingar, Pastrow and Barton Stacey, Hants Sept. 1457; arrest Jan. 1461; inquiry, Berks., Hants, Wilts. Jan. 1465 (estates once of Edward Cowdray); gaol delivery, Wallingford castle May 1466. C66/516, m. 20d.

Sheriff, Oxon. and Berks. 9 Feb.-Mich. 1464.

J.p. Berks. 12 June 1471 – d.

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ROGER, Thomas (aft. 1429-71), of Benham Valence and Lambourn, Berks.
Main residences: Benham Valence; Lambourn, Berks.
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L.S.C.
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