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ROKESLEE, Thomas, of New Romney, Kent.

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m. (1) bef. 1403, Alice; (2) bef. 1418, Joan.Ibid. f. 60; CP25(1)240/84/2.
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Jurat, New Romney 25 Mar. 1405–6, 1418 – 26; treasurer 1423–4.Assmt. bk. 2, ff. 52, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 103.

Master of St. John’s hospital, Romney c.1408-c.1414.Ibid. ff. 68, 84.

Cinque Ports’ bailiff at Yarmouth Sept.-Nov. 1418.Ibid. f. 90.

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ROKESLEE, Thomas, of New Romney, Kent.
Main residence: New Romney, Kent.
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No connexion has been traced between him and the family of Rokeslee of Sandling, Kent, which sold its manors before 1372: CIPM, xiii. 242; CCR, 1381-5, p. 224.

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ROKESBURGH, William (d.1434), of Stanstead Abbots, Herts. and Great Parndon, Essex.

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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).
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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.

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ROKESBURGH, William (d.1434), of Stanstead Abbots, Herts. and Great Parndon, Essex.
Main residences: Stanstead Abbots, Herts.; Great Parndon, Essex.
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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. poss. 2s. 1da. Kntd. by Jan. 1405.VCH Yorks. (N. Riding), i. 112, 139; PRO List ‘Sheriffs’, 98. According to the DNB, xvii. 153, Sir Thomas married one of Sir Ralph Eure’s* daughters, but evidence of this remains wanting.
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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. of oyer and terminer, Yorks., Northumb., Cumb., Westmld. Aug. 1407 (treason and insurrection), Normandy 1417 (breaches of the truce with France);Rot. Gasc. et Franc. ed. Carte, i. 250. to make an arrest, Yorks. July 1408; of array (N. Riding) July 1410, Louviers June 1418.DKR, xli. 711.

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ROKEBY, Sir Thomas, of Rokeby and Mortham, Yorks.
Main residences: Rokeby; Mortham, Yorks.
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