John Rochford

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Boston, Lincolnshire, England

Saier de Rochford

Joan Hillary

Roger Hillary

Margaret Sutton

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ALICE HASTINGS, married about 1375 JOHN ROCHFORD, Knt., of Boston,co. Lincoln, medieval writer, Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire and for Cambridgeshire, Alderman of the Corpus Christi guild, Boston,Steward of the duchy of Lancaster honour of Bolingbroke, co. Lincoln,constable of the Bishop of Ely's castle of Wisbech, co. Cambridge, Boston, younger son of Saier de Rochford, Knt., of Fenn (in Boston), Sheriff and Escheator of Lincolnshire, Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire, Keeper of the King of France at Somerton Castle, co.Lincoln, by his 2nd wife, Joan, daughter of Roger Hillary, Knt., Chief Justice of the Commons Pleas, of Bescot (in Walsall) and Fisherwick,
Note: co. Stafford and Stretton, co. Warwick. He was born say 1350. They had four daughters, Joan (wife of Robert Roos), Alice (wife of WilliamGibthorpe, Knt.), ____ (wife of John Holbeach, Knt.) and Margaret. He received a good education in England, and afterwards studied in France and Italy. In 1405 he was summoned to meet King Henry IV at Coventry,and accompanied him on his expedition to Wales. Towards the end of his life, he compiled digests of and indexes to various well knownchronicles. SIR JOHN ROCHFORD died 13 Dec. 1410, leaving will dated 20 Oct. 1410, proved 14 Dec. 1410, requesting burial at Barling Abbey, co. Lincoln, next to his late wife, Alice.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Saier de Rochford
  - b.~  1320 in Fenn in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
  
  John Rochford
  - b.~  1350 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
  
  Roger Hillary
  - b.~  1300
  
  Joan Hillary
  - b.~  1327 in Bescot, Staffordshire, England
  
  Robert de Sutton ^*
  - b.1240 in Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England d.08 Mar 1273 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
  
  Richard de Sutton
  - b.29 Sep 1266 in Warsop, Sutton, Eakring & Cotham, Nottinghamshire, England d.>  1346
  
  Johanna
  - b.~  1245 in Eakring, Nottinghamshire & Allerton, Lancashire, England
  
  John de Sutton I
  - b.~  1287 in Warsop, Sutton, Eakring & Cotham, Nottinghamshire, England d.>  1337 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England
  
  William Patrick
  - b.~  1230 in Cheshire, England d.<  1279
  
  Isabel Patrick
  - b.~  1260 in Cheshire, England
  
  Beatrice de Malpas ^*
  - b.~  1240 in Malpas, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England d.1290
  
  Margaret Sutton
  - b.~  1310 in Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England
  
  Roger de Somery ^*
  - b.~  1208 in Dinas Powis, Wales d.26 Aug 1273 in Staffordshire, England
  
  Roger de Somery
  - b.24 Jun 1255 in Dinas, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.11 Oct 1291 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England
  
  Anabil de Chaucombe ^*
  - b.~  1225 in Chacomb, Northamptonshire, England d.~  1278 in England
  
  Margaret de Somery
  - b.1290 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England d.1384 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England
  
  Agnes
  - b.~  1260 in Sulham & Basildon, Berkshire, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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