“ID: I9626
Name: @John Rochford
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1350 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Note: ALICE HASTINGS, married about 1375 JOHN ROCHFORD, Knt., of Boston,co. Lincoln, medieval writer, Knight of the Shire for Lincolnshire and
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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),
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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
Note: 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
Note: 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,
Note: co. Lincoln, next to his late wife, Alice.
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Note: References:
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F. Blomefield Top. Hist. of the County of Norfolk 4 (1775): 712. S.Erdeswick A Survey of Staffordshire (1820), pp. 338-339. DNB 17(1897): 74 (biog. of John de Rochford). Canon A.R. Maddison Lincolnshire Pedigrees (H.S.P., vol. 52) (1904), pg.
829 (Rochford
Note: pedigree). VCH Warwick 5 (1949): 154. Lincoln Record Society 58(1963): 211-213 (will of Sir John de Rochford). VCH Stafford 17(1976): 171. VCH Stafford 14 (1990): 241. Roskell 4 (1992): 219-221
Note: (errs in stating that John Rochford was not the son of Joan Hillary).
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Note: posted by Douglas Richardson
Note: Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Note: Date: 2002-07-22 09:10:41 PST
Change Date: 27 JUN 2005

Father: @Saier de Rochford b: ABT 1320 in Fenn in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
Mother: @Joan Hillary b: ABT 1327 in Bescot, Staffordshire, England

Marriage 1 @*Alice de Hastings b: ABT 1352 in Gressenhall, Norfolk, England
Children
@*Margaret Rochford b: ABT 1380 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
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