John Rochford 
John was born in 1350 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England.1 John's father was Saier de Rochford and his mother was Joan Hillary. His maternal grandparents were Roger Hillary and Margaret Sutton. He was an only child.General Notes
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.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1320 in Fenn in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1350 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England
- b.1300
- b.1327 in Bescot, Staffordshire, England
- b.1240 in Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire, England d.08 Mar 1273 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.29 Sep 1266 in Warsop, Sutton, Eakring & Cotham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1346
- b.1245 in Eakring, Nottinghamshire & Allerton, Lancashire, England
- b.1287 in Warsop, Sutton, Eakring & Cotham, Nottinghamshire, England d.1337 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1230 in Cheshire, England d.1279
- b.1260 in Cheshire, England
- b.1240 in Malpas, Whitchurch, Cheshire, England d.1290
- b.1310 in Warsop, Nottinghamshire, England
- b.1208 in Dinas Powis, Wales d.26 Aug 1273 in Staffordshire, England
- b.24 Jun 1255 in Dinas, Cardigan, Pembrokeshire, Wales d.11 Oct 1291 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1225 in Chacomb, Northamptonshire, England d.1278 in England
- b.1290 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England d.1384 in Dudley Castle, Staffordshire, England
- b.1260 in Sulham & Basildon, Berkshire, England d.23 Nov 1308 in Dudley Castle, Worcestershire, England
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Details of John's family with Alice de Hastings
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=stolp&id=I506
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I9626
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=stolp&id=I9626
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