'Rookwood1'
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Families covered: Rokewode of Aketon (Acton), Rookwood of Coldham Hall, Rookwood of Stanningfield (Rokewode of Stanifilde)
| Visitation (Suffolk, 1577), referred to below, identifies the arms of this family as "Argent, six chess rooks three, two, one, Sable". | |||||||||||||||
| Alan de Rokewood of Aketon | |||||||||||||||
| m Elizabeth de Clerbecke (a 1289, dau of Walter de Clerbecke, sister/coheir of John) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Robert de Rokewode of Acton (a 1312) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margaret de Buers (dau of Michael de Buers, m1/2. John de Scotlande of Stoke Neylande) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Robert Rokewode of Aketon (Acton) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mariotta Waylande | |||||||||||||||
| i. | John de Rokewode of Stokenaylande | ||||||||||||||
| m. Johanna Swynborne (dau of Sir Robert Sywnborne) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas de Rokewode of Stokenaylande (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Margeria Lamborne (dau of Jacob de Lamborne of Polsted) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | John Rokewood | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elionora Burgate (dau/coheir of Sir WIlliam de Burgate) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | John de Rokewode (dsp) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | William de Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Coggeshall (dau of Sir Henry Coggeshall) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | William de Rokewode of Stanifilde | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tyrrell (dau of Thomas Tyrrell) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Thomas Rokewode of Stanifilde (Stanningfield) (d 1520/1) | ||||||||||||||
| The following is supported by Visitation (Walter Metcalfe (1882), Suffolk, 1577, 'Rokewood, Rookwood of Coldham Hall'). | |||||||||||||||
| m. Anna Clopton (dau of Sir John Clopton of Kentwell by Alicia, dau of Sir Robert Darcy of Malden) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | John Rokewode or Rookwood of Coldham Hall in Stanningfield (Stanefelde) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Heigham (dau of Clemens Heigham of Gyffords by Johanna, dau of William Cotton of Landwade) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Robert Rokewode of Lavenbam (d 1566) | ||||||||||||||
| Visitation shows Robert, Frances, Avery & Elizabeth as Robert's children, all by Agnes Spourne. CTG shows as follows. | |||||||||||||||
| m1. Anna Asheton (dau of Nicholas Asheton or Ashton of Lancashire) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Robert Rokewode of Staningfilde (Stanningfield) (d 1600) - continued below | ||||||||||||||
| m1. (1547) Bridget Kempe (dau of Edmond Kempe of London) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Drury (dau of Sir William Drury of Hawsted) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Frances Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Leevesy of Sussex | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Elizabeth Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Thomas Brampton of Blow Norton | |||||||||||||||
| ((D))+ | other issue (d unm) - Anna, Maria | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Agnes Sporne (dau of Thomas Sporne (Spourne) of Lavenham, relict of _ Peryn) | |||||||||||||||
| ((F)) | William Rokewode (3rd son of this marriage) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ Fenning of Norfolk | |||||||||||||||
| ((G)) | John Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Chamberlyn (dau of Sir Ralph Chamberlyn) | |||||||||||||||
| ((H)) | Frances Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Radclyff of Hunden (Hundon) | |||||||||||||||
| ((I)) | Etheldreda (Avery or Audrey) Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Humphry Druell (Devile or Drewell) of Litttle Gedding, Huntington | |||||||||||||||
| ((J))+ | other issue - Tpomas (dsp), Clemens (dsp), Edmond (m. ?? in Essex) | ||||||||||||||
| m3. Anna Broome (dau of James Broome, relict of John Steede then _ Brampton) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Elizabeth Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Wright alias Reeve of Thwayte | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | William Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Ludovic de Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - John, William, Thomas | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | Johanna de Rokewoode | ||||||||||||||
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| Robert Rokewode of Staningfilde (Stanningfield) (d 1600) - continued above | |||||||||||||||
| m1. (1547) Bridget Kempe (dau of Edmond Kempe of London by Bridget, dau of John Style of London) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Susanna Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Robert Towle of Lincolnshire | |||||||||||||||
| 2.+ | other issue - Robert (dvpsp 1580), Edward (d unm), John (d infant), Edmund (d infant), Frances (d young), Anna | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Dorothy Drury (dau of Sir William Drury of Hawsted by Elizabeth, dau/heir of Henry Sothyll) | |||||||||||||||
| 8. | Ambrose Rokewode (d 1605, 2nd son of this marriage) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Tyrwytt (dau of Robert Tyrwytt of Ketleby) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Sir Robert Rookwood of Coldham Hall in Stanningfield (bur 10.06.1679) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Mary Townsend (dau of Sir Robert Townsend of Ludlow) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ambrose Rookwood of Stanningfield (b 29.08.1622, bur 06.12.1693) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Cadwell (d 23.03.1691, dau/heir of _ Cadwell of Cantys in Dunton) | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thomas Rookwood 'of Coldham Hall' of Stanningfield (b 18.11.1658, d 21.08.1726, 3rd son?) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Tamworth Martin (dau of Sir Roger Martin of Long Melford, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Elizabeth Rookwood of Stanningfield (b 04.01.1683, d 30.01.1759) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (07.01.1717) John Gage (d 20.07.1728, son of Sir William of Hengrave, Bart) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (sp) Dorothy Maria Hanford (bur 02.05.1727, dau of Compton Hanford of Woollers Hill) | |||||||||||||||
| b.+ | other issue - Robert (b 28.11.1653, dvpsp), Ambrose (d infant), Henry (b 08.1.1659, bur 21.04.1730, priest), Francis (b 13.12.1660, dsp bur 08.03.1680), Ambrose (a 1696, Brigadier), John (b 13.02.1668, a 1730, monk), Francis (b 04.10.1668, a 1730, priest), Mary (b 18.11.1654, nun), Elizabeth (b 11.01.1655), Anne (b 28.01.1661, nun), Margaret (b 07.04.1663, nun), Catherine (b 06.09.1667) | ||||||||||||||
| ii.+ | other issue - Robert (b 12.11.1624, Captain), Thomas (b 08.09.1627), John (b 20.11.1628), Charles (b/d 1629), Francis (b 22.09.1632), Henry (b 04.10.1633), Charles (b 15.09.1635), Ignatius (b 25.12.1636), Mary (b 17.11.1623, d 1676, Abbess), Frances (b 08.02.1625, d 1692, Abbess), Elizabeth (b 15.06.1631), Margaret (b 12.10.1634), Dorothy (b 10.05.1639) | ||||||||||||||
| B.+ | other issue - Henry, another | ||||||||||||||
| 9. | Elizabeth Rokewode | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christopher Foster of Copdocke | |||||||||||||||
| 10.+ | other issue - Henry, Christopher, Robert, Dorotha, Codal, Wynyfreda | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s): CTG (vol 2, 1835, 'The Family of Rookwood', p125&130&138&142+)
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