changing allegiances - Stoke Rochford Lincolnshire
“Here lies Henry Rochforth, who died the 22 day of the month of October, in the year of the lord 1470, on whose soul may God have mercy.”
Above his head are 2 shields with the arms of Rochford & Scrope
Henry Rochford was the 3rd & only surviving son of Sir Ralph Rochford `1440 lord of Fenne, Scrane & Arley by Margaret (died after 1455) daughter of John Russell of Strensham 1405 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/PwujKQ & Margaret great grand daughter of Sir Hugh Hastings of Elsing flic.kr/p/Ft1iWx
Following the deaths in 1444 within 3 days of each other, of his 2 childless elder brothers Ralph (buried Blackfriars Ludgate) & John (buried at Ingatestone), he became, still a minor, sole heir to 5000 acres of land, 70 houses and £15 annual rental income Plus £40pa from New College at Oxford, his mother being his executor
Very little is known of his as he did not take part in politics, business, law or court life. He probably was the builder of the Easton south chapel here in 1447 in memory of his father. During his 1st marriage he also built the four storey Rochford Tower in Fenne c1460 as his own principal home, similar style, but on a smaller scale, to Tattershall Castle,
He m1 1461 Joan (d pre 1474) daughter of the very wealthy Thomas Thurland, burgess of Nottingham 1474, gaining yet more land.& manors.
Children
1. John Rochford d1501/2 of Fenne m Agnes (their son John dc 1 539 without heirs)
2 Joan m 1476 Henry Stanhope of Houghton (ancestors of the Stanhope heirs of the Rochfords *****)
He m2 (2nd husband) Elizabeth daughter of Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton & Easton by Elizabeth daughter of Sir John le Scrope, Baron Masham and Elizabeth Chaworth ; Widow of Yorkist Sir John Bigod killed at the battle of Towton 1461 son of Sir Ralph Bigod of Settrington and Anne daughter of John 4th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Ferrers (This was a sensible marriage in the chaotic times of the Wars of the Roses, his family being Lancastrians) +++
They lived at Stoke Rochford occupying the manor Henry had settled on her on their marriage.
Children
1. Ralph Rochford heir of Stoke Rochford & Arley died childless c1509
Henry is said to have been buried in the north side of the chancel beside the altar - a table tomb of "unknown origin" stands here - could this be his. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/oxvrs1 (Holles records in 1640 that his brass on a slab of black marble was then in or near the north chapel built by or in memory of him c1470 === )
****His ultimate sole heir was his great grand daughter Margaret Stanhope who m Thomas Skeffington flic.kr/p/h5H4vs
+++ With changing times his Yorkist widow Elizabeth m3 Oliver St John 1496 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Py189R uncle of Lancastrian King Henry Vll, having 5 sons & 3 daughters.
=== In the north chapel the east window once had the arms of Rochford, Scrope & Limesy , the first two in memory of Henry's 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Scrope . Nearby windows had the arms of the Rochfords and the Scropes again, and also those of Rochford & Thurland in memory of his 1st marriage to Joan Thurland (a field of ermine with a red band across the top with three silver, T-shaped crosses on it: Ermine, on a chief gules three crosses tau argent)
The north window of Henry’s chapel also had an inscription:
“Orate pro aia Henrici Rochford et Elizabetha uxoris suae et Johae uxoris suae primae.”
“Pray for the souls of Henry Rochford and Elizabeth his wife, and Joan his first wife.”
- Church of St. Mary & St. Andrew, Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire
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changing allegiances - Stoke Rochford Lincolnshire
“Here lies Henry Rochforth, who died the 22 day of the month of October, in the year of the lord 1470, on whose soul may God have mercy.”
Above his head are 2 shields with the arms of Rochford & Scrope
Henry Rochford was the 3rd & only surviving son of Sir Ralph Rochford `1440 lord of Fenne, Scrane & Arley by Margaret (died after 1455) daughter of John Russell of Strensham 1405 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/PwujKQ & Margaret great grand daughter of Sir Hugh Hastings of Elsing flic.kr/p/Ft1iWx
Following the deaths in 1444 within 3 days of each other, of his 2 childless elder brothers Ralph (buried Blackfriars Ludgate) & John (buried at Ingatestone), he became, still a minor, sole heir to 5000 acres of land, 70 houses and £15 annual rental income Plus £40pa from New College at Oxford, his mother being his executor
Very little is known of his as he did not take part in politics, business, law or court life. He probably was the builder of the Easton south chapel here in 1447 in memory of his father. During his 1st marriage he also built the four storey Rochford Tower in Fenne c1460 as his own principal home, similar style, but on a smaller scale, to Tattershall Castle,
He m1 1461 Joan (d pre 1474) daughter of the very wealthy Thomas Thurland, burgess of Nottingham 1474, gaining yet more land.& manors.
Children
1. John Rochford d1501/2 of Fenne m Agnes (their son John dc 1 539 without heirs)
2 Joan m 1476 Henry Stanhope of Houghton (ancestors of the Stanhope heirs of the Rochfords *****)
He m2 (2nd husband) Elizabeth daughter of Henry Lord Scrope of Bolton & Easton by Elizabeth daughter of Sir John le Scrope, Baron Masham and Elizabeth Chaworth ; Widow of Yorkist Sir John Bigod killed at the battle of Towton 1461 son of Sir Ralph Bigod of Settrington and Anne daughter of John 4th Baron Greystoke and Elizabeth Ferrers (This was a sensible marriage in the chaotic times of the Wars of the Roses, his family being Lancastrians) +++
They lived at Stoke Rochford occupying the manor Henry had settled on her on their marriage.
Children
1. Ralph Rochford heir of Stoke Rochford & Arley died childless c1509
Henry is said to have been buried in the north side of the chancel beside the altar - a table tomb of "unknown origin" stands here - could this be his. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/oxvrs1 (Holles records in 1640 that his brass on a slab of black marble was then in or near the north chapel built by or in memory of him c1470 === )
****His ultimate sole heir was his great grand daughter Margaret Stanhope who m Thomas Skeffington flic.kr/p/h5H4vs
+++ With changing times his Yorkist widow Elizabeth m3 Oliver St John 1496 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Py189R uncle of Lancastrian King Henry Vll, having 5 sons & 3 daughters.
=== In the north chapel the east window once had the arms of Rochford, Scrope & Limesy , the first two in memory of Henry's 2nd marriage to Elizabeth Scrope . Nearby windows had the arms of the Rochfords and the Scropes again, and also those of Rochford & Thurland in memory of his 1st marriage to Joan Thurland (a field of ermine with a red band across the top with three silver, T-shaped crosses on it: Ermine, on a chief gules three crosses tau argent)
The north window of Henry’s chapel also had an inscription:
“Orate pro aia Henrici Rochford et Elizabetha uxoris suae et Johae uxoris suae primae.”
“Pray for the souls of Henry Rochford and Elizabeth his wife, and Joan his first wife.”
- Church of St. Mary & St. Andrew, Stoke Rochford, Lincolnshire
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