'Rokeby3'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Rokeby of Marske, Rokeby of Sandal, Rokeby of Slaningford (Slenningford)

                               
Alexander Rokeby of Sandal
1. William Rokeby
  A. John Rokeby of Sandal (d c09.1506)
  m. Margaret (d c09.1506)
i. Thomas Rokeby of Thundercliffe Grange
  a. Isabel (or Anna) Rokeby
  m. Henry Wombwell of Sivercliffe & Thundercliffe Grange
  b. daughter
m. Hugh Serlby of Serlby
  ii. William Rokeby of Rotherham & Oxford, Archbishop of Dublin (d 29.11.1521)
  iii. Ralph Rokeby (d 11.05.1525)
  m. (c01.1507/8) Johanna Holme (d 02.06.1521, dau of John Holme of Paul Holme)
  a. John Rokeby of Sandal (b c1513, d before 06.05.1552)
  m. Dorothy Gale (d 02.01.1596, dau of George Gale, Mayor of York, m2. Sir Thomas Fairfax of Denton)
  (1) Mary Rokeby
m. (25.05.1567) William Rokeby of Skiers
  b. Henry Rokeby of Sandal (d c1552)
  (1) John Rokeby (d before 31.03.1554)
  (2) Katherine Rokeby (b c1546)
  m. William Hawley of Stotfold
  (A) Mary Hawley (bur 24.01.1660)
  m. Sir John Stanhope of Stotfold (bur 28.08.1627)
  (3) Joane Rokeby (b c1550)
  m. George Rokeby of Kirksandal
c.+ other issue - Margaret (a 1530), others (d young? - William, Agnes, Rose)
  iv. Sir Richard Rokeby (dsp c05.1523)
  m. Jane
  v. Alice Rokeby
  m. John Acklom
  vi. Agnes Rokeby
  m. James Strangways
  vii. Elizabeth Rokeby
  m. William Bulmer
  viii. Margaret Rokeby
  m. Thomas Ricard of Hatfield

 

 

William Rokeby of Marske, Yorkshire (d 03.04.1542)
m. Grace Fitzhenry of Richmondshire (Fitzharris of Mansfield)
1. Ralph Rokeby of Marske (d 1564)
  m. _ Hutton of Hunwick
  A. Sir Robert Rokeby of Marske (d before 30.01.1614/5, of Gray's Inn)
  m. Muriel Salveyn (dau of Gerard Salveny of Croxdale)
i. Ralph Rokeby of Manfield (b c1565, a 1584)
  m. Joan Rutland
  ii.+ other issue - Christopher, Robert, Frances, Helen/Ellen, Margaret, Joan
  B. Ann Rokeby
  m. Robert Layton of Sexhow (d by 1531)
  C. Dorothy Rokeby
  m. Cuthbert Witham of Bretanby
  D. Margaret Rokeby
  m. William Elwick of Seaton
  E. Joyce Rokeby
  m. John Tunstall of Long Newton
  F. Grace Rokeby
  m. Robert Warde of Marske
2. Lawrence Rokeby of Newcastle (3rd son)
  A.+ issue - Cuthbert of Newcastle, John of Newcastle
3.+ other issue - William (archdeacon of Cleveland), Elizabeth

 

 

James Rokeby of Weston 'of Newton' (d c1552)
m. Jane Middleton (dau of Sir William (probably not Geffrey) Middleton of Stockheld)
1. Martin Rokeby (b c1508)
  A.+ issue - Thomas, James, John, Cuthbert, Anthony
2. James Rokeby of Slaningford (Slenningford), Yorkshire
  m. (10.11.1562) Dorothy Gascoigne (dau of Marmaduke Gascoigne of Caley, son of Sir William of Gawthorp)
  A. Anthony Rokeby of Slaningford (d c1635)
  m1. Jane (?) Sutton (dau of Sir William Sutton of Averham)
  i. Henry Rokeby (d unm)
  m2. Mary Abney (dau of George Abney of Wilsley (Winby))
  ii. George Rokeby of London (bur 1656, grocer)
  m. Grace Underwood (bur 10.11.1673, dau of Robert Underwood of Hertfordshire)
  a. Grace Rokeby
  m. William Drinkwater of London
  b. Rhoda Rokeby
m. _ Boylston of Lichfield
  c. Sarah Rokeby
  m. _ Field of London
  d.+ other issue - James, George, Thomas, Ralph, Thomas, William, Mary
  iii. Thomas Rokeby (b c1609, d 19.07.1680, rector of Warmeswoth)
  m. Anne Lee (dau of Gervase Lee of Norwell)
  a.+ issue - Thomas (b c1644, a 1665), William (a 1665), Gervas
iv. Fulke Rokeby (5th son)
  m. _ King (dau of John King, Bishop of Elphin)
  v. Anthony Rokeby
  m. _ Grundy (dau of _ Grundy of Thurgarton)
  vi.+ other issue - James, Frances, Margaret, Elizabeth, Anne, Eleanor
  B. Jane Rokeby
  m. William Staveley of Staveley
  C.+ other issue - Thomas, William, Elizabeth
3. Jane Rokeby
  m. Thomas Millet of Whitehall, co. Durham
4. Margaret Rokeby
  m. Robert Creyke of Helserton

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : Visitation (John Clay, Yorkshire, Dugdale (1665) + additions, Part 5, 'Rokeby of Moreton (Mortham)', pp26-27) with support from FMG (vol 2, MS247, 'Rokeby', p594+)
(2) For middle section : Visitation (John Clay, Yorkshire, Dugdale (1665) + additions, Part 5, 'Rokeby of Marske', p31) with support from FMG (vol 2, MS247, 'Rokeby', p593)
(3) For lower section : Visitation (John Clay, Yorkshire, Dugdale (1665) + additions, Part 5, 'Rokeby of Warmsworth', pp29-31) with support from FMG (vol 2, MS247, 'Rokeby', p593+)
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