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Rokeby, of Mortham

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Rokeby, of Mortham

Family
Rokeby
Branch
Rokeby of Mortham
Source
The Visitation of Yorkshire, made in the years 1584/5: to which is added the subsequent Visitation made in 1612, by Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms, with several additional pedigrees
Visitation county
Yorkshire
Source year
1584–1585; 1612
Compiler / editor
Robert Glover, Somerset Herald; Richard St. George, Norroy King of Arms; edited by Joseph Foster
Publication / edition
London: privately printed for Joseph Foster, 1875
Page / folio
Printed pedigree headed “Rokeby, of Mortham,” approximately pp. 127–128; manuscript references Add. MS 18,011, fol. 82; Harley MSS 1394, 1415, 1487 and others
Archive / manuscript reference
British Library Add. MS 18,011, fol. 82; Harley MSS 1394, 1415, 1487
Historical period
Medieval ancestry asserted; continuation through 1584
Evidence status
documented

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Source-derived pedigree information

The pedigree records Ralph Rokeby, lord of Rokeby and Mortham, and continues through Thomas, Ralph, James, Richard, Anthony, Henry and Thomas Rokeby. It includes the Danby, Askewe, Conyers, Constable, Scrope, FitzHenry, Duckett, Lassells, Lawson and Thwenge connections, together with several daughters and collateral branches. Thomas Rokeby of Mortham is recorded living in 1584, with William, Ralph, Elizabeth and Susan also shown.

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Notes

A substantial landed-gentry pedigree with multiple collateral lines. The printed blazon is partially recoverable from OCR, but the page image should be consulted before normalizing the Danby quartering or assigning every collateral child.