Visitation
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
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.
People recorded in this pedigree
Ralph Rokeby, of Mortham
Mortham, Yorkshire
Margaret, daughter and co-heir to Robert Danby, of Yafford
Yafford, Yorkshire
Robert, or Radulphus, Danby, of Yafford
Yafford, Yorkshire
Phillis
Yorkshire
Relationships asserted by this source
- Ralph Rokeby of Morthamspouse ofMargaret DanbyRalph Rokeby married Margaret, daughter and co-heir of Robert Danby of Yafford.
- Margaret Danbyparent ofRobert Danby of YaffordMargaret is identified as daughter and co-heir of Robert Danby.
- Thomas Rokeby of Morthamspouse ofJane ConstableThomas Rokeby, eldest son, married Jane, daughter of Robert Constable.
- Thomas Rokeby of Morthamparent ofPhillis RokebyPhillis is shown as daughter of Thomas Rokeby and wife of John Scrope.
- John Scropespouse ofPhillis RokebyPhillis married John Scrope, second brother to Lord Scrope.
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.