John Roucle

Events

Date of Birth: somewhat before 1350.

Place of Birth: unknown.

In his father’s 1390 inquisition post mortem, John is said to be 40 years and upwards. His son Thomas was born in 1365.

Date of Death: died 15 November 1393.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is recorded in John’s inquisition post mortem.

Relationships

Father: Geoffrey Roucle.

Geoffrey’s inquisition post mortem names his son John.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Eva de Bohun.

See the Commentary section. See also Eva’s page.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Thomas Roucle (born about 1365).

Joan Roucle (died before 1428) married John Cooke.

Evidence

John’s inquisition post mortem.

John Rocle

Writ, 25 November, 17 Richard II [1393]

Sussex.

Inq. taken at Cicestre, Thursday before St Thomas the Apostle, 17 Richard II.He held the under-mentioned moiety on the day of his death.

Rustiton. A moiety of the manor, held of Richard earl of Arundel, as of the honor of Arundel, by fealty and suit to the court of the said honor every three weeks.

He died on 15 November last. Thomas Rokle, aged 28 years, is his son and heir.

References

Calendar[s] of Inquisitions Post Mortem. [Public Record Office. Digital versions available at British History Online.]

Cooper, William Durrant. “Midhurst: Its Lords and Its Inhabitants” in Sussex Archaeological Collections v. 20 (1868).

Elwes, Dudley George Cary (assisted by Charles J. Robinson) A History of the Castles, Mansions, and Manors of Western Sussex. (1876).

Horsfield, Thomas Walker. The History, Antiquities, and Topography of the County of Sussex v.2. (1835).

'Parishes: Gatcombe', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 246-249.

The Visitation of Yorkshire in the Years 1563 and 1564 (London, 1881).

The Visitations of the County of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530 and 1633-4 (London, 1905).

Whitehead, James Livesay. The Undercliff of the Isle of Wight, Past and Present. (1911).

Wrottesley, George. Pedigrees from the Plea Rolls, collected from the pleadings in the various courts of law A.D. 1200 to 1500, from the original rolls in the Public Record Office. (1905).