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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… &c. To take notice that Council have released John Rookes from the penalty and forfeiture of his goods, and that …
The Environs of London
… the tombs of Henry Amcot, 1583; John Shipman, 1583; Thomas Rookes, Esq. 1630; and Henry Fallowfield, merchant, 1656. The … Az. a fesse Arg. between three chessrooks O.borne by Rookes. Inscription "Mrs. Elizabeth Tollet, daughter of …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small tenement called Grove House, or The Grove, later Rookes Hall. William Rooke, son of William, succeeded to a … 116 The estate is said to have been bought from the Rookes in 1666 by Sir Robert Smyth, Bt. (d. 1669). 117 It … Samuel Gurney. 119 Sheppard's will refers to the house as 'Rookes Hall, since Ham House'. Gurney, who also acquired the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… about the year 1606 by the families of Richardson and Rookes, respectively of Bierley and Royds Halls, was enlarged …