Robert Rochester
Sir Robert Rochester KG (* around 1494 ; † November 28, 1557 ) was a Catholic court official and privy councilor under Queen Mary I of England .
family
He was the eldest of three sons of John Rochester († 1508) from his marriage to Grissell Writtle. His younger brother John Rochester († 1537) was a monk of the Carthusian Order , was executed as part of the suppression of the Pilgrimage of Grace and was beatified by the Pope in 1888 .
Life
By 1547 at the latest he had belonged to the household of Princess Maria Tudor , daughter of King Henry VIII , and rose to her Comptroller of the Household around 1551 . As part of the Reformation , Robert was instructed by the Privy Council on August 14, 1151 to prevent Princess Maria from allowing her (Catholic) house priests to continue reading private masses. Due to his repeated refusal to implement this, he was finally arrested on August 14, 1551 and initially taken to Fleet Prison , and a week later to the Tower of London . On March 18, 1552, he was allowed to return to his country house due to health problems. On April 14, 1552, at the request of Mary, he was allowed to resume the office as her Comptroller of the Household.
In 1553 the princess was crowned queen as Maria I and rewarded Robert for his loyalty. On the occasion of her coronation on September 28, 1553, she made him Knight of the Bath , accepted him into the Privy Council, shortly afterwards gave him the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and in 1555 briefly the post of Lord Seal Keeper .
On April 23, 1557 she appointed him as a Knight Companion in the Order of the Garter . His death on November 28, 1557, however , preceded his ceremonial inauguration at Windsor Castle . He remained single and childless and was buried on December 4, 1557 in the Carthusian monastery in Sheen .
Individual evidence
- ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 153.
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 140
- ^ Powicke & Fryde: Handbook of British Chronology. Second Edition, London, 1961, p. 93
- ^ A b William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 25.
Literature and web links
- Albert Frederick Pollard: Rochester, Robert . In: Dictionary of National Biography . 49, Smith, Elder & Co., London 1987, p. 72.
- Sir Robert ROCHESTER, Knight on tudorplace.com (English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rochester, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English Catholic court official and privy councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1494 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 28, 1557 |