Rookwood family papers, 1606-1761 / edited by Francis Young.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Young, Francis (Francis Kendrick), editor.

Series:

• Suffolk Records Society (Series) ; v. 59.
• Suffolk Records Society ; volume LIX

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Rockwood family.
• Catholics--England--Suffolk--History--17th century.
• Catholics--England--Suffolk--History--18th century.
• Catholics.
• History.
• Suffolk (England)--History--17th century--Sources.
• Suffolk (England)--History--18th century--Sources.
• Stanningfield (Suffolk).
• Suffolk--Stanningfield.
• England--Suffolk.

Local Subjects:

• Stanningfield (Suffolk).
• Suffolk--Stanningfield.

Genre:

• Biographies.

Physical Description:

lx, 117 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), genealogical table ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK : The Boydell Press, 2016.

Summary:

"The Rookwoods of Coldham Hall in the parish of Stanningfield, Suffolk, were Roman Catholic recusants whose notoriety rests on Ambrose Rookwood's involvement in the Gunpowder Plot. In 1606 the owner of Coldham was hanged, drawn and quartered for treason for supplying the plotters with horses. A century later another Ambrose Rookwood suffered the same fate for conspiring to assassinate William III. Tainted by treason, the Rookwood family nevertheless managed to hold on to their estates in Suffolk and Essex, in spite of their Royalist sympathies in the Civil War, the recklessness of individual family members, and later adherence to the Jacobite cause - and even to thrive. As a result, the family left behind a lasting legacy in the form of the Catholic mission founded by Elizabeth Rookwood and her son in Bury St Edmunds. The documents in this volume tell a remarkable story of resilience, survival and reinvention. They also testify to the Rookwoods' profound Catholic faith, their patronage of the Jesuits, and their cultural and literary interests. An extensive introduction sets the Rookwoods in their historical and local context"--Publisher's description.

Contents:

• Rookwood Family Papers
• 1 Sir Robert Rookwood's plea to the Attorney General against recusancy fines due from his father and grandfather. 15 June 1636 1
• 2 Indenture appointing trustees of the Rookwood estates, 4 May 1639 5
• 3 Marriage settlement of Ambrose Rookwood and Elizabeth Caldwell, 16 February 1652 8
• 4 Will of Sir Robert Rookwood, 4 October 1673 9
• 5 Marriage settlement of Thomas Rookwood and Tamworth Martin, 17 February 1683 11
• 6 Monumental inscription commemorating Elizabeth Rookwood from the Church of the English Convent, Bruges, 1691 12
• 7 Will of Ambrose Rookwood, 18 February 1692 13
• 8 Account of legacies from the will of Ambrose Rookwood, 1695 14
• 9 Ambrose Rookwood's final statement before his execution for high treason, 1696 16
• 10 Gaol delivery of Thomas Rookwood, 28 August 1696 16
• 11 William Covell to Thomas Rookwood, 7 December 1696 18
• 12 William Covell to Thomas Rookwood, 1 July 1699 19
• 13 Petitions for the revocation of Thomas Rookwood's Act of Banishment, 1703 20
• 14 John Perry (widower of Margaret Rookwood) to William Covell, 19 September 1705 21
• 15 Frances and John Jemingham to Thomas Rookwood, 24 August 1706 22
• 16 Thomas Rookwood's reply to Charles Rookwood's Bill of Complaint against him in the Court of Chancery, 13 March 1709 23
• 17 Indenture allowing Thomas Rookwood to recover his estates, 24 May 1711 30
• 18 Charles Rookwood's appeal to the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal against Thomas Rookwood, 16 July 1711 30
• 19 Thomas Rookwood's counter-appeal against Charles Rookwood, 14 May 1712 33
• 20 Notes on Elizabeth Rookwood 35
• 21 Catholic marriage certificate of John Gage and Elizabeth Rookwood, 7 January 1718 36
• 22 Indenture settling Thomas Rookwood's estates on John and Elizabeth Gage, 12 April 1721 36
• 23 Summary of the marriage settlement of Thomas Rookwood and Dorothy Maria Hurst, 6 May 1721 36
• 24 Will of Thomas Rookwood, 17 March 1725 37
• 25 Indenture between John Gage and Sir Thomas Hanmer, 20 November 1726 37
• 26 Summary of the will of Dorothy Maria Rookwood, 24 April 1727 37
• 27 Indentures of release, 29 and 30 August 1728 38
• 28 Notes on the Coldham estate in 1730 38
• 29 Agreement between Francis Rookwood OSB and the South Province of the English Benedictine Congregation, 20 January 1737 40
• 30 Authors listed in the Rookwood biobibliography, early eighteenth century 40
• 31 Inventory of the contents of Coldham Hall, 1737 44
• 32 English Catholic books and manuscripts in the library at Coldham Hall, 1737 61
• 33 Marriage settlement of Thomas Rookwood Gage and Lucy Knight, 28 February 1746 94
• 34 Will of Elizabeth Rookwood, 16 November 1758 94
• 35 Will of John Martin of Long Melford, 24 June 1757 95
• 36 Indenture for the sale of lands inherited from John Martin, 29 March 1761 96
• 37 'Memoirs of the Family of Rookwood of Starmingfieid in Suffolk' (extracts) by John Gage, 2 March 1818 98.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-108) and indexes.

ISBN:

• 9781783270804
• 1783270802

OCLC:

909972912