Dorothy (Babington) Rolleston (1487)

Born 1487 in Derbyshire, England

Ancestors

Died [date unknown] in Swarkeston, Derbyshire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

Dorothy Babington is variously given as the third or fourth daughter of:^[1]

• Thomas Babington, esq. of Dethick (d. 13 Mar 1518).^[2]
• and Edith FitzHerbert.

Marriage

m. Roger or Robert Rolleston of Swarkeston, Derby.^[3]

Dorothy was mother to all of her husband's 5 sons & 3 dau. Robert remarried 3 more times and named all 4 in his will.

children:

• John.^[4]

Notes

• see Richard Rolleston of Swarkstone, Derby, s/o John Rolleston of Rolleston, Staffs. & Eleanor; bros. of William Rollestone of Rollestone, Staffs.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica, 8, p. 337. Google Books.
2. ↑ Cox, J.C. (1887). Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire, 1, p. 29. Google Books.
3. ↑ Vis. of Staffs. identifies Dorothy's husband as "ROGER", son of John Rolleston.

   "Rolleston of Rolleston, 1614" in Vis. of Staffs, p. 252. Google Books. Pedigree.

   Cox, J.C. (1887). "Robert Rolleston," in Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological and Natural History Society, 9, p. xxvi. Google Books.
   Burke (1847), also calls him "Robert Rolleston.

   Burke, J. & Burke, J.B. (1847). "Babington of Rothley Temple," in Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 1, p. 41. Google Books.

   Nichols (1846), asserts that Dorothy's husband was either Robert OR Roger Rolleston, and states that there is a memorial to ROGER Rolleston in co. LINCS. at Temple Bruer, who died 18 Jan 1529.

   NIchols, J.G. (1846). The Topographer and Genealogist, 1, p. 342. Google Books.

   see also: Wikipedia: Temple Bruer Preceptory, co. Lincs.

   Rolleston of Swarkston, co. Derby is a branch of Rolleston of Rolleston.

   Collectanea Topographica Et Genealogica, 8, p. 337. Google Books.

4. ↑ "Rolleston of Rolleston, 1614," in Vis. of Staffs., p. 252. Google Books.
5. ↑ Lewis, S. (1848). "Swarkstone, Derby," in Topographical Dictionary of England, IV, p. 285. London. Google Books.