Sir Ralph de Rochford of Stoke and Fenn, Captain of Hammes, Knight of the Body for King Henry VI was born on an unknown date to Henry Rochford (-c1414) and Isabel Burdet (-bef1414) and died before 1 November 1449 of unspecified causes. He married Margaret Russell (-aft1453) .
"He was granted free warren at Stoke, Lincolnshire in 1434. In 1437 he was granted custody of the manors of Barnstead and Walton on the Hill, Surrey for 7 years from the death of Alice Arundel for 88 marks per annum; this grant was subsequently surrendered. In 1448 he and his wife built the south chancel chapel of Stoke." --Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 by Douglas Richardson
"Ralph Rochford, Esq (son and heir of Henry) was by some called a knight. Thomas Rochford, Esq; his brother, by his will dated January 30, 1438 and proved February 25 following, requires to be buried in the chapel of St. Mary, in the church of St. Peter of Walpole, names Margaret his wife executrix, to whom he grants his lands in Ringfled and Holme, to pay his debts, and if she would be with child, the issue to have them, and she her dower in his lands at Wolpole.
In the 33d of Henry VI, in a deed of this Ralph, of lands in Castle Ryfing, dated September 26,at Walpole, he styles himself Ralph Rochford, late Esq; now clerk by his wife Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Constable, he had 3 sons, Henry, the eldest, Ralph, of Langhelm, and Saier, of Burton." --An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: History of Norwich by Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ralph de Rochford | |||
| John de Rocheford | |||
| Henry de Rochford | |||
| Janet de Rochford (-aft1471) | 1471 | Malise Graham, 1st Earl of Menteith (1406-1490) | |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Ralph de Rochford (-c1449) | 1 November 1449 | Margaret Russell (-aft1453) | |
| John Rochford | |||
| Thomas Rochford | |||
| Henry Rochford | |||
| Alie Rochford | |||
| Mabel Rochford | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Mary Rochford | |||
| Margaret Rochford | |||
Residences
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