Sir John Rochford or John de Rochford (died 1410) of Fenn of

Boston, Lincolnshire Boston is a market town and inland port in the borough of the same name in the county of Lincolnshire, England. It lies to the south-east of Lincoln, east of Nottingham and north-east of Peterborough. The town had a population of 45,339 at ...

, was an English politician. He was a

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(MP) of the

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for

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November 1390, 1394, September 1397 and 1399 and for

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in 1407. He was knighted by 1399. He was appointed

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for 1391–92, 1400–01 and 1409–10, and Constable of

Wisbech Castle The Castle at Wisbech was a stone motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech (historically in the Isle of Ely and now also in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England) on the orders of William I in 1072, it probably replaced an e ...

, Cambridgeshire from 1401 to his death. He was married and had a son and two daughters.

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