A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 
Roper, Chas Trevor, ld. Dacre, see 
Dacre; E., O., i, 381; Gertrude, 
iv, 38; John, ii, 167; arms, iii, 
30; see also Rooper 
Ros, lds., see Roos 
Ros, Roos, Alice de, ii, 439; ili, 320; 
Anschitil de, ii, 443; iii, 161; 
Ellen de, iii, 320; (Sir) John de; 
ii, 439, 4407”; iii, 320; hon. M, 
de, i, 360; Rob. de, ii, 439; iii. 
320; see also Ross and Rous 
Rose, Frances, lady, iv, 29 ; Geo., ii, 
207; Hugh, ld. Strathnairn, see 
Strathnairn; Sir Will. iii, 250 
Rose and Crown (Ashwell), iii, 201 
Rose and Crown (Barnet), ii, 329 
Rose and Crown (Braughing), iii, 
397 
Rose and Crown (Hemel Hemp- 
stead), ii, 218 
Rose and Crown (Hitchin), iii, 3 », 
20 
Rose and Crown (Rushden), iii, 266 
Rose and Crown (Tewin), iii, 480 
Rosebank (Northchurch), ii, 246 
Rosebery, ld., ii, 289 
Rosehall, man., see Rooshall 
Rosehall Farm (Sarratt), ii, 438, 440 
Rosehall Wood (Sarratt), ii, 438 
Roses, culture of, iv, 247-8 
Roses, wars of the, ii, 17, 476-7 
Rose's Cross, see Royston 
Rosier, Anne, ii, 195; Dan., ii, 195; 
Eliza, ii, 195; Fanny, ii, 195; 
Thos., ii, 195 
Ross, Rosse, E. R., i, 331; Jas., ii, 
428; Mary, ili, 111; Rob., iv, 
318; —, i, 350; ii, 154; see also 
Kus and Rous 
Rossway (Northchurch), ii, 248 
Roston, Fran., iii, 474 
Rotemere, com., ii, 253 
Rothamsted, ii, 130; experimental 
farm, ii, 136-8, 295 ; man., ii, 298, 
303-6; pk., ii, 204 
Rothbury, John, archd. 
Albans, see St. Albans 
Rothe, le Rothe (Sandon), iii, 270, 
27198” 
Rotherham (Yorks.), 
John, iv, 33 
Rotherham, Rotheram, Geo., ii, 280, 
398 ; Hugh, i, 380 ; John, iii, 158; 
Thos., archb. of York, see York 
Rothschild, ld., i, 361; ii, 263, 282, 
284-5, 287, 293; lady, ii, 316 
Rothschild, Leopold de, ii, 289; 
baron Lionel N. de, ii, 263, 284; 
hon. L. Walt., ii, 282 ; —, i, 365; 
arms, ii, 283 
Rothstoke Farm (North Mimms), 
of St. 
coll. of St. 
ii, 251 
Rothway (Northchurch), see Ross- 
way 
Rotse, Will. iii, 433 
Rotten Row (Braughing), iii, 308 
314 
Roucliff, see Rowcliff 
Rouec, Bald. de, iv, 27 
Rouen, Geoff., archb of, iv, 374” 
Rougelond (North Mimms), ii, 251 
Roughdell (North Mimms), ii, 255 
Rough Down (Hemel Hempstead), 
ii, 215-6, 230 
Round, J. H., iii, 137 
Round Bush (Aldenham), ii, 150, 
161 
Roundcroft (North Mimms), ii, 251 
Round Green (Tring), ii, 282 
Round House, Fighting Cocks (St. 
Albans), i, 371; ii, 474 
Round Pightell (Weston), see Cum- 
berloes 
Rous, Ad. (le), iii, 12; iv, 396%, 
452; Joan, iv, 109; Mabel le, 
ui, 422; (Sir) Rich. (le), ii, 69; 
Rous (cont.) 
lili, 422; iv, 109; Thos., iv, 109; 
Thos. B., ii, 377-8; Will. iv, 443; 
—, i, 355; see also Ros and Ross 
Rouse, Anne, ii, 398; Dorothy, ii, 
398; Frances, ii, 398; Joan, ii, 
398; Mary, ii, 398; Nich., ii, 
398; Thos., ii, 398 
Rouwell, la, see Rowley Green 
Rowce, see Rouse 
Rowcliff, Roucliff, Brian, iii, 335, 
395 
Rowdale Shott (Benington), ili, 73 
Rowdon, mrs., ii, 282 
Rowe, John, ii, 441 
Rowland, John, ii, 259; Will., ii, 
263 
Rowlatt, Rowlett, Amphibalus (Am- 
phabell, Affabell), ii, 394 ; iii, 83 ; 
Dorothy (lady), ii, 355; ili, 246; 
iv, 38; Eliz., ii, 433; Joan, iii, 
246; Marg. (lady), ili, 246 ; iv, 38; 
Margery, ii, 493; Mary, ii, 394, 
404; iil, 83; (Sir) Ralph, ii, 195, 
325, 355, 369-70, 394, 397, 400, 
404, 417, 425, 433, 435, 437, 469, 
493 ; iil, 218, 245-6; iv, 38, 40-1 ; 
arms, il, 355, 394, 493; ili, 246; 
iv, 40; fam., ii, 474 
Rowlettsbury, see Abbotsbury 
Rowley, Anna, iv, 35; Anne, iv, 
98; Fran., iv, 98; John, iii, 
266-7; iv, 35; Mary, iv, 98; 
Thos., ii, 241; Will, iii, 266-7. 
Rowley Green, ii, 265 
Rowney Farm (Sawbridgeworth), 
iii, 333 
Rowney Priory (Gt. Munden), iii, 
124, 127-8; iv, 365, 367, 434-5; 
seal, iv, 435 
Rownho, man., (Essex) iv, 14 
Roxford, Rochesforde, Rokesforth 
(Hertingfordbury), ii, 120; ili, 
463; chap., iii, 465, 468; man., 
ill, 465-6; pk., iv, 277 
Royal arms, ii, 495; iii, 371; iv, 77 
Royal Berkshire regiment, ii, 44 
Royal British School (Hemel Hemp- 
stead), ii, 219 
Royal Oak (Gorhambury), see Queen 
Elizabeth Oak 
Royal Oak, public house (Bethnal 
Green), ii, 335 
Roydon (Essex), iv, 452 
Roysia, ili, 253” 
Roysse, Royse, Alice, ii, 370; Rog., 
ll, 425 
Royston, Crux Roys, Crux Roaesie, 
Roihes, ii, 26, 31, 33; iii, 193, 
241, 253-65; iv, 27, 146, 187, 211, 
240, 332, 362, 364, 437-8; adv., 
il, 264-5; Back st., Dead st., iii, 
254-6; Baldock st., iii, 256; 
Barkway st., iii, 255; Bochery 
Row, iii, 254 ; bowling green, iii, 
257; chap. of St. John and St. 
James, iv, 463; chap. of St. 
Nicholas, iv, 463-4; char., iii, 
265; ch., iii, 261-4; iv, 315-6, 
436-9, 439%; clock house, iii, 
254-5; cock pit, iii, 257-8; corn 
exchange, iii, 255; coursing, i, 
368; court house, iii, 256-9; 
cross, ili, 253 ”, 254; Dog-Ken- 
nel lane, Field lane, iii, 2 57; fires, 
ili, 259; gallows, iii, 2537; 
harriers, i, 357; Highst., iii, 255 ; 
hosp.of St. John and St. Jas.(of the 
Virgin and St. Jas.), ili, 255-6; 
iv, 462-3; hosp. of St. Nich., iii, 
254-5, 259; iv, 366, 463-4; 
houses, ili, 255-60; ind., iv, 208, 
210, 227, 243-4, 244 7, 249, 270; 
inns, ili, 255-6; John st., iii, 255; 
King’s Lodgings (palace), i, 346, 
348 ; iti, 256-9; Kneesworth st., 
88 
Royston (cont.) 
il, 254, 255 , 256-7, 259; man., 
ili, 260-1, 265; mkt. hill, iii, 255; 
mkt. house, iii, 255; mkts. and 
fairs, iii, 254-5, 258, 260; iv, 225, 
436-7, 439», 464; Melbourn st, 
iii, 254, 259-60; meteorological 
station, i, 34-7; Middle Row, iii, 
254, 256-7; mill, iii, 254, 259; 
nonconf., iii, 255, 259; iv, 352, 
352, 357, 358m”; palace, see 
above, King’s Lodgings; pk., ili, 
257 ; petty sessions, ili, 255; pop. 
ret., iv, 238; prehist. rem., i, 
231-2, 234, 243-4; Prince’s But- 
tery, iii, 257; Prince’s Lodgings, 
ili, 257-8; priory, iii, 193, 254, 
257, 259-61, 281-2 ; iv, 31-3, 213, 
366, 436-40;  prize-fights, iii, 
253; races, i, 366; iii, 253; R.C. 
iv, 361; Rom. rem., iv, 124, 161, 
163-4; sack of (1459), ii, 19; 
schs., iii, 255; Smithry Row, iii, 
254”; Tolbooth, iii, 255 ; Town- 
hall, iii, 254, 259; workhouse, iii, 
259; wrestling, i, 366 
Royston Club, ii, 40; iii, 255 
Royston Crow, iii, 253 
Royston Granges, ili, 253” 
Royston Heath, iii, 253, 278; cock 
fighting, i, 371; prehist. rem., iii, 
278; pugilism, i, 369-70; racing 
on, i, 366; iii, 253 
Ruald, Isabella, iii, 152 
Rubber manuf., iv, 247 
Rubens, —, ii, 154 
Rud, see Reed 
Rudd, John, ii, 445; iv, 348; Thos., 
ili, 35 
Ruddock, Alan, ii, 253; Cicely, ii, 
253 
Ruddry Brook, i, 51 
Rudge, Susanna, ii, 275 
Rudston, Rob., ii, 312 
Rudyerd, Sir Benj., ii, 275 
Rue, Will. de, iii, 177, 181 
Rufford, Rofforde, John, iii, 453; 
iv, 268; Will. ii, 354; iii, 402; 
iv, 268 
Rufina, i, 242 
Rufinus, i, 242 
Rugge, see Ridge 
Rugleye chace, ii, 237 
Rule of an Honest Life, The, iv, 261 
Rumball, Anne, ii, 302; col. A., ii, 
473; John, ii, 302 
Rumbold, Anwacr H., iii, 164; 
Joanna, iii, 164; Rich., iii, 367; 
Sir Thos., iii, 56, 162, 164, 472; 
Thos. H., iii, 164; Capt. Will. R., 
ili, 164; —, ii, 37 
Rumbold’s, farm, iii, 376 
Rumeridge, farm (Kimpton), iii, 29 
Rumilly, prior of, ii, 292 ” 
Rumney, rev. Rob., ii, 420 
Rumold, iv, 82, 84, 113 
Rumold, Rob., iv, 82, 82 2; Sybil, 
iv, 82n 
Runevile, Geoff., iii, 468 
Runnington, Eliz., ii, 468 
Rupert, prince, ii, 31 
Ruse, Cyrus, iii, 127; John, iii, 127 
Rushden, Risendene, Ressenden, ii, 
11g; Uli, 209-10, 247, 265-70; iv 
187, 211, 215-16, 362, 364; adv., 
iii, 270; char., iii, 270; ch., iii, 
211, 266, 269-70; iv, 3II, 315; 
houses, iii, 266, 268; man., iii, 
210, 266-7; mnonconf., iv, 355, 
358%; pop. ret., iv, 238; pre- 
hist. rem., i, 234; iii, 265; Rom. 
rem., iv, 163; Shaw Green lane, 
ili, 265-6 
Rushen, iii, 412; man., see Amwell, 
Little, man. 
Rush Green (Little Amwell), iii, 409 
