Thomas Rolfe esq. of Gosfield
Thomas Rolfe is a name associated with the History of Belchamp Walter,
Essex.
It is unfortunate that the name Rolfe is the same as that of the husband of Pocahontas.
Thomas Rolfe was owner of Gosfield Hall and the founder to Gofield church. He is buried and memorialied
there.
John Helion, Esq. was their son and heir, who, dying in
1450, left, by his wife Editha, daughter and co heiress of Thomas Rolfe, Esq.
of Gosfield, Philippa, married to Sir Thomas Montgomery, Esq. of Faulkbourne Hall;
and Isabel, the wife of Humphrey Tyrell, Esq.
of Little Warley, to whom she bore an only daughter, named Anne, who, by marriage,
conveyed this and other great estates to
Sir Roger Wentworth, of Codham Hall, in Wethersfield.
Quote from historyhouse.co.uk about Gosfield Church
The Church (St. Catherine,) is a small neat building, in the park, and has a tower, and three bells. On the north side of it
is a small chapel, originally built for a chantry priest, by Thomas Rolfe, who was buried here in 1440.
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Background to this page
Having seen some of my history pages being found by those making an Internet search I have decided to add
a bit more context on how the pages came about.
Edith Rolfe - according to GEDCOM
Brief Life History of Edith
When Edith Rolfe was born about 1420, in Gosfield, Essex, England, her father, Thomas Rolfe, was 35
and her mother, Hawkwood, was 40. She married John Helion, Esq. about 1435, in Essex, England,
United Kingdom.
They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died before 20 May 1497, in England.