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in 1511, Rokeby became
Archbishop of Dublin. It has been suggested that his elevation was due at least in part to his English birth, as the Crown was anxious to place Englishmen high up in the Irish hierarchy. No doubt his brother's close connection to Wolsey also played a part. He was Lord
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O'Flanagan praises Rokeby as a good man, a good bishop and, so far as we can tell from the scanty records, a good judge. Elrington Ball, while acknowledging his good qualities, suggests that he was a failure as Irish Lord
Chancellor, due partly to his frequent absences in England.
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O'Flanagan believes that he was a good and diligent Lord
Chancellor, although he did not leave behind many written judgments. He was clearly a trusted servant of the Crown: in particular, the
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on 27 March 1519. By 1521 his health was failing: he retired to Kirk
Sandall and died there on 29 November. In his will he left £200 to rebuild
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Rokeby made elaborate provisions in his will for the disposal of his remains. In accordance with his wishes, his body was buried in
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29:(died 29 November 1521) was a leading statesman and cleric in early sixteenth-century Ireland, who held the offices of
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and burial fees and the rules for admission to the clergy.Rather comically, Rokeby strictly forbade clergymen to play
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Dictionary of Irish Biography
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The Lives of the Lord
Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland
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in 1516 and the ceremony by which Wolsey received his cardinal's hat.
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Bishop of Meath, Archbishop of Dublin and Lord
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Chancellor of
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