Rodes baronets explained

The Rodes Baronetcy, of Barlborough in the County of Derby, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 14 August 1641 for Francis Rodes, of Barlborough Hall, near Chesterfield, Derbyshire.^[1] The early family of Rodes was seated in Nottinghamshire. A William Rodes acquired an estate in Derbyshire by marriage. Sir Francis Rodes built Barlborough Hall in 1583–4. The first Baronet was his grandson.^[2] The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in 1743, when the estates passed to his sister's heirs, the Heathcotes and Heathcote-Rodes families.

Rodes baronets, of Barlborough (1641)

• Sir Francis Rodes, 1st Baronet (1595–1646)
• Sir Francis Rodes, 2nd Baronet (died 1651)
• Sir Francis Rodes, 3rd Baronet (1648–1675), High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1670
• Sir John Rodes, 4th Baronet (1670–1743)^[3]

References

• Book: Glover, Stephen . 1829 . The History of the County of Derby . Part 2 . Derby . 82–84 . (at archive.org)

Further reading

• Book: Barnard, Ella K. . Early Maltby with some Roades History . Baltimore . 1909 . Chapter XIII . 305–329 . none.

Notes and References

1. Book: Burke . John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry . 1838 . 564–565.
2. Rodes, Francis . 49 . Pollard . Albert Frederick . Albert Pollard . 80 . 1.
3. Book: Burke . John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England . 1838 . Scott, Webster & Geary . 448–449 .