Gregory de Rokesley

Gregory de Rokesley (died 1291) was an English goldsmith, Mayor of London and Warden of the Mint.

He was originally from Rokesley in Kent and was a wealthy wool merchant and goldsmith.

In 1263, 1265 and 1270, he served as Sheriff of London and then served as Lord Mayor of London for a total of 8 occasions from the years 1274 through to 1280 and again in the year 1284.

In 1276 he was made Kings Chamberlain and acted in that capacity for two years.

[2] The site of his house, which existed near Lombard Street near where the Church of St Mary Woolnoth now stands is commemorated by a City of London blue plaque.