Sir Thomas Rochfort (c.1450–1522) was a distinguished Irish judge and cleric who held the offices of Solicitor General for Ireland (he was the first recorded holder of that office), Master of the Rolls in Ireland, and Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Roger's elder brother Robert was the ancestor of another distinguished judge, Robert Rochfort, Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer under Queen Anne, whose descendants held the title Earl of Belvedere.
[1] The first Robert was himself a lawyer of some distinction, who was attorney to Richard, Duke of York for his Irish estates.
[3] He was an active and reforming Dean who laid down important new rules on the jurisdiction and discipline of the cathedral, and it was during his tenure as Dean that the Cathedral College of Minor Canons and Choristers was incorporated.
[6] Subsequently, he became clerk of the Irish Court of Chancery, and then Master of the Rolls in Ireland.