1258-1269 HENRY de RODINGTON,       

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(Vintner).

Admitted into the gild merchant 1239-40. He received the mayoralty through the influence and recommendation of the great earl Simon de Montfort, 23 January 1258, with whom he was a great favourite, an office which he held for twelve successive years. He is occasionally styled "alderman" on the gild rolls, was a bailiff in 1270, and was living in 1286. William de Rodington or Ruddington, a presumed descendant, was M.P. for Leic. 1323 and 1325.

A.D. 1262. "The Barons' wars. (King Henry III again at Leic. 1264. Simon de Montfort, the earl of Leic., with his son, Henry, and other barons, slain at the battle of Evesham, 4 August 1265).