ROKHOLT, (Essex) on the E. side of the Lea r. near Stratford and Layton, was purchased in the R. of K. Ja. I. by Sir Will.
Hickes, Bt. whose younger brother, Baptist, created Visc. Camden in the next R. built Hickes's-Hall, on the N. side of
Smithfield; and whose grandson, Sir Harry Hickes, Bt. sold this estate in 1720 to Benj. Collier, Esq; brother-in-law to
Mr. Knight of the south-sea company. It was purchased of him by the E. Tilney, for his eldest son, the late E. It is a
beautiful seat; but was lately turned into a house for assemblies and publick entertainment. Urns and other Roman
antiquities have been turned up here by the gravel diggers.