Thomas de la Roche
- Born: Abt 1250, Fermoy, Cork, Ireland
- Marriage: Margaret 141
- Died: 1313-1314, Roche Castle, Roch, Pembrokeshire about age 63
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information. 141
Thomas de la Roche, son and heir, born circa 1250, confirmed to Pill priory the gifts of the founder, Adam de la Roche the elder, and those of his father and mother, John and Maud. In 1282 and 1284, staying in England, he had protection or licence to appoint attorneys in Ireland. Sheriff of Cork from 1285. In 1293 and again in 1295, he was ordered to go in person to his lands in Wales, to prevent disturbances, &c. In May 1299, among the "barons," and in 1301, 1302, 1308, 1311 and 1313, he was summoned for service in Scotland. He was summoned to Parliament 29 December 1299 to 3 November 1306, by writs directed Thome de la Roche, whereby he is held to have become Lord Roche. None of his descendants was summoned to Parliament. In 1305, as Sir Thomas de la Roche of Wales, he acknowledged a debt in Tipperary; in 1308 and 1309, staying in Wales, he named attorneys in Ireland.
Sir Thomas de la Roche married, 1stly, ----- , 2ndly Margaret who survived him. He presumably died in 1313 or 1314.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vol. XI, pp. 42-43
Thomas married Margaret.141
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