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Sir John Rogers, 1st Baronet (c. 1649 – 23 April 1710) was an English merchant and Member of Parliament. [1] Biography. He was the eldest son and only surviving ...
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b. by 1507, 2nd s. and h. of Sir John Rogers by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, Devon. m. lic. 27 Jan. 1523, Catherine, da. of Sir Richard Weston of Sutton Place Surr., 16s. (11 d.v.p.) inc. Richard† and Thomas† 4da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. June 1535/Feb. 1536. Kntd. July 1538/Jan. 1540.2
J.p. Dorset 1528-d.; steward, duchy of Lancaster, Dorset 1531-d., hundred of Kings Somborne, Hants. by 1561; steward, Blandford Forum, Dorset by 1565; commr. musters, Dorset 1544, 1546, benevolence 1544/45, chantries, Dorset, Som. 1548; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1552-3.3
John Rogers was granted livery of his father’s lands in February 1536. He was executor of his father’s will, drawn up on 9 June 1535, the overseers being his father-in-law, Sir Richard Weston, and Richard Phelips. As John Rogers junior he had been on the commission of the peace for Dorset since 1528 but it was only after his succession to his inher...
Reformation. John Rogers (born c. 1500, Aston, Staffordshire, England—died February 4, 1555, Smithfield, London) was a religious Reformer and the first Protestant martyr of the English queen Mary I’s reign. He was the editor of the English Bible published (1537) under the pseudonym Thomas Matthew. A graduate of the University of Cambridge ...
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Dec 20, 2023 · Sir John Rogers. Born about 1470 in Bryanston, Dorset, England [uncertain] Ancestors. Son of Henry Rogers and Amy (Stourton) Rogers. Brother of Margaret (Unknown) Lovell [half], Thomas Rogers, James Rogers and Richard Rogers. Husband of Elizabeth (Courtenay) Rogers — married about 1500 in England. Husband of Dorothy (Ifield) Rogers ...
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Feb 4, 2016 · On this day in history, 4th February 1555, John Rogers, clergyman and Biblical editor, was burned at the stake at Smithfield. Rogers was the first England Protestant burned in Mary I's reign after being condemned as a heretic. he refused the chance of a last minute pardon if he recanted, and died bravely. His wife and eleven children, one being newborn and at the breast, attended his burning ...
John Rogers (c. 1505 – 4 February 1555) was an English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator. He guided the development of the Matthew Bible in vernacular English during the reign of Henry VIII and was the first English Protestant executed as a heretic under Mary I , who was determined to restore Roman Catholicism .
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Biography. Rogers owned extensive estates in Dorset, at Blandford, Bryanston, Hemsworth, Nutford and elsewhere, together with the ‘house of the late Black Friars’ at Melcombe Regis, and several advowsons. He also leased mills and other property at Pimperne. He controlled parliamentary elections at Wareham, less than ten miles from land ...
