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Apr 27, 2024 · Beverley Rogers is sometimes given as the name of one of the children of John Rogers and his wife Adriana Pratt. Almost certainly there was no such child, not least because the name Beverley was virtually unknown before the 19th century.
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Birth and Parentage
John Rogers’ birth date is uncertain, but was probably about 1500. His parents were John Rogers and Margaret Wyatt. He was born near Birminghamat Deritend in the parish of Aston, Warwickshire.
Education
John Rogers studied at Pembroke Hall (now Pembroke College), Cambridge, gaining a BA degree in 1525/1526.
Priest
From 1532 to 1534 John Rogers was Rector of Holy Trinity the Less, London. He resigned in 1534, and became chaplain to English merchants in Antwerp.
Number of Children
John Foxe's near-contemporary account of John Rogers' martyrdom says that John and Adriana had eleven children: "ten able to go [i.e. to walk], and one sucking on her breast". This accords with the number of children listed in the Warwickshire and Middlesex Visitations. But John Rogers himself said shortly before his execution, "nowe haue I bene a full yere in Newgate, at great costes and charges, hauyng a wyfe and x children". Joseph Lemuel Chester gives a possible explanation of this discre...
Misattributed Children
Besides the children listed above, three other children with Wikitree profiles are sometimes, wrongly, ascribed to John Rogers: 1. Beverley Rogers. Almost certainly no such person existed; perhaps she is a misreading of "Barnaby". 2. William Rogers II of Watford. This is an attempt to "fix" the discredited descent of Thomas Rogers, the Pilgrim Fatherfrom John the Martyr. 3. Elizabeth Eyre née Rogers. Sometimes said to be the daughter of a John Rogers, but one from Poole (though in fact this i...
Birthplace of Children
Joseph Lemuel Chester in his book on John Rogers says that eight of his children were born in Germany.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry for 'Rogers, John (c. 1500–1555)', print and online 2004Wikipedia: John Rogers (Bible editor and martyr)Sir George John Armitage (ed.). Middlesex pedigrees as collected by Richard Mundy in Harleian MS No. 1551 (the Visitation of Middl...Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954, Ancestry.co.ukRogers-9689 was created by David McKnightthrough the import of Beadle-McKnight_2014-06-21a.ged on Jun 24, 2014.
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- Adriana Alids (Weyden) Rogers
In 2007, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences sued the estate of the deceased Buddy Rogers' second wife, Beverly Rogers, in order to stop the public sale of one of Pickford's Oscars. [59] A bust and historical plaque marks her birthplace in Toronto, now the site of the Hospital for Sick Children. [60]
Rogers was attacked for having a wife and eleven children. He defended his decision to marry by arguing that the Bible did not say that priests should not have a wife. Rogers was also criticised for "misusing the gifts of learning which God had given them by arguing for a wicked cause against God's truth". (23) John Rogers - Burnt at the Stake
Apr 28, 2022 · John Rogers was an English Protestant martyr best known for his inclusion in the volume familiarly known as John Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, which was first published in 1563 and was well known to early generations of New Englanders.
- Adriana Rogers
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.
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Dec 15, 2023 · It was during his residence on the Continent that Rogers, having severed himself from the errors and superstitions of Rome, married. After this event, he proceeded with his wife to Wittenberg, and very soon he took charge of a living in Saxony, where he faithfully and diligently proclaimed the truths of the Gospel.
