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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 5, 2022 · After sickly Edward VI became king of England, John Rogers returned from the continent, fetching his wife to England. He was given high positions in the Church of England. Regrettably, he was one of those who agreed to burn poor, insane Joan of Kent to death (some of her claims were blasphemous).
Rogers was imprisoned in the infamous Newgate in January 1554, not long after Mary ascended the throne. He had a large family: at the time of his death he had ten children, including a nursing infant. His wife was a German woman named Adriance de Weyden.
After Tyndale's death, Rogers pushed on with his predecessor's English version of the Old Testament, which he used as far as 2 Chronicles, employing Myles Coverdale's translation (1535) for the remainder and for the Apocrypha. [7]
Dec 15, 2023 · John Rogers was one of those who dared to stand up in defence of Gospel truth, for he continued to preach after the edict was published, forbidding any man to do so unless specially licensed. For his contumacious conduct, Rogers was ordered to keep close prisoner in his own house.
May 17, 2018 · By January 1554, after Mary had established her claim to the throne, Rogers was in prison and in February 1555 he was burned at Smithfield—the first of the protestant martyrs. The French ambassador wrote that Rogers died with such composure that it might have been a wedding.
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Mar 17, 2013 · After Tyndale’s martyrdom Rogers moved to Wittenberg, and it was not until the death of Henry VIII that he had an opportunity to return to England. He served two parishes in London during the reign of Edward VI.
