ROGERS, Sir John (bef.1507-65), of Bryanston, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. bef. 1507, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Rogers by his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Courtenay of Powderham, Devon. m. 1523, Katherine, da. of Sir Richard Weston, 16s. (11 d.v.p.) inc. Richard and Thomas 4da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. bet. June 1535 and Feb. 1536. Kntd. bet. July 1538 and Jan. 1540.

Offices Held

J.p. Dorset 1528, q. by 1562; sheriff, Som. and Dorset 1552 – 53; duchy of Lancaster steward, lands in Dorset from 1531.Harl. 1539, ff. 78–9; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 214, 218, 225; London Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxv), 3; PCC 8 Alen; LP Hen. VIII, x. p. 158; xi. p. 85; xiii(1), g. 1519; xiv(2), p. 225; xv. p. 14; xxi(1), p. 486; Somerville, Duchy, i. 628–30; Ducatus Lanc. iii. 243.

Parlimentarian

ROGERS, Sir John (by 1507-65), of Bryanston, Dorset.

Main residence: Bryanston, Dorset.

Notes

This biography is based upon the Roberts thesis.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

ROGERS, Sir John (bef. 1507-65)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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