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

Family and Education

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.Date of birth estimated from first commission. Hutchins, Dorset, i. 250; Mar. Lic. London (Harl. Soc. xxv), 3; LP Hen. VIII, x.

Offices Held

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.LP Hen. VIII, iii-xxi; Somerville, Duchy, i. 628–30; Hutchins, i. 225; Ducatus Lanc. iii. 243; CPR, 1548–9, p. 136.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Bryanston, Dorset.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

ROGERS, Sir John (by 1507-65)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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