ROGERS, Daniel (c.1538-91), of Silver Street, St. Olave’s, London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1538, at Wittenberg, 1st s. of John Rogers, preacher, by Adrienne van der Weede of Antwerp. educ. Wittenberg 1555-9; Oxf. BA July 1561; MA Aug. 1561. m. 1587, Susan, da. of Nicasius Yetswiert, 1s. 1da.

Offices Held

Government agent in Paris 1565 – 75; envoy in Netherlands Mar. 1575 – Mar. 1577; sec. to Merchant Adventurers at Antwerp July 1575–8; envoy in Germany and Netherlands June 1577 – Jan. 1578, Oct. 1580; clerk of PC May 1587; ambassador extraordinary to Denmark Sept. 1587 – Jan. 1588, July – Aug. 1588, Jan. 1590.Lansd. 155, f. 128; CSP For. 1575–7, pp. 67, 78, 603, 605; 1587, p. 65; 1586–8, pp. 369–71, 471; 1588 (Jan.-June), pp. 74–5, 113; APC, xv. 111; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 681; 1581–90, pp. 425, 643.

Parlimentarian

ROGERS, Daniel (c.1538-91), of Silver Street, St. Olave’s, London.

Main residence: Silver Street, St. Olave's, London.

Notes

This biography is based upon J. A. Van Dorsten, Poets, Patrons and Professors: Sir Philip Sidney, Daniel Rogers and the Leiden Humanists.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

ROGERS, Daniel (c.1538-91)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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