Thomas Rogers (abt. 1480)

Born about 1480 in Bryanston, Dorset, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Biography

Thomas was probably born in the 1470s or 1480s, son of Sir Henry Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset,^[1] and his wife, a daughter of William, Lord Stourton whose name is variously given as Anne, Amy, or Avice Stourton.^[2] He appears in the list of Sir Henry's children in a manuscript of noble genealogies compiled circa 1505,^[3] and also in Henry's will, dated 14 Dec 1506, which grants him £6 per annum for life.^[4] Beyond this, little is known of him.

J. L. Chester's detailed biography and genealogy of John Rogers the Martyr repeats a theory that this Thomas is Thomas Rogers of Bradford-on-Avon.^[5] This is demonstrably incorrect as Thomas of Bradford's eldest son was born in the late 1450s, only a decade later than Sir Henry, his alleged grandfather.

Sources

1. ↑ Harrison, George. "Rogers Genealogy" in Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, vol 1 (1868), p 258. Available digitally from FamilySearch.
2. ↑ Mowbray, Charles Botolph Joseph, Lord. History of the Noble House of Stourton, vol 1, p 242. London, 1899. Available digitally from the Internet Archive.
3. ↑ N.H.N. "Pedigrees showing the relationship between many of the nobility and gentry, and the blood royal; compiled about the year 1505." in Collectanea topographica et genealogica, vol 1 (1834), p 312. Citing British Library, Harl. MS. 1074. Available digitally from the Internet Archive.
4. ↑ The National Archives. "Will of Sir Henry Rogers" (PROB 11/15/26), records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
5. ↑ Chester, Joseph Lemuel. John Rogers: the compiler of the first authorised English Bible; the pioneer of the English reformation; and its first martyr, p 233. London, 1861. Available digitally from the Internet Archive.