John ROGERS

John married Elizabeth SHOTTESBROKE in 1429. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Anne DE ECHYNGHAM about 1446. Anne (daughter of Sir Thomas DE ECHYNGHAM and Margaret KNYVETT) died on 07 May 1498. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Henry ROGERS was born on 01 Mar 1448.

Notes:

Excerpt from Lineage of the Rogers Family: He purchased 'Benham-Valence' and other properties in Berks, and bouth 'Bryanstone, ' Dorset, which became the principal seats of the family. He was the entailed Lord of the vast Furneaux estates, and is alleged to have earned & Received Knighthood, through recognition of military service performed. Besides his numerous entailures, he amassed a very considerable personal property; and altogether, was the representative of one of the wealthiest families of his section of England. The issue of marriage brought to his wife & himself two sons, John the eld. and Thomas; and he d. 1441 10/4, at Bryanstone, and their quartered escutcheon was carved on the tablet of his tomb, in St. Martin's Church there. His will was dated 21 Sep. and prov. 10 Nov., the yr. of his death; and afterward, the prefix of 'Fitz' to the Roger name was dropped and ultimately a terminal s added. Because of his great riches, ability, and prominence; he has genereally been accredited as the known Rogers patriarch of England, instead of his father.

John married Agnes DE MERCAUNT in 1406. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]