Sir Thomas (Henry) Rogers was born 1408 in Ashington, Somersetshire, England, and died Abt. 1471. He was the son of John Fitzrogers and Agnes Mordaunt.

Traditional Biography

Thomas Rogers, second son in the third generation of the Rogers family, was born in 1408 at Ashington, Somerset in one of the Roger-Furneaux mansions. He resided here till he was grown, then permanently settled at Bryanston, Dorset. He had a son, Thomas, by his first wife who was born in 1435. In his second marriage he had a daughter, Elizabeth. Thomas Rogers (4th generation) never claimed the property of his father so it went to his sister. [SIC]

Comments

Do not confuse with Thomas Rogers, of Benham Valence, Berks.. The biography seems to mix up two different Thomas Rogers. This Thomas was not the father of Elizabeth Essex

Additional data

History and Genealogy of the Mayflower Planters By Leon C. Hills, Leon Clark Hills Pg.130 link

• Gen.1 John Fitz Roger, b. abt. 1335 Eng. m. 1385/6 Elizabeth, b. 1330, dau. of Sir Symon de Furneaux of Ashington, wid. of Sir John Blount. She was a very wealthy heiress, sole heir of her father and of the 9th gen. in direct line from Odo de Fornell b. abt. 1040 in Normandy who came to Eng. with the Conqueror.
• Gen.2 Sir John Fitz Roger, Knt. b. abt. 1386/7.
• Gen.3 Thomas Rogers Gent, b. 1408 at Ashington, Somerset, in a Furneaux mansion. m. 1st abt. 1433/4 and had Thomas; m. 2nd late in life.
• Gen.4 Thomas Rogers Sergeant at Law Esq., b. 1435 probably at Benham Valence, a Furneaux mansion, d. at Bradford on the Avon, Wilts 1489. He was buried there. He was a man of influence, but of small means. m. 1st 1479 Cecilia Besill of Bradford, and had son William; m. 2nd 1483 Catherine de Courtney dau. of Sir Philip de Courtney, and had sons George and John Rogers. Catherine de Courtney is the 8th gen. in direct line from Edward I, King of England, through the de Courtneys, de Bohuns, ect., and from Edward I is in direct line to King Alfred. The Historian Gibson states that the house of Courtney is "one of the most illustrious races among the English nobility".
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• Thomas Roger1
• M, #24667, b. 1408, d. 1471
• Father Sir John FitzRoger b. bt 1386 - 1387, d. 4 Oct 1441
• Mother Agnes de Mordaunt
• Thomas Roger was born in 1408 at Ashington, Somersetshire, England. He married an unknown person circa 1430. He died in 1471 at Benham Valeva.
• Family
• Child
  • Thomas Rogers, Gent., Justice of the Peace for Wiltshire, Burgess of Marlborough b. 1435, d. bt 10 Jul 1478 - 12 Oct 1479
• Citations
• 1.[S2750] Unknown author, Ahnentafel Charts from Douglas Scott Robertson.
• From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p821.htm#i...
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• Links
• https://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I64710&tree...
• http://www.deloriahurst.com/deloriahurst%20page/2202.html
• http://www.familypursuit.com/genealogy/rogers_thomas/thomas-rogers-...
• http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/20/55011.htm
• http://www.rogersdna.com/history/index.htm
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Occupation: M. 1434 Bryanstone, Dorsetshire, England Marriage: Marriage to: Avice Amy Stourton (Rogers) Circa 1435

 England, Ashington, UK 

Marriage: Marriage to: Elizabeth Hungerford (Rogers) Circa 1435

 Ashington, Somerset, England 

b. 1408, at Ashington, Som. or in another of the Rogers-Furneaux mansions, the younger of the two bros., resided at Ashington when he was grown, after his father had moved therefrom and permanently settled at Bryanstone, Dorset: he m. twice, first, ab. 1433-4, N.N ?xxx, by whom he had a son Thimas (Junior), b. 1435; and after his 1st wfe.'s dth, he late in life again m. prior to 1468, Margaret ?xxx, by whom he had a dau. Elizabeth. Sir John Fitz Roger, his father having recovered the Berks property as stated in the preceding paragraph, on or shortly after the marriage of his 2nd. son, the first Thomas, gave him those estates; and he the said Thomas (1) Rogers, entered upon, resided and d. at 'Benham-Valence' 1471, seized of that manor and other property in Berks. His son Thomas (2) Rogers, Sir John's gr. son, proved his age 1472; but never claimed the property under the English law, so it ultimately went by will of the father-after a life estate to his second wife-to his dau. Elizabeth, Thomas (2)'s half sister, b. ab. 1469-70, an infant left in trustee-charge of Thomas Essex Esq., of Lambourn, Berks; and she afterward m. 28 June, 1488, William Essex, Esq. (son of Thomas, her guardian); and then & later-after the dth. of her mother, the custody of her inheritance passed to her husband, then a Knight, and benefited their heir..."

John Cox Underwood

Biography

From https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120865027/thomas-rogers

M.P., Sheriff 1464-1465. In addition to his property at Lambourn and Beenham Valence, he was lord of Bramshill manor, and many other manors throughout Berkshire, Dorset, and Staffordshire.

Citations

• http://www.berkshirehistory.com/gentry/database/text224.htm#FAM612.224 shows Thomas as son of John Rogers and Elizabeth Shottisbroke, daughter of John
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ancestorsearch&id... did Gilbert Shottisbroke Had a younger son ?”John Shotesbroke of whom the ysue of Sir Will. Essex cometh.”
• Underwood, John Cox,. Lineage of the Rogers family, England : embracing John Rogers the martyr, emigrant descendants to America and issue. New York: Press of W.E. Rudge, c1911. The sponsor of the Publication was The John Rogers Society Page 16 link shows John Rogers as elder son & heir of Sir John Fitz Roger and Agnes de Mercaunt (no parents given for her). Married twice: 1) Elizabeth, daughter of John Shottisbroke, Esq., of Beckett or Burcote, died without issue 2) Ann, daughter & co heir of Thomas de Echyngham, Knt., of Sussex, who married 2nd to John Tuchet, Lord Audley.