Sir Edward Rogers ( – 3 May 1568Officers of the Greencloth, List of Comptrollers) was an English gentleman who served as an Officer of State in various capacities during the

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. He rose to become Comptroller and Vice-Chamberlain of the Household to

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from 1560 to 1568.

Life

Edward Rogers was born in about 1498, the son of George Rogers of Langport (d. 1524) and his wife Elizabeth. Before 1528, he married Mary Lisle, daughter and co-heiress of Sir John Lisle of the Isle of Wight. They had three daughters and a son:History of the Rogers of Wiltshire, Somerset & Devon * George, his father's heir and executor (d. 1582) * Jane, married Thomas Throckmorton * Anne, married Thomas Harmon * Mary, married John Chettel

Royal service

Rogers was made Esquire of the Body to Henry VIII before 1534.National Portrait Gallery, notes to portrait of Sir Edward Rogers At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, he was granted the former nunnery at Cannington in

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, which became the family seat. He was a Justice of the Peace for

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and Somerset and was elected a

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for

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in 1547, the year of Henry VIII's death. Rogers had quarreled with the powerful Seymour family, but at the fall of the Lord Protector in 1549 he once again advanced at court. He was knighted at the coronation of

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in 1549 and served Edward as one of his four principal gentlemen of the privy chamber. As a member of Edward's council he witnessed the will appointing Lady

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as Edward's heir to the throne of England.AccessGenealogy.com "Edward Rogers" He was

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for Somerset throughout most of Queen Mary's reign (1553, 1558, 1559 and 1563). A staunch

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, Rogers opposed Mary's restoration of

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, and was imprisoned in the

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in 1554. He was released in January 1555 and pardoned in July on payment of £1,000 to keep the peace. On her accession in 1558, Queen Elizabeth appointed him Vice-Chamberlain, Captain of the Guard, and Privy Councillor on the recommendation of his old friend Sir

Nicholas Throckmorton Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (or Throgmorton) (c. 1515/151612 February 1571) was an English diplomat and politician, who was an ambassador to France and later Scotland, and played a key role in the relationship between Elizabeth I of Englan ...

. He was appointed to succeed Sir Thomas Parry as Comptroller when Parry was named

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in 1560. Rogers held the office of Comptroller until his death in 1568. Rogers' granddaughter, Mary Rogers, married Queen Elizabeth I's godson Sir John Harington on 6 September 1583.

Notes

References

History of Parliament ROGERS, Sir Edward (1498/1502-68) of Cannington, Somerset
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rogers, Sir Edward Members of the Privy Council of England English knights 1490s births 1568 deaths English MPs 1547–1552 English MPs 1553 (Edward VI) English MPs 1553 (Mary I) English MPs 1558 English MPs 1559 English MPs 1563–1567 Esquires of the Body Members of the Parliament of England for Tavistock