Anthony Rogers, Esq. of Bradford

Biography

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~1520, Anthony born in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England, s/o 118820. Anthony Rogers & 118821. Dorothy Erneley.

1540, John Leland, upon visiting the town wrote, “All the town of Bradford standith by clothmaking”.

By 1543, Anthony married Ann.

Child of Anthony and Ann:

1. i. Dorothy Rogers (29705), born ~1540 in Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England.

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Timeline

1544, Mem. At Court of Anthony Rogers, Esq. and Anne his wife held at Holt. Rd. Chapman recd. Land in Holt.

1545, Indenture of Anthony Rogers, Esq. of Bradford leases to Rd. Drewis of Holte, the Park, Lowsley, Holes, in Holt, and a Tent. In Little Holt.

10/23/1546, Indenture between Anthony Rogers of Bradford, and Robert Graunt, Yoeman, granting a close in B.

2/11/1547, Plaintiffs: Anthony Rogers and Robert Bathe. Subject of decree: Farm of a pasture called Marsh in Warminster, Wiltshire, and an eight acre meadow in Norton Bavant, Wiltshire. (S) UKNA.

1550, Anthony Rogers sold Bradford manor to John Wysse. (S) Hist. of Wiltshire, V8, 1965, Warminster. [Anthony%E2%80%99s great-grandfather Thomas Rogers held the manor at his death in 1478.]

1551, Antony Rogers of B. Esq., lets to Walter Graunt his land in Comberwell.

4/24/1555, Anthony Rogers of B. Esq., bound in £10 to Nicholas Radiche of West Lockeridge, co. Berks.

1555-56, At Court A. Rogers and Anne, of Brad. And Holt. Nicholas, son of Wm. Webbe of B. appeared, to retain 2 tenements.

7/22/1556, Anth. Rogers, Esq. and John Dreuce of Ashley … Signed by me Anthony Rogers.

1558, Anthony attested to a charter. (S) UKNA.

1558-79, Plaintiffs: James Barne. Defendants: Anthony Rogers, Nicholas Webbe and William Webbe. Subject: manor of Bradford, Wiltshire. (S) UKNA.

Aft. 1558, Modernised Freeholders: Anthony Rogers armiger payeth by the year of the hereditaments sometime Lancelot Lisle and 1 yard of ground … Thomas Hall esquire holdeth his fee half a hide of ground and 2 mills in Bradford and payeth 75s … (S) Rental of Bradford Manor, Wilts., thought to be drawn up by John Hall at the start of Elizabeth's reign, British Library Egerton MS. 3653.

1559, Ann died.

6/17/1562, “Bond of Thos. Hall, in £1000, to Anthony Rogers, Esq.”

12/10/1562, Indenture of John Basset of Apse Wyptham … Isle of Wight, about a £100 in which Anthony Rogers, Esq. is bound to him.

Anthony 2nd married ? Bysshe.

4/17/1563, Anthony Rogers of B. Esq., bound in £20 to Wm. Chapman of Frome Selwood.

10/6/1564, Anthony Rogers, of B. bound to John Horton of Westwood Co. Wilts, in £40.

3/26/1568, Indenture between Walter Bush of Bradley, Wilts … Anthony Rogers, Esq. … about a debt of £80 13s 4d.

1583, Anthony died; the last male representative of the elder branch of the family in Bradford-on-Avon, and possessing the moiety of the Besill estate. [Both of Anthony’s brothers died without issue.]

• (S) Bradford-on-Avon, Jones, 1907, PP147-250. (S) Visitation of Wiltshire, Harvey, 1565, P39.
• (S) Wiltshire Arch. Mag., Vs1-2, 1854.

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Will

4/25/1581, Anthony wrote his will.

Anthony will abstract:

• In the name of god Amen, In the yeare of our lorde god a thousand five hundred eighty one in the 24th day of November and in the yeare of the reign of our sovereign lady Elizabeth by the grace of god of England, France and Ireland, queen defender of the faith.
• I Anthony Rogers of Bradford, in the countie of Wilt, Esquire although beinge sicke & weake of bodye, but of whole & perfect memorye, (god be thanked) do make this my last will & testament in manner & forme following viz.
• First … Item - I give and bequeathe unto John Hall Esquire, my sonne in law, ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Dorothie Hall my daughter, wife of the said John Hall, one hundred pounds of lawful money of England which somme of one hundred pounds the saide John Hall her husbande oweth unto me. …
• I give and bequeath unto Alice Hall daughter to the foresaid John Hall and Dorothie Hall my daughter ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Anne Bysshe my daughter-in-law [step-daughter] wife of Richard Bysshe ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Richard Rogers my brother all my wearing apparrell.
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Ambrose Rogers my brother the somme of tenne pounds of lawful money of England whereof he is indebted unto me eight pounds.
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Anthony Canell, Nicholas Canell and Susan Canell children of William Canell the somme of twenty pounds of lawful money of England to be divided equallie between theme. …
• I give and bequeathe unto James Horton the sonne of Thomas Horton of Iford [a Wiltshire resident and clothier] the somme of tenne pounds of lawful moneye of England.
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Johanne Fetre ....
• Item - my will is that the ... given to the said John Hall remayne to Elizabeth their daughter after their decease.
• Item - I give unto the said Johanne ....
• Item - I give unto Elizabeth Fetre daughter to the said Johanne ....
• Item - I give unto and bequeath unto Roger Fetre my servante ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Agnes Holte ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Thomas Anley ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto Richard Deberill ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto William Mann ....
• Item - I give and bequeath unto George Rogers, Knight ....
• Item - My will is that Dorothie my daughter shall have the use of ... bequeathe unto John Hall and Alice Hall her children during the natural life of the said Dorothie.
• The residuale of my goods not giveth nor bequeathed after my legacy and debts are paid and my will is performed as hereinto written and promised, I give and bequeath unto John Hall, Esquire, my sonne in law above I make the executor of this my last will and testament.
• Item - I hereby ordain and appointe George Bailey and William Horton, Esquire, Thomas Llewellyn and Thomas Longe, gentleman, and doe give to each of them three pounds six shillings eight pense of lawful money of England for the better performance of this my last will and testament. …

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Property

'Parishes: Bradford-on-Avon', in A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 7, (London, 1953) pp. 4-51. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol7/pp4-51 [accessed 11 May 2024].

ROGERS MANOR which also became known as the manor of Bradford belonged to the Rogers family. Thomas Rogers, Serjeant-at-law, lived at Bradford in the second half of the 15th century. He apparently settled in the town after his first marriage, to Cecily, daughter and coheir of William Besill. His son William Rogers succeeded him and was himself succeeded by a son Anthony. (fn. 231) During the reign of Henry VIII Anthony Rogers, son of Anthony, held the 'manor' of Bradford. (fn. 232) He died in 1583. His daughter and heir Dorothy married John Hall (d. 1597) owner of Hall's manor (see above). (fn. 233)

• 231. Jones, Bradford-on-Avon, 195–6; W. N. & Q. iii, 337. A William Rogers was bailliff of the manor of Bradford in 1535: Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i, 228.
• 232. C 3/13/40.
• 233. W. N. & Q. iii, 337. Jones, Bradford. on-Avon, 196.

The manor of HOLT was held of the manor of Bradford. It must have been included in the grant of Bradford to Shaftesbury Abbey in 1001. (fn. 357) In 1242–3 Holt was named along with Bradford as part of the manor held by the abbey. The overlordship descended with the capital manor of Bradford (see above). (fn. 358) In or before the 13 th century the manor was subinfeudated to a family which took its name from it. …

The heir-at-law of the 9th baron was his niece Mary (d. 1539), daughter of his sister Eleanor, wife of John Kingston. The 9th baron had effected the marriage of his niece to his cousin Sir Thomas Lisle, but there was no issue of the marriage and when Lord Lisle died in 1523 he bequeathed some of his estates to Lancelot Lisle, brother of Sir Thomas, in order that they should continue in the family. (fn. 368) Holt was apparently one of these estates, but Lancelot only obtained possession of it after litigation with Mary Lisle and her husband. (fn. 369) At the time of the death of the 9th Baron Lisle the manor consisted of 1 fee held of the Abbess of Shaftesbury. (fn. 370) In or about 1532–3 Lancelot Lisle leased the site of the manor of Holt, called Wilsheires Farm in Holt, to William Bayley for fifty years. More than thirty years later there was litigation over the tenancy of this farm between John Michell and Edmund Bayley. (fn. 371) Lancelot Lisle retained the manorial rights and after his death in 1543 they passed to his relict Anne, who afterwards married Anthony Rogers (d. 1583). (fn. 372) Anthony and Anne held courts at Holt between 1544 and 1556 and Anthony is mentioned in connexion with land at Holt until 1568. (fn. 373) Anne was still living in 1562–3. She was succeeded by Anthony Lisle, son of her son Thomas Lisle (d. 1562). (fn. 374) Anthony died in 1604, having settled Holt on his son William, who had married Bridget (fl. 1665), daughter of Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney (Glos.). (fn. 375) William, who was knighted in 1606, was the father of John Lisle the regicide (d. 1664). He was still living in 1622. His son and successor Sir William Lisle (d. 1665) was an ardent Royalist, and accompanied Charles II into exile. A conveyance of the manor made in 1659 by John Lisle suggests that the regicide had obtained possession of his brother's estate. (fn. 376)

• 368. Peerage, Lisle.
• 369. E 321/37/9; Req. 2/1/95; C 142/ 137/46.
• 370. E 321/37/9.
• 371. C 2 Eliz./Mm 7/29.
• 372. C 142/137/46. For Anthony Rogers see above, Rogers's Manor of Bradford.
• 373. W.A.M. i, 290–1.
• 374. C 142/137/46.
• 375. C 142/383/97; C.P. 25(2)/262 Hil. 45 Eliz.; Genealogist, vii, 267.
• 376. C.P. 25(2)/617 Trin. 1659. For John Lisle see D.N.B.

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Wife

Note that Anne (Wroughton) Rogers, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroughton, of Moore’s Court, was not the same person as Anne (Wroughton) Poole, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroughton, of Broad Hinton.

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Wootton Manor

6(2) George de Lisle, 3rd son of John de Lisle, Lord of Wodyton & Thruxton who died in 1429. George married Ann Montgomery of Callis and had a son, John who married Christiana de Tisted. His son was John Lisle who married Maria Corker, daughter of John Corker of Dorset and their issue was Maria Lisle, married Sir Edward Rogers of Canyngton. John (died infant); John (dsp); Sir Thomas Lisle {see above] Sir John Lisle VII bequeathed Wootton Manor to his cousin Lancelot, who was married to Anne Wroughton, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroughton. Their son Thomas married Mary Moore, daughter of one Moore of Moore Court, Odiam, Southampton.

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John Hall I (c1540-9/1/1620) was born in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England and died in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, England. He married Dorothy, daughter of Anthony Rogers and Anne Wroughton of Broughton.

"Anthony Rogers of Bradford, Esq., son and heir of Anthony, mar. Ann, da. of Thomas Wroughton of Broughton, co. [Hants.] South'ton, Esq., and by her had issue, Dorathe, his only dau.; which mar. to John Hall, son a heir of Thomas Hall, and by her hath issue, Thomas Hall and John Hall, living," per, The visitation of Wiltshire 1565, By William Harvey, p. 39. Anne Wroughton of Moores Court, Isle of Wight, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroughton, married Lancelot Lisle and they had son Thomas Lisle. Lancelot Lisle died and his manorial rights passed to his widow Anne who then married Anthony Rogers, son of Anthony Rogers and Dorothy Ernely, grandson of William Rogers and Joan Horton and great grandson of Thomas Rogers and Cecilia Besill. Cecilia's sister Margaret married Nicholas Hall. Anthony Rogers and his wife Anne held courts at Holt from 1544 to 1556; grandson Anthony Lisle, son of Thomas Lisle, succeeded her. Dorothy Rogers b. c1540, dau. and heir of Anthony Rogers of Bradford and Anne Wroughton, married John Hall, son of Thomas Hall and Elizabeth Mervyn.

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Wootton Manor

6(2) George de Lisle, 3rd son of John de Lisle, Lord of Wodyton & Thruxton who died in 1429. George married Ann Montgomery of Callis and had a son, John who married Christiana de Tisted. His son was John Lisle who married Maria Corker, daughter of John Corker of Dorset and their issue was Maria Lisle, married Sir Edward Rogers of Canyngton. John (died infant); John (dsp); Sir Thomas Lisle {see above] Sir John Lisle VII bequeathed Wootton Manor to his cousin Lancelot, who was married to Anne Wroughton, daughter of Sir Thomas Wroughton. Their son Thomas married Mary Moore, daughter of one Moore of Moore Court, Odiam, Southampton.

Origins

Source for the following: A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, by Barnard Burke: Rogers of Rainscombe, Rogers, Rev. Edward-Henry of Rainscombe, co. Wilts, M.A. &. 1827. Burke states:

Burke States, “The family of Rogers were seated at Bryanstone, co. Dorset, till the close of the 17th century. Of that line was Thomas Rogers, Esq., serjeant-at-law, temp. Edward IV, who settled at Bradford. He married first, one of the daughters and co-heirs of William Besyll, of Bradford, and by her had a son, William. He married second, a daughter of - Courtenay, of Powderham, and widow of Sir Thomas Pomeroy, and by her had a son, George, of Luppit, County Dorset, whose son Edward (Sir) was of Cannington.

William Rogers, Esq, the son of the first marriage married Jone, daughter of John Horton, Esq. of Ilford, and had (with a daughter, Cecily, married to Robert Maten) two sons, I. Anthony, married Dorothy Erneley, of Cannings, and had issue; and II. Henry, of whose line we treat.

Rogers

Source: Visitation of Gloucester in 1623

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References

1. The Visitation of the County of Gloucester taken in the year, 1623, by Henry Chitty and John Phillipot as Deputies to William Camden, Clarenceux Ring of Arms. With pedigree fro the Hearlds' Visitations of 1569 and 1582-3, and Sundry Miscellaneous Pedigrees. Edited by Sir John Macleans, F.S.A., etc., and W.C. Heane, M.R.C.S. Eng,. Etc. Published in London: 1885. Page 141. < Archive.Org >
2. The Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Magazine, Volume 1. “Documents found at Kingston House.” Page 290. < GoogleBooks >
3. https://www.freshford.com/bradford_1550.htm Rental of Bradford Manor. Wilts thought to be drawn up by John Hall at the start of Elizabeth's reign c.1550 (BRITISH LIBRARY EGERTON MS. 3653) Modernised Freeholders - Anthony Rogers armiger payeth by the year of the hereditaments sometime Lancelot Lisle and 1 yard of ground sometime Thos. Momtheyes in Bradford 6s 8d …
4. Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great ..., Volume 2. “Rogers of Rainscombe.” Page 1136. < GoogleBooks > 1. Anthony, m. Dorothy Erneley, of Cannings, and was father of Anthony, who m. Ann, dau. of Thomas Wroughton, of Broughton, co. Hants, and had an only dau., Dorothy, m. to John, son and heir of Thomas Hall.