Sir John Fitz Roger, Knt.

John Fitz Rogers was born 1370 / 1386 in Ashington, Somersetshire, England, and died 4 OCT 1441 in Bryanston, Dorsetshire, England.

Family

From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=rlmayo&id=P41633

He married Agnes Mercaunt or Mordaunt.

Children of John Fitzrogers and Agnes Mordaunt are:

• i. John Fitzrogers was born in Ashington, Somersetshire, England.
• ii. Sir Thomas (Henry) Rogers was born 1408 in Ashington.

Biography

From http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family%20htm/rogers.htm

3. SIR JOHN FITZ3 ROGER (JOHN2 FITZROGER, AARON1) was born 1386, and died October 04, 1441 in at his home at Bryanstone. He married AGNES DE MERCAUNT 1406. She was born in Seamer, Suffolk Co.

Notes for SIR JOHN FITZ ROGER:

Sir John Fitz Roger, was born 1386-7. He married Agnes de Mercaunt of Seamer, Suffolk Co. in 1406 when he was just past the age of 19. He was the manager of the vast Furneaux estates and bought 'Benham-Valence' and other properties in Berkshire and Dorset. He received a Knighthood through recognition of military service performed. He was one of the wealthiest people in his section of England. He and Agnes had two sons, John and Thomas. He died 4 Oct 1441 at his home at Bryanstone, and is buried at St. Martin's Church there. His will was dated 21 Sep and proved 10 Nov 1441 and it was at this time the 'Fitz' to the Roger name was dropped and ultimately a terminal 's' added.

Child of SIR ROGER and AGNES DE MERCAUNT is:

• 4. i. THOMAS4 ROGERS, b. Abt. 1408, of Ashington, Somerset. Married unknown.

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From https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1833111&id=I9241...

Reference: "James Rogers of New London CT and His Descendants" by James Swift Rogers pub 1902 page 9: "2."Sir John Fitz Roger and Agnes Mordaunt, 1415-1441." It is believed that page 9, generation 3.: "Sir John Fitz Roger and Elizabeth Shuttlebroke" (Shottesbroke) is in error as the time period between generation 2 (Sir John Fitz Roger and Agnes Mordaunt) and generation 4 (Sir Henry Rogers and Annie Stornton) does not fit.

Additional Sources

2. Sir John Fitz Roger, only child of John Fitz Roger, Gent. and Elizabeth de Furneaux, was born in 1385 and died on 4 October 1441. He married Agnes (Mordaunt) de Mereaunt (1415-1441) of Seamer, Suffolk County in 1406 when he was just past the age of 19. He was the manager of the vast Furneaux estates and bought 'Benham-Valence' and other properties in Berkshire and Dorset. He received a Knighthood through recognition of military service performed. He was one of the wealthiest people in his section of England. He and Agnes had two sons, John and Thomas. He died 4 October 1441 at his home at Bryanstone, and is buried at St. Martin's Church there. His will was dated 21 September and proved 10 November 1441. It was at this time the 'Fitz' to the Roger name was dropped and ultimately a terminal 's' added. [SIC: His second wife was Anne, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Etchingham, and widow of Dr. Audley - this generation?]

From https://boardwalkbarb.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-rogers-tree.html?m=1

3. Sir John Fitz Roger, was born 1386-7. He married Agnes de Mercaunt of Seamer, Suffolk Co. in 1406 when he was just past the age of 19. He was the manager of the vast Furneaux estates and bought 'Benham-Valence' and other properties in Berkshire and Dorset. He received a Knighthood through recognition of military service performed. He was one of the wealthiest people in his section of England. He and Agnes had two sons, John and Thomas. He died 4 Oct 1441 at his home at Bryanstone, and is buried at St. Martin's Church there. His will was dated 21 Sep and proved 10 Nov 1441 and it was at this time the 'Fitz' to the Roger name was dropped and ultimately a terminal 's' added

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

Gen.1 John Fitz Roger, born about 1335 England. Married1385/6 Elizabeth, born 1330, daughter of Sir Symon de Furneaux of Ashington, widow of Sir John Blount. She was a very wealthy heiress, sole heir of her father and of the 9th generation in direct line from Odo de Fornell born about 1040 in Normandy who came to England with the Conqueror.

Gen.2 Sir John Fitz Roger, Knight, born about 1386/7.

Gen.3 Thomas Rogers Gent, born 1408 at Ashington, Somerset, in a Furneaux mansion.
Married 1st about 1433/4 and had Thomas; Married 2nd late in life.

Baptism: 1386 Ashington, England Occupation: M. Suffolk Co. in 1406, Mgr Furneaux Estates Marriage: Marriage to: Agnes Mordaunt (Mercaunt) (de Mercaunt) Circa 1406 England, Ashington, UK

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Links

• http://pdf.savills.com/documents/Benham_Park_2017_Savills_(Spreads)...
• http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/families/Echyngham.pdf Page 36
• Genealogical and Ancestral Notes: ser. 1, v. 2. 47 families of Robinson ... By William Hopple Edwards Page 272 link
• 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.