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| John ROGERS Matric. sizar from KING'S, L??nt. 1664-5 . Perhaps s. of John (1642), M.D.; age 13 in 1662 . B.A. 1668, 'Rogerson.' If so, of Wisdome, Devon , Esq. M.P. for Plymouth [ Devon ], 1698-1700 . Created Bart., 21 Feb., 1698/9. Sheriff of Devon , 1701 . Married Mary, dau. of Spencer Vincent, of Lombard Street, London . Buried at Charles Church, Plymouth [ Devon ], 23 Apr., 1716. ( Vis. of Surrey, 1662 ; G.E.C., IV. 176.) | John ROGERS Approx. lifespan: 1649–1716 Matric. sizar from King's College 1664/5:01LT: Perhaps s. of John ROGERS (1642) M.D.; age 13 in 1662 B.A. 1668 'Rogerson.' If so, of Wisdome, Devon , Esq. M.P. for Plymouth, [Devon], 1698-1700 Created Bart. 1698/9:02:21 Sheriff of Devon , 1701 Married Mary VINCENT dau. of Spencer VINCENT of Lombard Street, London , Buried at Charles Church, Plymouth, [Devon], 1716:04:23 ( Vis. of Surrey 1662 ; G.E.C. IV. 176) [add:]b. c.1649 (aged 13 in 1662)[:add] [add:] 1st s. of John ROGERS of Purleigh, Essex , by Elizabeth PAYNE dau. of Sir Robert PAYNE of Midloe, Huntingdonshire , [:add] [add:] m. c.1676 Mary VINCENT (d. 1723) dau. of Spencer VINCENT alderman>/job>of Lombard Street, London , , 2s. (1 d.v.p.)[:add] [add:] succeeded father c.1670; created Bart. 1699:02:21 [:add] [add:] Common councilman Plymouth, [Devon], 1684Ð94, 1696Ð1716 [:add] [add:] alderman 1694Ð96 ; sheriff Devon , 1701Ð02 [:add] [add:]Rogers was descended from Rev. John ROGERS a Protestant martyr under Mary Tudor[:add] [add:]His father, another divine and a Fifth Monarchy man, was a prolific pamphleteer who came into conflict with Richard BAXTER and William PRYNNE [:add] [add:]Through his father-in-law's London connexions, Rogers himself obtained 'a handsome place' in the customs house at Plymouth, [Devon], [:add] [add:]He afterwards moved to Bristol, [Somerset], where he made the bulk of his business fortune in the Virginia tobacco trade[:add] [add:]At Plymouth he appears to have specialized in the curing of pilchards[:add] [add:]Though a Whig and a Nonconformist, he was included on the remodelled corporation of Plymouth in 1684, and was naturally left in under James II[:add] [add:]His wealth enabled him to make substantial purchases of land in the Plymouth area in the early 1690s, acquiring Cornwood, [Devon], , Ivybridge, [Devon], and Blackford, [Devon], [:add] [add:]and he had loans to the crown outstanding in 1694 totalling £3,000[:add] [add:]Although promoted to the aldermanic bench in 1694, he was only named as a common councilman in 1696 when Sir Francis DRAKE 3rd Bart., remodelled the corporation in the Whig interest[:add] [add:]In 1698 he stood successfully for Plymouth with the support of Drake by whom he was regarded as 'a sensible man'[:add] [add:]He was classed as a member of the Court party and was recorded as having voted in favour of a standing army on 1699:01:18 [:add] [add:]It may well have been his financial services to the government that brought the reward of a baronetcy the following month[:add] [add:]He did not, however, feature in the House as an active Member; a grant of absence was accorded him on 1699:04:01 [:add] [add:]He stood down at the first election of 1701 [:add] [add:]Rogers died of an 'apoplexy' while smoking his pipe in a Plymouth coffee house, and was buried in the town on 1710:04:23 [:add] [add:]His widow Mary VINCENT ROGERS married Sir Edmund PRIDEAUX 4th Bart., in 1710:09 [:add] [add:]The History of Parliament therefore makes his father the "Fifth Monarchy man": who is Rogers, John (b. 1627) in the ODNB, associated with locations in Essex[:add] [add:]{Charles Matthews, 2018; http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1690-1715/member/rogers-john-1649-1710)[:add] |