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Rogers, Richard (1527 - 1605)

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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1527
Death Date: 1605

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Luttrell, Cecilia ( - 1566)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Primary Title

  • Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1576-03-25
    Vacated: 1605

Details of Offices

Began Ended
JP, Dorset 1570
MP, Dorset 1572
Commissioner of Musters, Dorset 1573
Sheriff, Dorset 1573 -11 -10 1574 -11 -15
Col of Musters, Dorset 1587 1600
Sheriff, Dorset 1587 -12 -4 1588 -11 -25
Lieut, Dorset 1588
Deputy Lieut, Dorset 1599 -8 -10
Deputy Lieut, Dorset 1601

Details of Properties

Residence

Lands

  • Dorset: Pimperne Manor
    Acquired: 1548-05-17
    Granted

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Plymouth (Unknown), Plymouth, Devon Mr Rogers' Bearward
Performance - Exeter (Unknown), Exeter, Exeter (city-county) in Devon Sir Richard Rogers' Bull-Baiter
Performance - Guildhall, Bath, Somerset Sir Richard Rogers' Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Mr Rogers' Bearward Rogers, Richard (1527 - 1605) Performing Animals 1
Sir Richard Rogers' Bull-Baiter Rogers, Richard (1527 - 1605) Performing Animals 1
Sir Richard Rogers' Players Rogers, Richard (1527 - 1605) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Type
Bryanston House Dorset Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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  • Acts of the Privy Council of England [1542–1631]. 46 vols. London: HMSO, 1890--1964
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls, Edward VI [1547–53]. 6 vols. London: HMSO, 1924--9
  • Calendar of State Papers, Domestic, Edward VI, Mary, Elizabeth I and James I [1547--1625]. 12 vols. London: HMSO, 1856--72
  • Hasler, P.W. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1558–1603. 3 vols. London: HMSO, 1981
  • List of Sheriffs for England and Wales from the Earliest Times to AD 1831. London: HMSO, 1898
  • Shaw, William Arthur. The Knights of England: A complete record from the earliest time to the present day of the knights of all the orders of chivalry in England, Scotland, and Ireland, incorporating a complete list of knights bachelors dubbed in Ireland. 2 vols. London: Sherratt & Hughes, 1906