Honora ROGERS

1545 - Aft 1608  (> 63 years)

• Name	Honora ROGERS
  Born	1545	Bryanston, Dorsetshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	Aft 28 Feb 1608	England
  Person ID	I46980	Main
  Last Modified	20 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard ROGERS,   b. Abt 1527, Bryanston, Dorsetshire, England ,   d. Bef 26 Mar 1605, England  (Age ~ 78 years)
  Mother	Cecilia LUTTREL,   b. 1523, Dunster, Somerset, England ,   d. 10 Mar 1566, Dunster, Somerset, England  (Age 43 years)
  Married	Abt 1542	England
  Family ID	F32550	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edward SEYMOUR,   b. 21 Sep 1561, London, London, England ,   d. 21 Jul 1612, Great Berwyn, Wiltshire, England  (Age 50 years)
  Last Modified	20 May 2023
  Family ID	F32551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Died - Aft 28 Feb 1608 - England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  HONORA ROGERS (1562-1615) Honora Rogers was the daughter of Sir Richard Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset (c.1527-1605) and Cecilia Luttrell (d.1566). She and her brother, Andrew (who had married Lady Mary Seymour, sister to the earl of Hertford c.1575), spent the summer of 1581 at Hanworth with Edward and Thomas Seymour, Hertford’s sons. Edward (September 21, 1561-July 21, 1612), who was Lord Beauchamp and heir to the earl, courted Honora and by the end of the summer had given her a ring. According to the account in Charlotte Merton's The Women who served Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth, Beauchamp called Honora his wife and "knew her in the orchard." When the elderly Anne Stanhope, duchess of Somerset, in whose care they were, was ill, Honora "stole the keys from under the chambermaid's bedhead and stole sweetmeats." The young people were nominally supervised by "two old hags," Elizabeth Moninges and her sister, Thomasine Audley. Hertford took a dislike to Honora (he called her "Onus Blous" in his letters). According to the entry for her father in the History of Parliament, Hertford sent George Ludlow to discuss the situation with the Rogers family. Ludlow called Honora "a baggage” and Sir Richard Rogers "a fool” and insisted that Beauchamp had intended to have "but a night’s lodging with her." Since Hertford refused to acknowledge the marriage, the young people were kept apart for the next four years, although Lady Mary Seymour argued in their favor. Eventually, they were allowed to be together. Their children were Edward (1587-1618), William (d.1660), Francis (d.1664), Honora (d.1620), Anne, and Mary. [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S151] WikiTree, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Rogers-166.