Richard Rogers
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard Rogers was an English clergyman, a nonconformist under both Elizabeth I and James I. Life He was born in 1550 or 1551 to John Rogers and Agnes Carter . Family tradition in the 17th century claimed that he was the son or grandson of the steward to the earls of Warwick, but since there was no Earl of Warwick during that time, genealogists have disproved this claim. He matriculated as a sizar of Christ's College, Cambridge, in November 1565, and graduated B.A. 1571, M.A. 1574. He was appointed lecturer at Wethersfield, Essex, about 1577.