John Rogers
(1500-1555)
Died aged c. 55
Wikidata WikipediaJohn Rogers (c. 1505 – 4 February 1555) was an English clergyman, Bible translator and commentator. He guided the development of the Matthew Bible in vernacular English during the reign of Henry VIII and was the first English Protestant executed as a heretic under Mary I of England, who was determined to restore Roman Catholicism.
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Commemorated on 3 plaques
John Rogers Martyr Burned at the stake Feb 4th 1555
Bull Ring Trading Estate, High Street Deritend, Birmingham, United Kingdom where they was burned (1555)
John Rogers, son of John Rogers, lorimer, was born in Deritend, c. 1505, assisted in the translation of the bible into English, and was burned at the stake on the 4th February 1555, first martyr of the Marian Persecution
Bull Ring Trading Estate, High Street Deritend, Birmingham, United Kingdom where they was born near (1500)
Within a few feet of this spot John Rogers, John Bradford, John Philpot and other servants of God suffered death by fire for the faith of Christ in the years 1555, 1556, 1557
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, EC1, London, United Kingdom where they was