Agnes FitzRoger

Agnes Mercaunt or Mordaunt of Seamer in Suffolk

Origins

• Not a known daughter of Eustace le Mordaunt, of Turvey
• she would have been born before 1372 to have been a daughter of Edmund de Mordaunt, of Turvey, Esq. ; no evidence to support

Family

“Agnes de Mercaunt”, wife to John Fitz Roger "Knt.", married 1406

Children of Agnes MORDAUNT and John FITZROGER are:

1. John ROGERS was born in Byranston, Dorsetshire, England, and died 1450 in Byranston, Dorsetshire, England. Marriage 1 Anne ECHINGHAM b: 1420
2. Thomas ROGERS was born 1408 in Ashington, somerset, England.

Biography

From Genealogical and Ancestral Notes: ser. 1, v. 2. 47 families of Robinson ... By William Hopple Edwards Page 272 link

Sir John Fitz Roger, Knt., b. c. 1386-7; d. 1441; m 1406

He married Agnes de Mercaunt, of Seamer, Co. Suffolk in 1406, when only 19 years of age. He purchased "Benham-Valence" and other properties in Berks and bought 'Bryanstone" Dorset, which became the principal seats of the family. He was the entailed Lord of the vast Furneaux estates and is alleged to have earned and received Knighthood, through recognition of military services performed. Besides his numerous entailures he amassed a considerable personal property; and altogether was the representative of one of the wealthiest families of his section of England. The issue of marriage brought to his wife and himself two sons; John the elder and Thomas; and he died llll, l0/l, at Bryanstone, and their quartered escutcheon was carved on the tablet of his tomb in St. Marting Church thero. His will was dated 21 Sept., and proved 10 Nov. the year of his death; and afterward the prefix "Fitz” to the Roger name was dropped and ultimately the terminal "s" was added. Because of his great riches, ability and prominence, he was generally credited as the known patriarch in England, instead of his father . . . Arms: Rogers - 1&l, argent a mullet pierced sable, on a chief or . , a *leur-de-lis gules; Mercaunt - 2&3 argent à fret sable, a chief gules. Crest: a fleur-de-lis or, entitled to be enfilled with a grand-count's coronet.

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Notes

2. Sir John Fitz Roger, only child of John Fitz Roger, Gent. and Elizabeth de Furneaux, was born in 1385 and died on 4 October 1441. He married Agnes (Mordaunt) de Mereaunt (1415-1441) of Seamer, Suffolk County in 1406 when he was just past the age of 19.
married 1406 to a woman born 1414 ?

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Reference: "James Rogers of New London CT and His Descendants" by James Swift Rogers pub 1902 page 9:

"2."Sir John Fitz Roger and Agnes Mordaunt, 1415-1441."
It is believed that page 9, generation 3.: "Sir John Fitz Roger and Elizabeth Shuttlebroke" (Shottesbroke) is in error as the time period between generation 2 (Sir John Fitz Roger and Agnes Mordaunt) and generation 4 (Sir Henry Rogers and Annie Stornton) does not fit.

Citations

• Lineage of the Rogers Family - England - Embracing John Rogers the Martyr, John Cox Underwood, C.E., A.M.
• James Rogers of New London CT and His Descendants" by James Swift Rogers pub 1902 page 9:
• http://www.myhubbardmtn.com/family%20htm/rogers.htm
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1833111&id=I9241... “Agnes MORDAUNT (DE MERCAUNT) was born 1390 in Bedfordshire,England, and died Abt 1441 in England. She was the daughter of 2. Eustace MORDAUNT and 3. Alice DANNO. She married John FITZROGERS, son of John FITZROGERS and Elizabeth FURNEAUX. He was born 1386, and died 4 OCT 1441 in Bryanstone.”
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=curry2017&id=I43298 “ Agnes Mordaunt. She was the daughter of 2. Edmund Mordaunt and 3. Ellen (Helen) Brooke. She married John fitz Rogers.”
• Early Yorkshire charters; being a collection of documents anterior to the thirteenth century made from the public records, monastic chartularies, Roger Dodsworth's manuscripts and other available sources Author: Farrer, William, 1861-1924 Publication: Publisher Edinburgh : Printed for the editor by Ballantyne, Hanson Vol. 1, 1914
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=archibaldmills&id... citing WFT CD Vol 136, # 201
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=AHN&db=rendle&id=I1427 “Agnes Mordaunt. She was the daughter of 2. Edmund Mordaunt and 3. Helen de Broc. She married John FitzRogers.”
• "Community Trees," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3KSX-ZYM : accessed 15 December 2018), entry for Agnes Mordaunt, cites sources; "Europe. Royal and Noble Houses. Date range: 400s–1900s." file (2:2:2:MMD2-H72), submitted 21 January 2016 by FamilySearch.
  • 1. Medieval, royalty, nobility family group sheets Family History Library (FHL) : FHL film 1553977-1553985
  • 2. #798 The Wallop Family and Their Ancestry, vol. 3 p. 661 Family History Library (FHL) : FHL book Q 929.242 W159w; FHL microfilm 1696491 items 6-9
  • 2. Lineage of the Rogers family, England, embracing John Rogers, the martyr, emigrant descendants to America and issue, p. 13 Family History Library (FHL) : FHL microfilm 1402826
• http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/MORDAUNT.htm#Agnes%20MORDAUNT1
• Underwood, John Cox,. Lineage of the Rogers family, England : embracing John Rogers the martyr, emigrant descendants to America and issue. New York: Press of W.E. Rudge, c1911. The sponsor of the Publication was The John Rogers Society Page 16 link shows John Rogers as elder son & heir of Sir John Fitz Roger and Agnes de Mercaunt (no parents given for her). Married twice: 1) Elizabeth, daughter of John Shottisbroke, Esq., of Beckett or Burcote, died without issue 2) Ann, daughter & co heir of Thomas de Echyngham, Knt., of Sussex, who married 2nd to John Tuchet, Lord Audley.