Richard Rogers (c. 1611–1643) was an English landed gentleman and soldier who sat in the

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from 1640 to 1642. He supported the

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side in the

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. Rogers was the son of Sir John Rogers of Kilve. His father died in 1613, and his mother married again, becoming Margaret Banastre. Rogers came of age in 1632.'Parishes: Kilve', A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 5 (1985), pp. 96–103. Date accessed: 18 April 2011
/ref> In April 1640, Rogers was elected as one of the two Members of Parliament for

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in the

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. After being re-elected for Dorset to the

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later in the year, on 12 September 1642 he was disabled from sitting for sending forces into

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/ref> Rogers married Anne Cheek, a daughter of Sir Thomas Cheek of Pirgo, and they had two daughters, Elizabeth and Rogersa. After the death of Rogers in 1643, aged 32, his widow married

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. His daughters and co-heiresses were left in the guardianship of his mother and of Sir

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, the husband of Anne's sister Frances. Elizabeth Rogers married firstly

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, and secondly

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. Rogersa married Sir Henry Belasyse.

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