John Rogers (died 1636)

[4] In 1605 he became lecturer, not vicar as some scholars believe, of Dedham, Essex, where for over thirty years he had the repute of being "one of the most awakening preachers of the age."

On one occasion, according to John Howe based on a report by Thomas Goodwin, Rogers rebuked the congregation for their woeful neglect of the Bible.

On market days he preached to hundreds of people from the tower by the muniment room above the north porch.

"[5] Cotton Mather reports a saying of Ralph Brownrig that Rogers would "do more good with his wild notes than we with our set music."

Giles Firmin, one of his converts, never saw him wear a surplice, and he only occasionally used the prayer-book, and then repeated portions of it from memory.

His engraved portrait exhibits a worn face, and depicts him in nightcap, ruff, and full beard.