Roger Jenyns

Sir Roger Jenyns (1663–22 September 1740), of Bottisham, Cambridgeshire was an English knight and landowner.

He married Martha widow of John Mingay and they had three children - Roger, Veare, Sarah - who all died in infancy.

Their children were: He served as High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire for 1701-02 and was knighted when he bought the Manor of Allington and Vaux, including Bottisham Hall.

He died in 1740 and was laid to rest in Holy Trinity church, Bottisham, where there is an elaborate lifesized monument of Sir Roger and his second wife in night attire, sculpted by Peter Scheemakers.

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