Born about 1575 in Al Hollow, Barking, London, Middlesex, England, of religious parents; the youngest son.

Roger Andrews’ father was a seaman of good repute belonging to Trinity House. It is said that he came from a moderately Calvinistic home, the son of a wealthy shipping family from Suffolk.

Roger Andrewes
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Roger Andrewes (sometimes Andrews) (1574–1635) was an English churchman and academic, archdeacon and Chancellor at Chichester Cathedral in the English Church. He was also a scholar, a Fellow of Pembroke Hall and was, in 1618, made Master of Jesus College, Cambridge.[1]

He was the younger brother of the scholar and cleric Lancelot Andrews and, like his brother, served as a translator for the King James Version of the Bible.

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Notes
1. "Andrews, Roger (ANDS590R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Sources:
McClure, Alexander. (1858) The Translators Revived: A Biographical Memoir of the Authors of the English Version of the Holy Bible. Mobile, Alabama: R. E. Publications (republished by the Marantha Bible Society, 1984 ASIN B0006YJPI8)

Nicolson, Adam. (2003) God's Secretaries: The Making of the King James Bible. New York: HarperCollins ISBN 0-06-095975-4
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The last will and testament of John Parker, of London merchant taylor, as executor of the last will &c. of the Right Revd Father in God Lancelot Andrewes late Lord Bishop of Winchester deceased. Reference to his kinsmen the Right Worshipful Roger Andrewes D.D., Master of Jesus Coll. in Cambridge.

Will of Johan Andrewes, widow, of the Tower hill. All Saints Barking, 19 February 1594, proved 14 January 1597. To my son Roger one hundred pounds.

Roger Andrewes, baptised at All Hallows, Barking, 12 December 1574 (PR; not 1575, as usually stated, or 1576, as alleged by King); educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge; Rector of Nuthurst, Chancellor and Archdeacon of Chichester; Master of Jesus College, Cambridge (Alum. Cantab.); "overbearing and quarrelsome, (he) treated his college with contemptuous disregard and seems to have resided very little; he neglected the financial affairs of the college, which were his responsibility, and finally embezzled certain sums of money; it was only due to the royal favour in memory of (his) late brother that in 1632 he was permitted to resign instead of being dismissed" ("Jesus College Cambridge, A. Gray, 1902, pp 84-90); died 10 September 1635 (Le Neve's Fasti); buried at Cheriton, Hants, 11 September 1635 (Alum. Cantab.); will proved PCC, 1635 (Prob 11/169); married Philippa Blaxton, but had no issue.

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Andrews, Roger.
Approx. lifespan: 1572-1635
Matric. pens. from PEMBROKE, c. 1590;
B.A. 1592-3
M.A. 1597
B.D. 1604
D.D. 1609
Fellow, 1594
Incorp. at Oxford, 1602
Ord. deacon and priest (Lincoln) Nov. 14, 1602
R. of St Martin's, Ongar, Essex, 1603
V. of Chigwell, Essex, 1605-6
R. of Nuthurst, Sussex, 1606
Chancellor of Chichester, Sussex 1606; Archdeacon, 1608
V. of Cowfold and Cuckfield, Sussex, 1609
Preb. of Southwell, [Nottinghamshire] 1609; of Ely, [Chambridgeshire] 1617; of Winchester, 1625
R. of Elm and Emneth, Chambridgeshire, 1615; and of Cheriton, Hampshire, 1622
Master of Jesus, 1618-32; resigned
Died 1635
Buried at Cheriton, Sept. 11, 1635
Will proved (P.C.C.) 1635
Brother of Lancelot Andrews (1571)
(Jes. Coll. Hist. 84; Al. Oxon.)

ROGER ANDREWES

Personal and Family Life

Roger Andrewes was one of twelve children born in 1574 near Tower Hill in the All Hallows, Barking, parish of London. His parents were Thomas and Joan Andrewes. Thomas was a native of Essex who became a prosperous mariner involved in shipping. Among Roger's eleven siblings, was his brother Lancelot Andrewes. This relationship proved crucial to Roger Andrewes throughout his life.

Roger Andrewes followed in the footsteps of Lancelot, becoming a student at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1590 nearly twenty years after his brother. Though he left Cambridge after twelve years as a student and fellow to pursue church service, he ultimately returned and lived there for fourteen of the last seventeen years of his life.

It appears he may have spent his last years in Cheriton, Hampshire where he was vicar from 1622. He died and was buried there on 11 September 1635. Roger Andrewes was married to Philippa Blaxton. They had no children.

Education

The historical record is silent on Roger Andrewes' preparatory schooling. It does not appear he attended the Merchant Taylors' School like his brother Lancelot. Nonetheless, he was admitted as a student at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1590. By this time Lancelot had established himself as one of the brightest scholars, and ablest administrators in the church. Among Lancelot's offices at Pembroke were fellow and treasurer of the college. It is likely that Roger Andrewes' admission to Pembroke owed much to the growing influence of his brother.

Roger graduated B.A. in 1593, proceeded M.A. in 1597, B.D. in 1604, and D.D. in 1609.

Career

Roger Andrewes became a fellow of his college, Pembroke, in 1594. He was ordained a deacon and priest at Lincoln in 1602. What followed were a series of ecclesiastical and academic appointments. These included rector of St. Martin's, Ongar (1603), vicar of St. Mary's Chigwell (1604-5), both in Essex, rector of Nuthurst, Sussex (1606), chancellor and archdeacon of Chichester (1608), vicar of Cowfold and Cuckfield in Sussex (1609), prebendary of Southwell (1609), of Ely (1617), of Winchester (1625), rector of Elm and Emneth, Cambridgeshire (1619), and Cheriton Hampshire (1622).

Additionally, he was elected master of Jesus College, Cambridge in 1618 and served there for fourteen years, before resigning his office in 1632. His resignation was prompted by complaints from the college's fellows of mismanagement by Andrewes. Rather than face a board of inquiry, he stepped down. There was, however, during Andrewes' term as master, at least one important contribution made. He directed that a diary or register of the college be kept. On the inside of the first register is written:

Because that many things have been done, and are out of order for want of registering those things that are done by ye consent in ye Colledge—Bee it decreed from henceforth that there shall be kept a continual Register.

This contribution alone has proved invaluable to establish an accurate history of Jesus College.

His church appointments are perhaps as numerous of any of the Translators. They represented not only opportunity to serve, but also significant financial reward, as some of these positions could be held simultaneously.

Doubtless Lancelot Andrewes had a hand in securing many of these positions for his brother. Lancelot Andrewes in addition to being Bishop of Winchester, Ely and Chichester, was perhaps the most respected and influential churchman of his time.

Roger Andrewes and the Translation

Roger Andrewes was a member of the First Cambridge Company with responsibility for translating a large portion of the Old Testament. Andrewes' place among learned colleagues such as Edward Lively and Laurence Chaderton owed itself as much to being Lancelot Andrewes' brother as to his scholarly attainments. In 1604 at the beginning of the translation project, Roger was only about thirty years old and still five years away from receiving his doctorate. The experience for a young scholar to labour among men so able, in an effort so noble, was a privilege indeed. His individual contribution to the translation is unknown. However, it was truly a team effort, where everyone contributed.

Bio Bits

Roger Andrewes' life was intertwined with that of his older brother, Lancelot. They were the only brothers who were part of the translation, sharing in one of history's greatest religious and literary endeavors. Though twenty years separated them it must have come as a shock to Roger to lose Lancelot to death on the morning of 25 September 1626. He had lost two other brothers, Thomas and Nicholas months earlier. Roger was one of the chief mourners in the large procession that accompanied Lancelot Andrewes' remains from Winchester House to Southwark Cathedral for his entombment. It must have been with deep emotion that Roger laid to rest a brother who had been as loyal and as supportive as one could be.

Education Events
MA
BD
DD

Ordination Events
deacon: 14/11/1602 (Chaderton, William/Lincoln 1595-1608)
priest: 14/11/1602 (Chaderton, William/Lincoln 1595-1608)

Appointment Events
not given: St Martin Orgar (21/05/1603 - 10/12/1605)

Perpetual Vicar: Chigwell (24/12/1605 - 18/11/1606)

Prebendary: Chichester cathedral, Wyghtring Prebend (31/08/1606 - 18/10/1609)

Vicar: Cocking (25/09/1606 - 16/07/1609)

Rector: Nuthurst (08/10/1606 - 18/10/1609)

Chancellor: Chichester cathedral, chancellor (16/10/1606 - 19/09/1635)

Archdeacon: Archdeaconry of Chichester (23/02/1608 - 28/11/1635)

Prebendary: Southwell Minster, Prebend of Muskham North (22/09/1609 - 15/09/1631)

Prebendary: Chichester cathedral, Coleworth Prebend (24/10/1609 - 24/09/1635)

Vicar: Cowfold (06/11/1609 - 28/09/1613)

Vicar: Cuckfield (18/11/1609 - 28/09/1613)

canon residentiary: Chichester cathedral, Canon residentiary (unspecified) (02/08/1610 - 20/01/1614)

Rector: Elm (16/05/1615 - 00/00/1635)

Prebendary: Ely cathedral, 4th prebend (30/11/1617 - 04/10/1660)

Master: Jesus College Cambridge (09/02/1618 - 20/11/1660)

Rector: Cheriton (28/01/1622 - 00/00/1633)

Prebendary: Winchester cathedral, Canonry of the 7th prebend (19/06/1635 - 19/06/1635)


MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND WORKS OF LANCELOT ANDREWS, LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER - Page 526

By Arthur Tozer Russell

"Bishop Andrewes was buried on Saturday, November 11. The funeral procession went from Winchester House, Southwark, where he had died 26th Septamber... Neile, Bishop of Durham, chief mourner, assister by Dr. Roger Andrewes, the Bishop's brother, Mr. Burrell, the husband of his sister Mary, Mr. Salmon, the husband of his sister Martha, Mr. Roger Andrewes, the son of his brother Thomas, and Mr. Rooke, the husband of his niece Mary, daughter of Mary Burrell. The great banner was borne by Mr. William Andrewes, the son of his brother Nicholas; the four bannerols by Mr. Prinseps, the son of his sister Martha Salmon by her first husband; Mr. Samuel Burrell, third son of his sister Mary Burrell; Mr. Peter Salmon, eldest son of Martha by her second husband; and Mr. Thomas Andrewes, the eldest son of his brother Thomas.