• General Notes

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  See the Foxe "Book of Martyrs".  A large section is devoted to Rowland. He was an Anglican pr iest in  the time of King Henry VIII who married and had 8 children and adopted one more. Whe n Bloody Mary  gave him the choice to become a Catholic priest [which would make all his chil dren born out of wedlock and his wife a fallen woman] [paraphrased], he answered 'all my chil dren are legitimate, which  is more than I can say for the catholic priests'. This sealed hi s fate and he burned at the stake.  He was an Ecclesiastical Lawyer and an Anglican priest.
  
  !FAMILY LINEAGE: All Taylor information taken from Mary Taylor Brewer's book
  "From Log Cabins to the White House"
  !NOTE:  The Taylors were members of the Merchant Guild and rich land owners in England.  Afte r receiving his degree in religion Dr. Rowland Taylor became prominent in Hadleigh receivin g office in the church.  In 1544 he was appointed Rector by Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas C rammer.  When Henry Vlll died his daughter Mary, a Catholic began a terrible purge of Protest ants.  Rowland Taylor was arrested in 1553 and imprisioned where he was martyred on 9 Feb 155 5 in Hadleigh.  At the trial he claimed having 9 children, 5 of whom were already deceased.
  Rowland's history found in "The Book of Martyrs", by Fox, England, 1610
  !FAMILY:  All children names from "The Life of Dr. Rowland Taylor" by
  William James Brown.
  A second wife is also given as Mrs. Rowland Taylor in AF.  She may be the mother of the child ren except the last two.

Details of Rowland Taylor's family with Margaret Tyndale