Roger Tonge

Dr Roger Tonge was buried in St Margaret's church Westminster on 2nd September 1549. He has no marker or memorial. He was a Fellow of St John's College Cambridge and a chaplain to Edward VI when he was Prince. He was known as a learned preacher and his sermons against the observance of Lent attracted a lot of attention. His name appears in a commission for the suppression of heresy in 1549.

Roger Tonge
St Margaret's Church

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