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Roger Dodsworth (1585 - 1654)

Antiquary and collector of manuscripts. He collected and transcribed a trove of manuscripts related to Yorkshire and particularly the Fairfax family. He left his manuscripts to Sir Thomas Fairfax, his patron, who in turn bequeathed them to the Bodleian Library. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7760 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Dodsworth Relevant locations: Birth place in Newton Grange , Skipton
 Relationships: Roger Dodsworth was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Robert Cotton (22 Jan 1571-06 May 1631)
Roger Dodsworth was a associate or acquaintance (general) of William Dugdale (12 Sep 1605-10 Feb 1686)
Roger Dodsworth was a friend of Thomas Fairfax (17 Jan 1612-12 Nov 1671)
Roger Dodsworth was a associate or acquaintance (general) of John Selden (16 Dec 1584 -30 Nov 1654)

William Somner (1598-1669) was a associate or acquaintance (general) of Roger Dodsworth
References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713)

80. A Treatise of the Isle of Man, containing a Description of the Island; of the Inhabitants; of the State Ecclesiastical; of the Civil Government; of the Trade; and of the Strength of the Island, by James Chaloner 1653, dedicated to Thomas Lord Fairfax, then Lord of Man, and of the Isles, wherein he celebrates his Lordship's Respects to Antiquities, in patronizing with Purse and Countenance, Mr. Roger Dodsworth, in that his singular Piece, the Monasticon.

Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Roger Dodsworth's Sancti & Scriptores Eborum, &c. 1631.
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) Allestree, Alsop, Ambrose, Ames, Angier, Annesley, Ashe, Ascham, Ashmole; Barnes, Bates, Baxter, Beaumont, Bentley, Bernard, Blackmore, Bladen, Bodley, Bolton, Bonnel, Boswel, Bowles, Boyle, Bromley, Buchanan, Burket, Busby; Calamy, Camden, Cartwright, Castel, Cave, Cawton, Chadderton, Chamberlayn, Chancy, Charlotte, Charnock, Chetwynd, Chillingworth, Clarges, Clark, Clarkson, Collings, Collier, Dodsworth, Dodwell, Doolittle, Dorrington, Drake, (Sir Francis), Dryden, Dugdale, Duport; Edwards, Ent, Evelyn, Elstob; Fairfax, Firmin, Flaherly, Flamsted, Flemming, Floyer, Fox, Frankland; Gale, Du Gard, Gascoigne, Gibson, Gilpin, Glisson, Godolphin, Goodall, Goodwin, Gouge, Gower, Gumble, Gurnall; Halley, Hammond, Hampden, Harley, Harrison, Henry, Herbert, Herne, Heywood, Hickes, Hickman, Hickeringil, Higden, Hill, Hildersham, Hobbes, Hody, Holder, Hook, Hooker, Hopkinson, Howe, Hudson, Humfreys, Hyde; Jacomb, James, Jenkins, Jenkyn, Johnson (Ben.), Johnston; Keith, Kennet, Kettlewell, King, Kirke, Knox (Capt.), Kymberley; Lambarde, Langbain, Lenthall, Le-Neve, Le-strange, Lesley, Lewys, Lightfoot, Linacre, Lister, Littleton, Lhoyd (Hum. and Edw.), Loggan, Lower; Mack-Martin, Madox, Manton, Marshall, Marsham, Marvel, Mather, Matthewes, Mead, Micklethwait, Midgeley, Mildmay, Milner, Molesworth, Molyneux, More, Morice, Morisone, Morgan, Morland, Morton, Morris, Mountague; Nalson, Nalton, Nelson, Newcome, Newcomen, Nowel (Alex. and Laur.), Nye; Ogle, Oley, Olliffe, Otteley, Owen; Pearse, Pearson, Penn, Penton, Pepys, Peters, Petiver, Petyt, Plot, Pococoke, Pool, Potter, Preston, Prideaux, Primrose, Pryor, Purcell, Pymm; Radcliffe, Ralegh (Sir Walter), Randolph, Raye, Rawdon, Rosewell, Rogers, Rule, Rushworth, Russel (Admiral), Rycaut, Rymer; Sacheverell, Sampson, Savile, Scobell, Sedgewick, Selden, Sharp, Sherburn, Sherlock, Shepard, Shovel (Sir Cloudesley), Shower, Sibbald, Sidney (Sir Phil.), Simpson, Skelton, Sloane, Smith, South, Southwell, Spragge, Spelman, Steel, Stephens, Stretton, Strype, Suckling, Sutherland, Swinburn; Talbot, Tallents, Tanner, Temple, Thursby, Thwaits, Todd, Towneley, Travers, Tuckney, Twisse, Tyndal, Tyson; Vernon, Vicars, Vincent, Vyner; Wales, Walker, Waller, Wallis, Walsingham, Wanley, Ware, Washington, Watson, Webster, Wentworth, Welwood, Wharton, Wheatley, Wheeler, Whiston, Whitacre, Whitby, Whitchcote, Whitlock, Whyte, Widdrington, Wild, Williams, Williamson, Wittie, Wolseley, Woodcock, Woodward, Worthington, Wortley, Wotton, and Wren.