Family
Roper married Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Goodere of Polesworth, Warwickshire, and had issue two sons and four daughters. The eldest son, Samuel Roper (1633–1678),who inherited his father's antiquarian tastes (cf. Life of Dugdale) was a barrister at Lincolns Inn He died unmarried.
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