BRICKENDEN, ALEXANDER; b.; adm.; QS; a pensioner 1564-7 (tutor, Prebendary Wiborne) (Chapter Muniments 54005-54015).
Bridburg (subsequently Bridbury), Anthony Randolph, son of Henry and Rhoda Bridburg of Hampstead; b. 3 Oct. 1924; adm. Sept. 1937 (H); left July 1942; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1942; LSE, BSc 1949, PhD 1953; lecturer, LSE 1954-89, latterly sen. lecturer in Mediaeval Economic History; author, Historians and the Open Soc. 1972; m. 21 Oct. 1955 Hilary Clare, d. of Reginald Kendall Love of Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.
BRIDGEMAN, CHARLES, son of Charles Bridgeman, Kensington, Middlesex, Gardener to King George I, and Sarah, dau. of John Mist, St. Anne’s, Soho, pavior; bapt. Kensington PC 12 Mar 1718/9; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1728; left 1736; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 13 Apr 1736; adm. Inner Temple 23 Jun 1735; living 1741.
BRIDGEMAN, FRANCIS, third son of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bart., MP, Clerk of the Household to Prince of Wales, and a Lord of Trade, and Susanna, dau. of Sir Francis Dashwood, Bart., MP; grandson of Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bart. (qv); b. Jul 1713; adm. Jan 1727/8; in school list 1729; Trinity Hall, Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 24 Feb 1730/1, matr. 1731, resided until 1736; of Ridley, Cheshire; d. unm. on board the fleet under the command of Sir Chaloner Ogle on his way to the West Indies, Nov or Dec 1740.
BRIDGEMAN, JAMES, only son of Sir James Bridgeman, Kt, and Anne, dau. of Richard Allen, Nether Whitley, Cheshire; b.; at school 1663-5 (Busby’s Account Book); Queen’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. 23 Mar 1665/6, aged 16; adm. Inner Temple [check]; a Lieut. in the Guards [check]; living 19 Feb 1673/4. [note James Bridgeman, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, gentleman, will proved PCC 2 Jul 1691]
BRIDGEMAN, SIR ORLANDO, BART., second son of Right Hon. Sir Orlando Bridgeman, Bart., PC, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, and his second wife Dorothy, widow of George Cradock, Caverswall Castle, Staffs., and dau. of John Saunders MD, Provost of Oriel Coll., Oxford; bap 9 Dec 1649; at school 1662 (Busby’s Account Book); Magdalene Coll. Cambridge, adm. commoner 20 Apr 1664, matr. 1664; adm. Inner Temple 1658, called to bar 1669; MP Horsham Oct. 1669 - Jan 1678/9; succeeded his father as 2nd baronet 25 Jun 1674; of Ridley, Cheshire; lic. to m. 28 Sep 1670 Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Cave, Bart.; d. 20 Apr 1701.
BRIDGEMAN, ORLANDO, younger brother of William Bridgeman (adm. 1722/3, qv); b. ; at school under Freind; from a letter written by Orlando to his father, it appears that he obtained his remove into the Sixth Form 7 Jul 1726, and was according to custom saluted by his seniors “with about fourteen or fifteen unmerciful pinches” upon his arm (Collections for a history of Staffordshire, William Salt Archaeol. Soc. , N. S. , ii, 237-8, quoting a letter in possession of the Earl of Bradford); d. before 27 Mar 1727.
BRIDGEMAN, WILLIAM, eldest son of Orlando Bridgeman MP, Combe Hall, Suffolk, and his first wife; grandson of William Bridgeman (adm. 1656, qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1722/3; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 15 Apr 1726, aged 16; migrated to Christ’s Coll., adm. fellow commoner 29 Mar 1728, resided to Lady Day 1732, but did not matr.; adm. Middle Temple 28 Sep 1721; d. unm. at Paris 17 Aug 1737.
BRIDGEMAN, WILLIAM, son of Richard Bridgeman, Amsterdam, Netherlands, merchant, and Catherine, dau. of William Watson, Amsterdam, merchant; b.; adm. 1656 (school list 1656, last two quarters); naturalised 1657; Under-Secretary, Secretary of State’s Office c. 1667 – Feb 1681, Jan 1683 – Dec 1688, Dec 1690 – Mar 1692, Mar 1693- Jul 1694; MP Bramber 1685-7; Clerk Extraordinary, Privy Council 17 May 1676; Clerk of the Privy Council 16 Jan 1685 – Feb 1685, 22 Oct 1686 - Dec 1688, and from 12 Jan 1693; Secretary to Admiralty Jul 1694 - Jun 1698; FRS 1679; m. (by 1677) Diana, dau. of Pieter Vernatti, St. Martin’s in the Fields, London; d. 10 May 1699.