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BROMLEY, FRANCIS, brother of William Bromley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 12) Mar 1714/5; KS (Capt. ) 1717; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1721, matr. 19 Jun 1721, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1721 - 1 Jul 1729 (void, expiry year of grace as R. Oxhill); BA 1725; MA 1728; DD 1744; ordained deacon (Oxford) 24 Dec 1727, priest 16 Jun 1728; Rector of Oxhill, Warwicks., 1728-30 (year of grace from 21 Jun 1728); Rector of Wickham, Hants., from 7 Oct 1730; m. by 1738 Rebecca, dau. of Francis Gastrell (qv); d. 4 Aug 1753.

BROME, THOMAS, brother of Griffith Brome (qv); b.; adm. (aged 13) Jun 1726; KS 1727; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1732, adm. pens. 15 Jun 1732, scholar 20 Apr 1733; BA 1735/6; MA 1739; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1738, Major Fellow 5 Jul 1739; Professor of Music, Gresham Coll., 12 Mar 1739/40 - 23 Nov 1745.

BROKE, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS 16 Jan 1553/4 (Acts of Chapter).

BROKE, NICHOLAS; b. ; adm. ; KS 12 Jun 1549 (Acts of Chapter), still at school Mich. 1553; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, matr. Easter 1554.

BROGDON, ---; b.; adm.; QS 1553-4 (Chapter Muniments).

BRODRICK, LAURENCE, only surviving son of Rev. Laurence Brodrick DD, Rector of Mixbury, Oxfordshire, Chaplain to House of Commons and Prebendary of Westminster, and Anne Humphrys; bapt. 11 Oct 1715; adm.; in school list 1729; KS (aged 14) 1730; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1735, matr. 9 Jun 1735, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1735 - res 26 Mar 1746; BA 1739; MA 1742; adm. Middle Temple 26 Oct 1733; ordained; Rector of Callan, co. Kilkenny, 15 Jul 1745; Treasurer of Lismore, 16 Aug 1745-78; Vicar of Derragarth and Ballybeacon, 16 Aug 1745; Vicar of Tubrid; Rector of Stradbally, 1774; m. (settlement dated 21 Apr 1748) his cousin Jane, youngest dau. of Right Hon. St. John Brodrick PC (I) MP MP (I); d. Apr 1786.

BRODLEY, ABRAHAM; b.; adm.; KS; buried Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 5 Jul 1616 (Chester, Westminster Abbey Registers, 113).

BRODIE, JOHN CLERK, brother of James Campbell Brodie (qv); b. 20 May 1811; adm. 12 Jan 1819; KS 1825; apprenticed to James Thomas Gibson Craig, Writer to the Signet; Writer to the Signet, 17 Nov 1836; Crown Agent, Feb 1847 - Mar 1852, Jan 1853 - Mar 1858; Keeper of the Register of Sasines, 3 Feb 1858; Treasurer, 1870; Deputy Keeper of the Signet, 1882-7; CB [check]; LLD [check]; of Idvies, Forfarshire; DL, JP; m. 1st, 20 Mar 1832 Bethia Garden, eldest dau. of Stewart Souter, Melrose, Banffshire; m. 2nd, 16 Nov 1848 Penelope Marianne, third dau. of Rev. John Sneyd, Ashcombe, Staffs.; d. 27 May 1888.

BROADHEAD, PARRY, son of Parry Broadhead, and Elizabeth --- (IGI); bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 30 May 1680 (IGI, sic); adm.; KS 1696; left 1701.

BRITTON, JAMES, only son of Rev. James Britton, Head Master of Durham GS, subsequently Vicar of Bossall, Yorkshire North Riding, and Isabella, sister of Henry Forster Mills (qv); b. 25 Oct 1790; in school list 1803; KS (aged 14) 1805; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1809, matr. 17 May 1809; BA 1813; MA 1815; ordained deacon 6 Mar 1812 (Chester, lit. dim. from York), priest 18 Dec 1814 (York); Curate, Ware, Herts.; Vicar of Great Bardfield, Essex, 17 Jul 1829-40; m. 22 Aug 1818 Julia, dau. of Richard Down, Bartholomew Lane, London, banker; d. 18 May 1871.