BRABANT, HENRY, eldest son of Rev. Robert Brabant DD, Rector of Berkhamsted, Herts., and of St. Andrew Undershaft, London, and Prebendary of Worcester; b.; adm.; BB in 1705; QS 1707; Trinity Coll. Oxford, matr. 20 Feb 1710/1, aged 17; adm. Middle Temple 22 Nov 1709, called to bar 27 May 1715; m. 24 Apr 1718 Cecilia, dau. of John Conyers KC MP, Walthamstow, Essex, Chairman of Ways and Means, House of Commons; d. 26 Nov 1718.
BRABOURN, JAMES, son of Rev. William Brabourn DD, Vicar of Northolt, Middlesex, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; b.; adm.; KS 1684; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1687, aged 17, adm. pens. 14 Jun 1687, scholar 27 Apr 1688, matr. 1687; BA 1690/1; MA 1694; BD 1706; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1693, Major Fellow 26 Jun 1694, a Senior Fellow from 1719; Tutor 1695; signed the petition to the Bishop of Ely against Bentley 1710, but subsequently supported Bentley on most occasions; ordained priest (Lincoln) 16 Mar 1700/1; Vicar of St. Michael’s, Cambridge, 1719; d. c. 1724.
BRACKLEY, JOHN, son of Thomas Brackley, Hampshire; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1661; failed to obtain his election to either University, both in 1665 and 1666; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 29 Jun 1666, matr. 1666/7; ordained deacon 6 Jun 1669, priest 29 May 1670 (both Winchester) to curacy of Thursley, Surrey; Vicar of Witley, Surrey, 1670-83; Vicar of Wroughton, Wilts., from 8 Mar 1682/3; lic. to m. 19 Dec 1671 Sarah Stillwell, Thursley, Surrey; d. 1716.
BRADELEY, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).
BRADER, JOHN, son of Rev. John Brader, Rector of Portland, Dorset; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1658; KS 1660; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1662, matr. 19 Jul 1662, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1662-71 (void); BA 1666; MA 1669.
BRADFORD, JOHN, of Cheshire; b.; adm.; KS (Capt. ) c. 1650 (Dormitory tablet); Brasenose Coll. Oxford, adm. 1652/3, aged 19, matr. 9 Dec 1653; BA 1657; MA 1660; DD (Cambridge) 1671; Master, Camberwell GS, 1661-74; ordained; Rector of St. Edmund the King, London, from 17 Feb 1669/70; Rector of Sefton, Lancs., 1675-8; Vicar of Bexhill, Sussex, from 1678; Chaplain in Ordinary to Charles II; about 1682 he petitioned the King for a prebend at Westminster, stating that he had been a King’s Scholar (CSP Dom); Prebendary of Canterbury from Oct 1685; buried Canterbury Cathedral 12 Dec 1685.
BRADLEY, JOHN, son of Rev. John Bradley, Faringdon, Berkshire, and Elizabeth Stacy (IGI); bapt. Faringdon, Berks., 3 Nov 1772 (IGI); adm. 7 Feb 1780; KS (aged 13) 1785; in school list 1787; Merton Coll. Oxford, matr. 16 Dec 1791, aged 19; BA 1795.
BRADOCK, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1575, but was never adm.
BRADSHAW, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1630, adm. scholar 1631, matr. Easter 1631.
BRADSHAW, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Bradshaw, Holbrook, Derbs., Receiver Gen. of Land Tax for Derbyshire, and Mary, dau. of Robert Fearne, Bonsall, Derbs.; bapt. 29 Jun 1683; adm.; KS 1699; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1703, adm. pens. 28 May 1703, aged 19, scholar 28 Apr 1704, matr. 1704; 3rd in ordo 1706/7; BA 1706/7; MA 1710; ordained deacon 20 Mar 1708/9, priest 24 Dec 1710 (both London); Rector of East Terrington, Lincs., 1716; Vicar of Wragby, Lincs., 1716; Rector of Upminster, Essex; m. 26 Mar 1717 Ann, dau. of Rev. John Ellis, Rector of Gonalston, Notts.; d. 7 Jan 1768.