BOWLE, JOHN, son of Richard Bowle, Chesham, Bucks., auditor to Earl of Bedford, and his first wife Mary Brayton; b.; adm.; QS ; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1593, adm. sizar 1593, scholar 1594, matr. Lent 1593/4; BA 1597/8; MA 1601 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1605); BD 1608; DD 1613 (incorp. Oxford 11 Jul 1615); Fellow, Trinity Coll., 1599 -c. 1608; ordained; domestic chaplain to Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury; Rector of St, Michael le Querne, London, 1 Mar 1607/8-14; Rector of Upminster, Essex, 1 Jun 1609; Rector of Bradfield, Berks., 1613; Rector of Tilehurst, Berks., 1613; Rector of Eynsford, Kent, 1614-29; Dean of Salisbury 28 Jul 1620 - Feb 1629/30; consecrated Bishop of Rochester 7 Feb 1629/30; Laud, in his account of his archiepiscopate written in 1637, complains that Bowle had been ill for three years before his death, and had neglected his diocese; m. Bridget, dau. of George Coppin, Dunwich, Suffolk, and sister of Sir George Coppin, Kt, Clerk of the Crown in Chancery; d. 9 Oct 1637. DNB.

BOWLES, GEORGE DOWNING, second son of Rev. George Downing Bowles, Fawley, Hants., and Anne, eldest dau. of James Stillingfleet (qv) and his second wife; b. 17 Aug 1826; adm. 13 Jan 1840 (Scott's); QS 1841; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1845, matr. 15 May 1845, Westminster Student to 1867; BA 1849; MA 1852; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1850, priest (Peterborough) 1851; Curate, Ravensthorpe, Northants., 1850-1, Farthinghoe, Northants., 1851-4, Thenford, Northants., 1854-62, Farthinghoe, Northants., 1863-6; Rector of Wendlebury, Oxfordshire, from 1866; d. 4 Apr 1901.

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.

BRADOCK, JOHN; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1575, but was never adm.

BRIDGES, JOHN, son of Southcott Bridges, London; b.; adm.; KS 1678; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1683, matr. 17 Dec 1683, aged 19, Westminster Student 17 Dec 1683-97 (void); BA 1687; MA 1690; BCL and DCL 1694; adm. advocate, Doctors’ Commons, 8 Jul 1697; m. Ann ---.

Bridgewater, Bentley Powell Conyers, son of Convers Bridgewater OBE, barrister-at-law, and Violet Irene, d. of Israel Wood Powell, med. practitioner in Victoria BC, Canada; b. 6 Sept. 1911; adm. Sept. 1924 (G), KS 1926; left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1965; staff of Brit. Museum 1937; Asst Principal Dominions Office 1941-2; For. Office 1942-5; Sec. Brit. Museum 1948-73 (dep. Keeper 1950, Keeper 1961); retd 1973; d. Feb. 1996

BRINTON, ROLAND DANVERS, brother of Wilfred Brinton (qv); b. 9 Feb 1858; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1870; exhibitioner 1871; QS 1872; left May 1876; Downing Coll. Cambridge, adm. 9 Oct 1879, matr. Mich. 1879; BA 1883; MB 1884; MD 1889; St. Bartholomew’s Hospital; MRCS, LSA 1882; MRCP 1891; Resident Medical Officer, Prince Alfred’s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1885-6; practised as physician in London; temp Lieut., RAMC, 1 May 1915; Capt., 1 May 1916; m. 8 Oct 1890 Helen Constance, youngest dau. of Sir Alexander Meadows Rendel KCIE, consulting engineer, London; d. 25 Jan 1946.

Britten, Johnstone Fletcher, son of Harold Victor Britten, insurance co. sec., and Claudia, d. of Harold Victor Fletcher of Hove, Sussex; b. 1 Oct. 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (kS); left July 1950; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1951, BA 1954, MA 1960; chief engineer Clockhouse Engineering Ltd. 1959-63; co. dir. 1963-; m. 1st, 9 Jan. 1960 Anne Spencer, d. of W. A. Webster; 2nd, 1971 Diana Marilyn Britten; d. 24 Nov. 2009.

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.