BRERETON, ROBERT, brother of Owen Salusbury-Brereton (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1728; KS 1731; left 1735; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 8 Nov 1735, scholar 6 May 1737, matr. 1735; LLB Lambeth 1750; ordained; [Chaplain, 45th Foot 11 Jan 1740/1 – still 1773 ?]; Vicar of Northop, Flints., from 1747; Perpetual Curate of St. Nicholas’s, Liverpool, 1750 (dispensation to hold with Northop, 1750); d. 5 Oct 1784. [presumably also Chaplain, Royal Navy 1746]

Brenton, Guy Sansom, son of Robert Ivor Brenton MBE, Air Ministry, and Violet Jean Victoria, d. of John Edge of Chiswick; b. 2 Mar. 1927; adm. Sept. 1940 (KS); left July 1945; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1945; a documentary film maker; d. 31 July 1994.

BRENT, CHARLES, son of Daniel Brent, St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, London, woollen draper, and Jane, dau. of William Stobart, Richmond, Surrey; bapt. 9 Jan 1682/3; adm.; KS 1696; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1701, matr. 4 Jul 1701, aged 18, Westminster Student from 24 Dec 1701, Tutor 1712-5, Junior Censor 1712-3, Librarian 1713 (but degraded for one year for neglect of studies, 24 Dec 1706); BA 1705; MA 24 Mar 1707/8; ordained deacon (Oxford) 1708, priest (Winchester) 18 Jun 1709; Rector of Heythrop, Oxfordshire, from 1714; d. 17 Jan 1722.

BREACH, WILLIAM; b.; adm.; KS 1667; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1670, matr. 1 Jul 1670, aged 18, Westminster Student 30 Dec 1670-84, Faculty Student from 1684, Tutor 1680-7, Senior Censor 1682-3; BA 1674; MA 1677; BM and MD 1687; Proctor 1685; practised as a physician in Oxford; d. 5 Mar 1707/8; buried Ch. Ch. Cathedral, Oxford.

BRAY, SIR EDWARD, younger son of Reginald Bray FSA, Shere, Surrey, solicitor, and Frances, sister of Charles Longman (qv); b. 19 Aug 1849; adm. (G) 25 Sep 1863; QS (Capt. ) 1864; Capt. of the School 1867; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge (with Triplett) 1868, adm. pens. 21 Sep 1868, matr. Mich. 1868; BA 1873; played cricket for Cambridge 1871-2, and for Surrey 1870-3, 1878; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 7 Nov 1870, called to bar 7 Jun 1875; South-Eastern circuit; County Court Judge, Birmingham, Dec 1905-8; Additional Judge, London Metropolitan Courts, 1908-11; County Court Judge, Bloomsbury, 1911-23, Dorking and Redhill from 1923; knighted 18 Feb 1919; author, Principles and Practice of Discovery, 1884; m. 22 Jul 1873 Edith Louisa, dau. of Rev. Thomas Hubbard, Newbury; d. 19 Jun 1926.

BRATTELL, THOMAS, brother of Daniel Brattell (qv); b. 25 Mar 1637 [but date must be wrong, check]; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1648-9; adm.; BB in 1650; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1658, matr. 8 Dec 1658, Westminster Student; BA 22 Mar 1661/2; MA 1664; ordained; Usher, Magdalen Coll. Sch., Oxford, 9 Mar 1662/3 -4; d. unm. 23 May 1703.

BRATTELL, DANIEL, son of Daniel Brattell, Sinker of Coining Dies, Mint, Tower of London; b.; adm.; KS (aged 16) 1650; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1652, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1652, scholar 1653; BA 1655/6; MA 1659; BD 1667; DD 1681; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1658 - ejected 1660, restored 9 Aug 1660, holding Fellowship to death, latterly a Senior Fellow; Junior Dean 1671-2; signed for priest’s orders (London) 8 Mar 1665/6; Rector of Cheadle, Staffs., 1673-7; Rector of Loughton, Bucks., from 1 Mar 1681; d. 5 Feb 1694/5; buried in Trin. Coll. Chapel.

BRAMSTON, JAMES, son of Francis Bramston, Chelmsford, Essex, and Sarah, dau. of Sir William Glascock, Kt; b.; adm.; BB in 1704; QS (aged 14) 1708; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1713, matr. 23 Jun 1713, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1713-22 (void); BA 1717; MA 1720; adm. Middle Temple 20 May 1718; ordained deacon (Oxford) 12 Jun 1720, priest (Winchester) 5 Mar 1720/1; chaplain to a regiment; Vicar of Lurgashall, Sussex, from 10 Mar 1723/4; Domestic Chaplain to John Ashburnham, 2nd Earl of Ashburnham (qv), 5 Nov 1739; Vicar of Harting, Sussex, from 7 Nov 1739; a poet; author, The Art of Politicks, 1729, The Man of Taste, 1733, and other poems; m. (by 1 Mar 1723/4) Elizabeth ---; d. 16 Mar 1743/4. DNB.

BRAMFIELD, WILLIAM, brother of John Bramfield (qv); b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1580, adm. scholar 1581, matr. Lent 1580/1; BA 1584/5; ordained; Vicar of Sandon, Herts., from 1591; d. 1607.

BRAMFIELD, JOHN, son of William Bramfield, Clothall, Herts., and Mary Anne, dau. of John Bill, Ashwell, Herts., Serjeant at Law, and niece of Very Rev. William Bill, Dean of Westminster; b.; adm.; QS; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1576, adm. scholar 1577, matr. Easter 1577; BA 1580/1.