BRADY, NICHOLAS, son of Maj. Nicholas Brady, Bandon, co. Cork, and Martha, dau. of Luke Gernon, Second Justice, Presidentiary Court of Munster, Ireland; b. 28 Oct 1659; adm.; KS (Capt. ) 1673; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1678, matr. 4 Feb 1678/9, Westminster Student 26 Dec 1678 - deprived 1682; Trinity Coll. Dublin; BA 1685; MA 1686; BD and DD 1699; ordained priest (Cork) 28 Sep 1687; Chaplain to Right Rev. Edward Wetenhall (qv), Bishop of Cork; actively resisted the pro-Roman Catholic policy of James II; Prebendary of Cork, 9 Jul 1688- Sep 1692; held incumbencies in co. Cork 1688-92; Rector of St. Catherine Cree, London, 13 Jul 1691 – 30 Jun 1696; Chaplain to William III and Mary II, and to Queen Anne; Perpetual Curate of Richmond, Surrey, from 1696; kept a private school there, referred to in no. 168 of The Spectator; Rector of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, 10 Nov 1702 – Jun 1705; Rector of Clapham, Surrey, from 21 Feb 1705/6; Chaplain to Caroline, Princess of Wales; joint author with Nahum Tate of a metrical version of the Psalms; author, The Rape, or the Innocent Impostors, 1692, and other works; m. 29 Jun 1690 Letitia, dau. of Ven. Richard Synge, Archdeacon of Cork; d. 20 May 1726. DNB.

BRADSHAWE, ROGER, of Ludlow, Shropshire; b.; adm.; QS in 1570; Jesus Coll. Oxford; BA 1577; MA 1580 (incorp. Camb. 1581); BD and DD 1602; ordained; Prebendary of St. Davids from 15 Aug 1575 (sic ?); Vicar of Presteigne, Radnorshire; Vicar of Preston-on-Wye, Herefs., 1581; Rector of Kentchurch, Herefs., 1587; Canon of Hereford from 22 Apr 1589; Chaplain to James I; lic. to m. 24 Sep 1589 Elizabeth, dau. of John Howe, Christchurch, London; d. 29 Jun 1612.

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.

BRADSHAW, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1630, adm. scholar 1631, matr. Easter 1631.

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

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.

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.

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.

BRADELEY, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

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.