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.

BRAINE, JOHN, eldest son of John Smith Braine, Chief Clerk (Seamen’s Wages), Navy Office, Somerset House, London; b. 2 Jun 1805; adm. 10 Jan 1815; KS 10 Mar 1820; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1823, adm. pens. 9 May 1823, scholar 1824; 12th Classic and 17th Junior Optime 1827; BA 1827; MA 1832; an Usher at the School 1826-34; Usher up Stelfox’s; ordained deacon 14 Jun 1829, priest 6 Jun 1830 (both London); Master of a proprietary school at Stockwell, Surrey; d. 26 Sep 1848. [Mother perhaps Anna Maria Bennett (IGI)]

BRADY, THOMAS, son of Samuel Brady, Physician to the Garrison at Portsmouth, Hampshire, and Ann Coleby (IGI); bapt. St. Thomas, Portsmouth 1 Jun 1727 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jun 1739 (Hutton's); KS 1741; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1745, matr. 12 Jun 1745, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1745-53 (void, having been punished for negligence, irregularity and notorious prevarication 19 Jun 1750); BA 1749; MA 1753.

BRADY, NICHOLAS, son of Rev. Nicholas Brady, Rector of Tooting, Surrey, and Martha, dau. of William Lethieullier, Clapham, Surrey; grandson of Nicholas Brady (KS 1673, qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) May 1733; KS 1735; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1739, adm. pens. 21 Jun 1739, scholar 2 May 1740; BA 1742/3; ordained deacon (Winchester) 19 Feb 1743.

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.