Born Cheshire 1691 (G/1/10).
G/1/11 (ord. priest 28/2/1713) describes as 'Beneficc de Sturston'
VENN: Adm. sizar (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, July 3, 1708. S. of Randolph, husbandman. B. at Haslington, Cheshire. School, Eton. ' Matric. 1708; B.A. 1711-2; M.A. 1716; LL.D. 1728 ('Comitia Regia. Certain gatherings of the Senate of the University at which royal personages were present and degrees specially conferred.'Com. Reg.). Ord. deacon (Norwich) Feb. 21, 1713-4; priest (Ely) Feb. 28, 1713-4. R. of Sturston, Suffolk, 1713-28. R. of Oakley Magna, Essex, 1720. V. of Eye, Suffolk, 1728-45. R. of Pulham, Norfolk, 1728-45. Chaplain to Lord Cornwallis. Married, July 22, 1726, Elizabeth Clarke, widow. Poet, but best known as the assistant of Pope in his Homer. Died at Bath Nov. 16, 1745. Buried there. Father of Charles John (1743). (D.N.B.)
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| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1714 | Appt(Institution) | Broome, Gulielmus | Sturston / | Rector | View |
| 1714 | Subsc | Broome, Gulielmus | / | View | |
| 1714 | Ordi(ordination) | Broome, Gulielmus | / | priest | View |
| 1714 | Ordi(ordination) | Broome, Gulielmus | / | priest | View |
| 1720 | Subsc | Broome, Gulielmus | Oakley, Suffolk / | Rector | View |
| 1720 | Appt(Institution) | Broome, Gulielmus | Oakley / | Rector | View |
| 1728 | Appt(Institution) | Broome, Gulielmus | Pulham Sanctae Mariae Virginis cum Capella Sanctae / | Rector | View |
| 1728 | Vac(resignation) | Broome, Gulielmi | Sturston / | Rector | View |
| 1729 | Appt(Institution) | Broome, Willielmus | Eye / | Vicar | View |
| 1729 | Vac(resignation) | Broome, Willielmi | Oakley / | Rector | View |
| 1745 | Vac(Death) | Broome, William | Eye / | Vicar | View |
| 1746 | Vac(Death) | Brome, William | Pulham St Mary with the Chapel of St mary Magdalen / | Rector | View |