Andrew Bromhall (c 1608-1662), was an English

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Life

Andrew Bromhall studied at

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gaining his MA in 1630. He was ordained deacon in

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in 1633. Bromhall was one of the 'triers' for the county of

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commissioned in 1653-4 to eject immoral and inefficient ministers. He had been previously presented by the parliament to the substantial rectory of

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, Dorset, then vacant by the sequestration of Matthew Osborn, M. A., or Edward Osbourn, A.M. Hutchins records that 'Bromhall died before the Restoration.' Calamy is apparently in error in stating that Bromhall was ejected from Maiden-Newton in 1662, and was afterwards resident in London.

Works

He contributed Sermon xxvii. (probably preached before the Restoration) to the first volume (1661) of 'The Morning Exercises at

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, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, and in

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: being Divers Sermons preached A.D. MDCLIX-MDCLXXXIX by several Ministers of the Gospel in or near London,' 6 vols. London, fifth edition, 1844. He died shortly after and was buried on 6 March 1662 at St Margaret, Lothbury, City of London.

Family

Bromhall's wife was named Frances, and she survived him by 23 years being buried at St Botolph Aldersgate in January 1685.Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1812. London, England: London Metropolitan Archives. Their daughter Frances Bromhall married George Evelyn son of John Evelyn (1591–1664) on 15 August 1684.

References

* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Bromhall, Andrew 17th-century English writers 17th-century English male writers English theologians Clergy from Dorset Year of birth uncertain 1662 deaths