William Brough (died 1671) was an English royalist churchman,
Dean of Gloucester
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from 1643.
Life
He was educated at
Christ's College, Cambridge
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, where he matriculated in 1613, graduating B.A. 1617 and M.A. 1620. He proceeded B.D. 1627, and D.D. 5 February 1636.
He was presented to the rectory of
St. Michael, Cornhill, from 1625.
Brough was a supporter of
William Laud
William Laud (; 7 October 1573 – 10 January 1645) was a bishop in the Church of England. Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury by Charles I in 1633, Laud was a key advocate of Charles I's religious reforms, he was arrested by Parliament in 1640 ...
and his
Arminian
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views, was made chaplain to the king, and was installed canon of Windsor, 1 February 1639. At the beginning of the
First English Civil War
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, he was removed from his benefice by the parliamentary commission, and lost his home and possessions. Thomas Holl was intruded as rector.
[ His wife died soon afterwards, and Brough joined the king at Oxford. On 16 August 1643 he was nominated dean of Gloucester, but was not installed till 20 November 1644. He returned to Oxford in 1645, and on 26 August of that year was created D.D. by the king's order.
Little is heard of him from this date to the ]Restoration
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. He then was reappointed to the deanery, and was rector of Bemerton
Bemerton, once a rural hamlet and later a civil parish to the west of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, is now a suburb of that city. Modern-day Bemerton has areas known as Bemerton Heath, Bemerton Village and Lower Bemerton.
History
In 1086, the ...
.[ He died 5 July 1671, and was buried in ]St. George's Chapel, Windsor
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.
Works
He was the author of ''The Holy Feasts and Fasts of the Church, with Meditations and Prayers proper for Sacraments and other occasions leading to Christian life and death'', London 1657; and of ''Sacred Principles, Services, and Soliloquies; or a Manual of Devotion'', 1659, 1671.
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References
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External links
Parish inhabitants - his 1638 report
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1671 deaths
17th-century English Anglican priests
Arminian ministers
Arminian writers
Canons of Windsor
Deans of Gloucester
Year of birth missing