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Francis Brokesby or Brookesbuy (1637–1714), was a nonjuror. ==Early life and career== Brokesby was born on 29 September 1637, the son of Obadiah Brokesby, a gentleman of independent fortune, of Stoke Golding, Leicestershire, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of James Pratt, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. His uncle Nathaniel was a schoolmaster. As all the nine children of his grandfather Francis received scriptural names, it is likely that he came of Puritan stock. He became a member and afterwards a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, taking the degree of B.D. in 1666. A religious poem of some beauty composed by him on the occasion of his taking his degree illustrates the fervent piety of his character.〔This poem is preserved in John Nichols's ''History and Antiquities of Hinckley'', 737.〕 He probably took orders early, for on the presentation of his college he succeeded John Warren, the ejected vicar of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex. He lived on friendly terms with his predecessor, who used to come and hear him preach.〔Samuel Palmer, ''Nonconformists' Memorial'', ii. 202.〕 In 1670 he left Broad Oak, and became rector of Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire. Soon after he entered on this new cure he married Isabella, daughter of a Mr Wood of Kingston upon Hull. From about this time onwards he used to write in his pocket-books short Latin memoranda on the incidents of his daily life. Several specimens of these memoranda have been preserved.〔Nichols, ''Hinckley'', 736-40.〕 Though they give some idea of his peculiar piety, they are mostly concerned with domestic matters. During his incumbency at Rowley he appears to have been involved in several disputes and lawsuits about tithes. He refers to these disputes in his memoranda of 1678 and 1680; on 31 July 1683 he enters a thanksgiving for the successful issue of a suit, and in the same year registers a vow that if he gains a cause then pending he will devote half the tithe so recovered to the relief of the poor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis Brokesby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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