The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . 1579 he was appointed lord chancellor. As an equityjudge he showed great and profound knowledge, and his judg-ment in Shelleys case () is a landmark in the history of Englishreal property law. He presided over the commission which triedMary, queen of Scots, in 1586, but the strain of the trial, coupledwith the responsibility which her execution involved upon him,proved too much for his strength, and he died on the 12th ofApril 1587. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. See Foss, Lives of the Jud
The encyclopdia britannica; a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information . 1579 he was appointed lord chancellor. As an equityjudge he showed great and profound knowledge, and his judg-ment in Shelleys case () is a landmark in the history of Englishreal property law. He presided over the commission which triedMary, queen of Scots, in 1586, but the strain of the trial, coupledwith the responsibility which her execution involved upon him,proved too much for his strength, and he died on the 12th ofApril 1587. He was buried in Westminster Abbey. See Foss, Lives of the Judges; Campbell, Uves of the LordChancellors. BROMLEY, a municipal borough in the Sevenoaks parlia-mentary division of Kent, England, io| m. by S. of Londonby the South Eastern & Chatham railway. Pop. (1901) 27, lies on high ground north of the small river Ravensbourne,in a well-wooded district, and has become a favourite residentiallocality for those whose business lies in London. The formerpalace of the bishops of Rochester was erected in 1777 in room ^34 BROMLITE—BRONCHITIS. of an older structure. The manor belonged to this see as earlyas the reign of Ethelbert. In the gardens is a chalybeate springknown as St Blaizes Well, which was in high repute before theReformation. The church of St Peter and St Paul, mainlyPerpendicular, retains a Norman font and other remains of anearlier building. Here is the gravestone of the wife of DrJohnson. Bromley College, founded by Bishop Warner in 1666for twenty poor widows of loyal and orthodox clergymen,has been much enlarged, and forty widows are in receipt ofsupport. Sheppard College (1840) is an afiSHated foundationfor unmarried daughters of these widows. In the vicinity ofBromley, Bickley is a similar residential township, HayesCommon is a favourite place of excursion, and at Holwood Hillnear Keston are remains of a large encampment known as CaesarsCamp. Bromley was incorporated in 1903, and is governedby a mayor, 6 aldermen
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