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Brokesby, Francis

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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an English Non-juror, was born at Stoke in Leicestershire 1637, and educated at Cambridge. He afterward received holy orders, and became rector of Rowley in Yorkshire. He followed the fortunes of the Non-jurors, and died in 1715. His works are; A Life of Jesus Christ:-A History of the Government of the Christian Church for the first three Centuries and the Beginning of the Fourth (1712, 8vo):On Education (1710, 8vo):-A Life of Henry Dodwell (1715, 2 vols. 12mo). He is said to have assisted Nelson in the compilation of his "Fasts and Festivals." -Hook, Eccl. Biog. 3:130; Landon, Eccl. Dict.ii, 416.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Brokesby, Francis'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/brokesby-francis.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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