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to the troops abroad. Bradford at this time was a gay mart, 
and to fupport his extravagance made free with the king’s 
money j but, being unable to fupport the refledfion of his 
guilt, he determined to make reffitution, and actually paid 
back the money. Quitting his employment of (ecretary, 
about the year 1547, lie took chambers in the Inner Tem¬ 
ple, and ftudied the law ; but, difliking this, he removed 
the follow ing year to Catharine-hal! in Cambridge, where 
he applied with inch adiduity to the ftudy of divinity, that 
in a Ihort time he was admitted to the degree of mailer of 
arts, and foon after made fellow of Pembroke-hall. Bi- 
fhop Radley, who, in 15.50, was mandated to the fee of 
London, noticing Bradford’s application and zeal, fent for 
him to the metropolis, and appointed him his chaplain. 
In 1553, lie was made chaplain to Edward VI. during 
w hich time lie became one ol the mod popular preachers 
in the kingdom. Such a reformer was too dangerous to be 
Buffered in the fneceeding reign. Mary was hardly in pof- 
leffion of the crown, before Bradford’s perfecutions began, 
lie was firlt confined in the Tower for fedition, where he 
continued a year and a half. He was afterwards removed 
to other prifons, and at length brought to his trial before 
that court in which Gardiner fat as chief inquifitor, and 
w here he defended his pr inciples to the laft. They con¬ 
demned him to the flames ; and he was burnt alive in 
Southfield, July 1, 1555. His works are, 1. Seventy-twQ 
letters, printed in bilhop Coverdale’s collection. 2. Ten 
letters, printed in Fox’s Acts and Monuments. 3. Com- 
plaint of Y r erity, 1559. 4* Three Examinations before the 
Commiffioners, with the Original of his Life, 1561. 5. 
Two fermons, 1574. 6. Godly Meditations and Prayers, 
1614. 7. Treatiie of Repentance, 1622. With feveral 
tranflations and other pieces. 
BRAD'FORD (Samuel), an eminent divine of the 
church of England, born in London, December 20, 1652. 
He was educated both at St. Paul’s fchool, and at the Char- 
ter-houie, and afterwards at Bennet-college, Cambridge, 
which place he left on account of fome fcruples of confci- 
ence on the articles of oaths and fttbfcriptions. He went 
abroad and ftudied phyfic ; and after his return home, by 
the means of archbifliop Sancroft, obtained a royal man¬ 
date to the univerfity for the degree of M. A. in 1680, and 
ten years after was ordained by bifhop Compton. In 1691, 
he was chofen minifler of St. Thomas’s church in South¬ 
wark, and foon after lecturer of St. Mary le Bow. About 
this time he became tutor to archbilhop Tillotfon’s chil¬ 
dren. In 1693 he obtained the reflory of St. Mary le 
bow, and in 169S was made chaplain to king William, as 
he wjis afterwards to queen Anne, upon whofe vifiting the 
univerfity of Cambridge in April 1705, he was honoured 
with the degree of doctor in divinity, and in February 1707 
bad a prebend of Weltminffer conferred upon him. In 
1710, juftafter the trial of Dr. Sacheverei, he was recom¬ 
mended to queen Anne for the bifhopric of St. David’s ; 
but, being refilled to hold his prebend and redtory in com- 
mendam, the circumffances of his family obliged him to 
wave the bifhopric. In May 1716 he was eledted mailer 
of Bennet-college, and in April 1718 was advanced .to the 
bifhopric of Carlifle, and July 19, 1723, tranflated to that 
of Rochefter; which he held, with the deanery of Welt¬ 
minffer, till his death, on the 17th of March, 1731, in the 
feventy-ninth year of his age. He edited archbilhop Til- 
jotfon’s fermons. 
BRADTORD, a market-town in Wiltfhire, fo called 
from its broad ford, where now is a good (tone bridge. It 
is pleafantly fituated on the banks of the Avon, within a 
cove of a (mail hill, which fereens it from the northern 
blafts. The river is commonly called the Lower Avon , and 
is increafed by the Were from Trowbridge. Although it 
be a town of no large extent, yet it is of confiderable impor¬ 
tance in the commercial world; great quantitiesof thefineft 
broad-cloths being manufactured here, which are eminent 
for the fineft mixtures, as the water of the river on which it 
(lands is remarkably qualified for dying the bell colours. The 
ftreets are narrow and irregular; yet many good houies 
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prefent themfelves to the eye. The town was greatly da¬ 
maged by fire on the 30th of April, 1742. The church 
is a large building, wit'll feveral (lately marble monuments, 
and a good organ. In tjiis church are two windows of mo- 
mern ftained glafs, expreffive of the benign abtionsof Ch.rift 
and his apoflles. Thele windows were a prefent from John 
Ferrett, Efq. a native of Bradford, who died in 1770. This 
gentleman alfo left a donation of 10I. to be laid out in 
bread, and diffributed among the poor monthly, for ever; 
alfo, a /mailer bequeff, for purchafing moral and religious 
books, and given to the poor. Here are alfo two charity- 
fchools. The markets are on Mondays and Saturdays ; and 
a tair for cattle, &c. on Trinity Monday. Bradford is dis¬ 
tant from London 100 miles; from Bath feven; from Brif- 
tol nineteen; from Frome ten; and from Devizes thirteen. 
BRAD'FORTH, or Bradford, an ancient and con- 
(iderahle market-foivn in Yorktliire, 201 miles north-weft 
from London, thirty-two from York, ten from Leeds, and 
eight from Halifax. It has a very extenfive parilb, con¬ 
taining the following townfliips; Ecclelhill, Shipley, North 
Bierbv, Bowling, Horton, Clayton, Thornton, Heaton, 
Manningham, and Haworth, which are exceedingly popu¬ 
lous. It has two principal fairs, one on the 28th, 29th, 
and 30th, days of June, for wares and horfes; the other 
on the 20th, 21 ft, and 22d, days of December, for cattle, 
horfes, and wares; belides feveral others for milch cows. 
Its market is on Thurldays. The prefent church is a large 
well-proportioned ftruflure ; and adjoining the church¬ 
yard is the free-fchool. The houfes are built entirely of 
/tone, which material the country furnilhes very plentiful¬ 
ly, Coal and iron ore are obtained in great abundance out 
of the commons adjoining, whereon are erefted very ex¬ 
tend ve and confiderable iron-works. The ftaple trade in 
Bradforth confifts chiefly of the manufacture of worded 
fluff's, as calimancoes, tammies, (balloons, &c. for the dif- 
pofal of which a piece-hall has been erefted, which is di¬ 
vided into two departments ; the tipper, or chamber, is. 
appropriated to the purpofe of felling worfted yarn in the 
grols ; the lower is divided longitudinally, and has a range 
of clofets to contain the goods, oppofite to which is a ffiow- 
board running the whole length. Here is a very large ffill- 
houfe for aquafortis and fpirits of vitriol ; and three large 
iron founderies from the ore or (tone. The town has the 
advantage of a navigable canal, uniting with that from 
Leeds to Liverpool. Bradforth was belieged and ranfacked 
in the year 1641, by the van of the earl of Newcaffle’s ar¬ 
my, commanded by colonel Gering, colonel Evans, Sir 
William Saville, and Sir John Goodricke ; the laft of 
whom had his horfe killed under him, and himfelf danger- 
oufly wounded in the attack. 
BRA’DICK (Walter), a. penfioner in the Charter- 
houfe, born in 1706. He was, at the time of the earth¬ 
quake at Li (bon, a confiderable merchant there ; and nar¬ 
rowly efcaped with his life, after feeing all his property 
fwallowed up. Some time after his arrival in England he 
loft his fight, upon which queen Anne gave him her war¬ 
rant for the comfortable afylum he enjoyed till his death. 
He was well verfed in the different languages,, and was the 
author of feveral detached publications; but bis Choheletk , 
or Royal Preacher, a poem, publiftied in 1765, will be a 
lading teffimony of his abilities. Hedied, Dec. 31, 1794. 
BRADLE’JA, f. [fo named from Richard Bradley , 
F. R. S. firft profelfor of botany at Cambridge.} In bo¬ 
tany, a genus of the clafs monoecia, order monadelphia. 
The generic charafters are—I. Male flowers. Calyx; 
none. Corolla: petals fix, ovate, concave, fpreading, 
nearly equal. Stamina: filaments three, extremely mi¬ 
nute ; antherae cylindric, eredf, formed of three united 
twin antherae, tipped at the point with a cufp or fpearlet. 
II. Female flowers. Calyx: none. Corolla: one-petal- 
led, fix-parted, inferior: three of the parts inferior. Pif, 
tillum : germ globofe, (ix-furrowed, fuperior : ftyle none ; 
ftigmas fix to eight, very (mall, converging. Pericarpium : 
capfule depreflcd, round, twel ve-(treaked, fix-celled, fix- 
valved, gaping. Seed : folitary, fomewhat globofe.—. 
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