Samuel Bradford

For the British mathematician, librarian and documentalist, see Samuel C. Bradford.

Samuel Bradford
Bishop of Rochester
Nineteenth-century portrait of Bradford (copy by George Perfect Harding)
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Rochester
Elected	1723
Term ended	1731 (death)
Predecessor	Francis Atterbury
Successor	Joseph Wilcocks
Other posts	Bishop of Carlisle 1718–1723 Dean of Westminster 1723–1731
Orders
Consecration	1 June 1718
Personal details
Born	(1652-12-20)20 December 1652 St. Anne's, Blackfriars
Died	17 May 1731(1731-05-17) (aged 78) The Deanery, Westminster
Buried	Westminster Abbey
Nationality	English (later British)
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	The Deanery, Westminster
Parents	William Bradford of London
Spouse	wife (née Ellis)
Children	2 daughters; 1 son: Revd William
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Samuel Bradford (20 December 1652 – 17 May 1731) was an English churchman and whig, bishop successively of Carlisle and Rochester.

Life

He was the son of William Bradford of London and was born in St. Anne's, Blackfriars. He was educated at St Paul's School; and when the school was closed, owing to the Great Plague and the Great Fire of London, he attended Charterhouse School. He was admitted to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1669, but left without a degree in consequence of religious scruples.^[1]

He devoted himself for a time to the study of medicine; but he was admitted in 1680, through the favour of Archbishop William Sancroft, to the degree of M.A. by royal mandate. He only took holy orders after the Glorious Revolution of 1689, and in the mean time acted as private tutor in the families of several country gentlemen. Bradford was ordained deacon and priest in 1690, and in the spring of the following year was elected by the governors of St. Thomas's Hospital the minister of their church in Southwark. He soon received the lectureship of St. Mary-le-Bow, and was tutor to the two grandsons of Archbishop John Tillotson, with whom he resided at Carlisle House, Lambeth. In November 1693 Tillotson collated Bradford to the rectory of St. Mary-le-Bow; he then resigned his minor ecclesiastical preferments, but soon after accepted the lectureship of All Hallows, Bread Street.

Bradford was a frequent preacher before the corporation of London, and was a staunch whig. On 30 January 1698 he preached before William III, who that March following appointed Bradford one of the royal chaplains in ordinary. The appointment was continued by Queen Anne, by whose command he was created D.D. on the occasion of her visit to the University of Cambridge, 16 April 1705.

In 1699 Bradford delivered the Boyle lecture in St. Paul's Cathedral. He was elected master of Corpus Christi College on 17 May 1716; and on 21 April 1718 was nominated to the bishopric of Carlisle, to which he was consecrated on 1 June. In 1723 he was translated to the see of Rochester, and was also appointed dean of Westminster, which he held in commendam with the bishopric of Rochester. In 1724 Bradford resigned the mastership of Corpus Christi, and in 1725 became the first dean of the revived Order of the Bath. He died at the deanery of Westminster, and was buried in Westminster Abbey.

Works

Bradford published more than 20 separate sermons. One of these, Discourse concerning Baptismal and Spiritual Regeneration, 2nd ed., London, 1709, attained popularity. A ninth edition was published in 1819 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. As Boyle lecturer he preached eight sermons on The Credibility of the Christian Revelation, from its Intrinsick Evidence. These, with a ninth sermon preached in his own church in January 1700, were issued with other Boyle lectures delivered between 1691 and 1732, in A Defence of Natural and Revealed Religion, &c. 3 vols., London, 1739.

Family

Bradford's wife, who survived him, was a daughter of Captain Ellis of Medbourne in Leicestershire, and bore him one son and two daughters. One of the latter was married to Reuben Clarke, archdeacon of Essex, and the other to John Denne, archdeacon of Rochester. His son, the Revd William Bradford, died on 15 July 1728, aged thirty-two, when he was archdeacon of Rochester and vicar of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Notes

↑ "Bradford, Samuel (BRDT669S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

References

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bradford, Samuel". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

Academic offices
Preceded by Thomas Green	Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1716–1724	Succeeded by Matthias Mawson
Church of England titles
Preceded by William Nicolson	Bishop of Carlisle 1718–1723	Succeeded by John Waugh
Preceded by Francis Atterbury	Bishop of Rochester 1723–1731	Succeeded by Joseph Wilcocks
Preceded by Francis Atterbury	Dean of Westminster 1723–1731	Succeeded by Joseph Wilcocks

Bishops of Carlisle

Pre-Reformation	Æthelwold Paulinus of Leeds Bernard Hugh of Beaulieu Walter Mauclerk Silvester de Everdon Thomas Vipont Robert de Sancta Agatha Robert de Chauncy William Langton Ralph of Irton John de Halton William Ayremyn John Ross John Kirkby John Horncastle Gilbert Welton Thomas Appleby Robert Reed Thomas Merke William Strickland Roger Whelpdale William Barrow Marmaduke Lumley Nicholas Close William Percy John Kingscote Richard Scroope Edward Story Richard Bell William Senhouse Roger Leyburn John Penny John Kite Robert Aldrich Owen Oglethorpe

Post-Reformation	Richard Barnes John May Henry Robinson Robert Snoden Richard Milbourne Richard Senhouse Francis White Barnaby Potter James Ussher Richard Sterne Edward Rainbowe Thomas Smith William Nicolson Samuel Bradford John Waugh Sir George Fleming Richard Osbaldeston Charles Lyttelton Edmund Law John Douglas Hon Edward Venables-Vernon Samuel Goodenough Hon Hugh Percy Hon Henry Villiers Hon Samuel Waldegrave Harvey Goodwin John Bardsley John Diggle Henry Williams Thomas Bloomer Cyril Bulley David Halsey Ian Harland Graham Dow James Newcome

Bishops of Rochester

Pre-Conquest	Justus Romanus Paulinus of York Ithamar Damianus Putta Cwichelm Gebmund Tobias Aldwulf Dunn Eardwulf Diora Waermund (I) Beornmod Tatnoth Badenoth Waermund (II) Cuthwulf Swithwulf Ceolmund Cyneferth Burgric Beorhtsige Ælfstan Godwine (I) Godwine (II) Siward

Conquest–Reformation	Arnost Gundulf Ralph d'Escures Ernulf John (I) John (II) Ascelin Walter Waleran Gilbert Glanvill Benedict of Sausetun Henry Sandford Richard Wendene Lawrence of St Martin Walter de Merton John Bradfield John Kirkby Thomas Ingoldsthorpe Thomas Wouldham Hamo Hethe John Sheppey William Whittlesey Thomas Trilleck Thomas Brinton William Bottlesham John Bottlesham Richard Young John Kemp John Langdon Thomas Brunce William Wells John Low Thomas Rotherham John Alcock John Russell Edmund Audley Thomas Savage Richard FitzJames John Fisher

Post-Reformation	John Hilsey Nicholas Heath Henry Holbeach Nicholas Ridley John Ponet John Scory Maurice Griffith Edmund Allen Edmund Gheast Edmund Freke John Piers John Young William Barlow Richard Neile John Buckeridge Walter Curle John Bowle John Warner John Dolben Francis Turner Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley Thomas Dampier Walker King Hon Hugh Percy George Murray Joseph Wigram Thomas Claughton Anthony Thorold Randall Davidson Edward Talbot John Harmer Linton Smith Christopher Chavasse David Say Michael Turnbull Michael Nazir-Ali James Langstaff

Westminster Abbey

Deans

Early modern	William Benson Richard Cox Hugh Weston William Bill Gabriel Goodman Lancelot Andrewes Richard Neile George Montaigne Robert Tounson John Williams Richard Steward John Earle John Dolben Thomas Sprat Francis Atterbury Samuel Bradford Joseph Wilcocks Zachary Pearce John Thomas Samuel Horsley

Late modern	William Vincent John Ireland Thomas Turton Samuel Wilberforce William Buckland Richard Chenevix Trench Arthur Stanley George Bradley Armitage Robinson Herbert Ryle William Foxley Norris Paul de Labilliere Alan Don Eric Abbott Edward Carpenter Michael Mayne Wesley Carr John Hall

Canons (current)

Vernon White (Canon Theologian)
David Stanton (Canon Treasurer & Almoner)
Jane Sinclair (Rector of St Margaret's)
Anthony Ball (Canon Steward)
vacant roles: Sub-Dean; Archdeacon
Chris Stoltz (Minor Canon & Precentor)
Mark Birch (Minor Canon & Chaplain)
Paul Arbuthnot (Minor Canon & Sacrist)

Category
Commons

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 17568960 ISNI: 0000 0000 6312 5493 SUDOC: 103817735

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