Richard Broughton, alias Rouse, (ca. 1558, Great Stukeley

Great Stukeley

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, Huntingdonshire

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—January 18, 1634) was a Catholic priest and antiquarian

Antiquarian

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Life

Broughton claimed descent form the Broughtons of Lancashire. He was ordained at Reims, May 4, 1593, and soon after returned to England. John Pitts, a contemporary, says that he "gathered a most abundant harvest of souls into the granary of Christ" and eulogizes his attainments in being "no less familiar with literature than learned in Greek and Hebrew". Broughton became an assistant to the archpriest, a canon of the chapter, and vicar-general to Richard Smith

Father Richard Smith

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, Bishop of Chalcedon. He also claims recognition for his influence on the study of antiquity; having earned, partly by his work and partly through controversy, the right to honourable mention with Henry Spelman

Henry Spelman

Sir Henry Spelman was an English antiquary, noted for his detailed collections of medieval records, in particular of church councils.-Life:...

, Edward Reyner

Edward Reyner

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, William Dugdale

William Dugdale

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, and other well-known antiquarians.

Works

Broughton's chief works are:

• An Apologicall Epistle, serving as preface to a Resolution of Religion, signed R. B. (Antwerp, 1601)
• The first part of the Resolution of Religion By R. B. (Antwerp, 1603), often mistaken for Robert Persons' Resolution
• A New Manuall of old Christian Catholick Meditations (1617), dedicated to Anne of Denmark
  Anne of Denmark
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• The Judgment of the Apostles (Douai, 1632), dedicated to Queen Henrietta Maria and directed against Rogers on the Thirty-nine Articles
  Thirty-Nine Articles
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• Ecclesiasticall Historie of Great Britaine (Douai, 1633), dedicated to the Duchess of Buckingham and the Countess of Rutland
• A True Memorial (London, 1650), published by G. S. P(riest) after Broughton's death. The 1654 edition is entitled Monasticon Britannicum

Broughton also wrote on the antiquity of the world, Sterlingorum (Hearne, II, 318, 381); on the alleged conversion (1621) of John King

John King (bishop)

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, Bishop of London; and A Relation of the Martyrdom of Nicholas Garlick

Nicholas Garlick

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He died according to Anthony à Wood

Anthony Wood

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, 15 Kal. Feb. 1634 (i.e. 18 January 1634).