Edward Bromley
English judge and politician
Sir Edward Bromley (1563–2 June 1626) was an English lawyer, judge, landowner and politician of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. A member of a Shropshire legal and landed gentry dynasty, he was prominent at the Inner Temple and became a Baron of the Exchequer. He was elected MP for Bridgnorth on six consecutive occasions.
Background
Edward Bromley was the second son of
Sir George Bromley of Hallon, near Worfield, in Shropshire, the son of George Bromley of Hodnet. Sir George, like his father, was an important figure at the Inner Temple and a considerable politician on the regional stage, becoming chief legal officer of the Council in the Marches of Wales and chief justice of Chester. His career was, however, overshadowed by that of his younger brother, Edward's uncle, Thomas Bromley, who became Lord Chancellor.
Joan Waverton, the daughter of John Waverton of Worfield. The name is also rendered Wannerton, as on her tomb, and Waterton. The Wavertons had held Hallon (also rendered "Hawne") for probably only one generation. On acquiring it through marriage, George Bromley had made it his seat and the family home.
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