Robert Braybrooke

Family: England · Role: bishop of London and lord chancellor · First appears: Richard II 23

Life events

• 1382 · Richard Scrope was deposed as chancellor, and Robert Braybrooke was appointed in his place.(Richard II 23)
  • With: Richard II Richard Scrope
  • “About this season, the lord Richard Scroope lord chancellor was deposed from that roome, and the king receiuing the great seale at his hands, kept it a certeine time, and sealed therewith such grants and writings as it pleased him: at length, it was deliuered to Robert Braibrooke bishop of London, who was made lord chancellor.”

Richard II 23

• sworn: Richard II (The king transferred the great seal to Robert Braybrooke, who was made lord chancellor.) “and the king receiuing the great seale at his hands, kept it a certeine time, and sealed therewith such grants and writings as it pleased him: at length, it was deliuered to Robert Braibrooke bishop of London, who was made lord chancellor.”

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Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.