Adam de Brome

Adam de Brome (/də ˈbruːm/; died 16 June 1332) was an almoner to King Edward II and founder of Oriel College in Oxford, England.

The first records of de Brome are as a collector of food supplies in Dorset in 1297, in April 1298, he was in Ireland, from November 1299 was in charge of the assize of corn and wine and in the same year led troops from Yorkshire to Carlisle for a campaign in Scotland.

[1] Early in Edward II's reign, de Brome was one of the King's Clerks of Chancery, he was twice ordered to take charge of the Bishop of Durham's seals until its vacancy was filled.

He was appointed Master of God's House, Dunwich, in 1306, and was, for a short time, rector of Bridford, Devon between 1311 and 1312, Handsworth, Yorkshire between 1313 and 1316, and of St Creed, Cornwall in 1314.

The statutes also stipulated daily services to be held in St Mary's for the souls of the father and mother of Burghersh, the Bishop himself, his brother and sisters, the King and de Brome.

An image of Adam de Brome in a stained glass window in the hall of Oriel College, Oxford .
Adam de Brome's tomb in the St Mary the Virgin , the 14th century slab rests on a modern chest.