BROMLEY, near Bow, (Middlesex) 2 m. from London. Here was formerly a mon. to which both the manor and rectory were given
by Sir Ralph Joscelin; but after the Ref. K. Hen. VIII. granted them to Sir Ralph Sadler, who exchanged them with the
crown for other lands elsewhere: and Q. Eliz. granted the rectory and parish-church, with the appurtenances, to Richard
Pickmore for a term of years, and at the expiration of it to Ambrose Willoughby for a farther term; but the manor still
remained in the crown, and was by K. James I. settled on his son Charles, Pr. of Wales, who, on his accession to the
crown, granted it to Edward Dichfield, &c. and their heirs. The great house here was built by Sir John Jacob, Bt. who was
a ccmmissioner of the customs at the restoration, and was afterwards the manor and seat of Sir William Benson, sheriff of
London in the R. of Q. Anne, father to William Benson, Esq; one of the two auditors of the imprest, who sold it some years
ago with the rectory to Mr. Lloyd, a gentleman of Wales.