Edmund de Bromfield

Edmund de Bromfield (Edmund Bromfeld or Bramfield; died 1393) was an English

.

Life

He was a monk of the Benedictine Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Unpopular in the abbey, Bromfield was sent to Rome as public procurator for the whole Benedictine order, a promise being at the same time asked from him that he would seek no preferment in his own community.^[1] A reputation for learning followed him to Rome, where he was appointed to lecture on divinity.

On the death of the abbot of Bury St Edmunds he sought and obtained the appointment from the pope, in spite of his oath. The monks, however, with the sanction of King

, and 'Scholarum Palatii Apostolici in sacra theologia magister.'

Bromfield died in 1393, and was buried in Llandaff Cathedral.

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bromfield, Edmund". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.