Nothing is known of Adam de Brome's life before 1315, when he appears in the records as rector of Hanworth, Middlesex. In subsequent years he held other church offices, some of them lucrative, and served as a clerk in King Edward II's chancery. In the 14th century many royal officials were not directly paid, but instead were given the incomes of distant ecclesiastical properties that they rarely visited. Adam de Brome may have been one of these. In 1324, he founded the institution in Oxford afterwards known as Oriel College, and was named its first provost a year later. He died in June, 1332 and was buried in St Mary's Church, Oxford.
AdamdeBrome (– June 16, 1332), was an almoner to King Edward II and founder of Oriel College, Oxford.
DeBrome may have been one of these, in 1320 he was instituted as rector of St Mary the Virgin in Oxford.
On January 1, 1326, deBrome handed over the properties to the King, who, on January 21 issued by letters patent a charter of foundation in his own name, the Rector was to be replaced with a Provost, deBrome was appointed the first Provost and the college re-endowed with Tackley's Inn and Perilous Hall.
At some time before 1264 Walter de Merton,' a native of Merton, Surrey, devoted estates in that county to the maintenance of scholars in Oxford.
The originator of the scheme and the prime mover in it was AdamdeBrome, the king's almoner, who in 1324 had obtained royal licence to found a college; but in 1326 he surrendered his rights to the king, who issued charter and statutes, and created Brome the first provost.
Queen's College was founded in1340-1341by Robert de Eglesfield, chaplain of Philippa, queen-consort of Edward and was named in her honour.
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