Broad (Or Broadaeus), Thomas
an English clergyman, was born in Gloucestershire in 1577, and educated at St. Mary's Hall and Alban Hall, Oxford. In 1611, on the death of his father, he became rector of Rendcome, Gloucestershire, where he continued until his death in June 1635. He wrote Touchstone for a Christian (1613): — The Christian's Warfare (eod.): — Three Questions on the Lord's Day (1621): — and Tractatus de Sabbato, etc. (1627). See Chalmers, Biog. Dict. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.