Thomas Allen (dean of Chester) explained

Thomas Brooke was an English Anglican priest, most notably Dean of Chester^[1] from 1721 until his death in 1732.^[2]

Allen was born in Staffordshire and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.^[3] He was also concurrently the Archdeacon of Staffordshire.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/ches/vol3/pp188-195 British History on-line
2. "The history of the county palatine of Chester" Hanshall, J. H p101: Self published, Chester, 1823
3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]
4. Horn, Joyce M. (2003), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 10, pp. 14–16