Thomas Browne (Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge) explained

Thomas Browne, D.D. (b Norwich 1648 – d London 1706) was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge^[1] from 1694 until his death.^[2]

Browne entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1664. He graduated B.A. in 1668 and M.A. in 1671. He became a Fellow of Pembroke in 1671; was ordained in 1674; and appointed Junior Proctor in 1685.^[3] He held the living at Orton Waterville^[4] from 1687 until his death.^[5] He was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1694 to 1695.^[6]

Notes and References

1. "Pembroke College Cambridge: A Short History" Attwater, A. p84: Cambridge; CUP; 1936
2. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol3/pp346-355 British History On-line
3. https://www.proctors.cam.ac.uk/directory/past-proctors List of Cantabularian Proctors
4. https://www.ortonwatervilleparishcouncil.org.uk/history/ Parish history
5. [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]
6. https://www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk/role-vice-chancellor/history-vice-chancellorship University of Cambridge web-site