William de Bromley
William de Bromley was a 14th-century dignitary in Ireland. He was probably originally from Cheshire. He acted as attorney to Elizabeth, Countess of Ormond. He was prebendary of Lusk, County Dublin. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland from 1344 to 1346; Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1346 to 1350; Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin from 1353 until 1374; and Lord Treasurer of Ireland from 1354 until 1356. As Treasurer, while collecting the King's revenue in Kilkenny, he clashed with the powerful and fractious Bishop of Ossory, Richard de Ledrede, who excommunicated  him without sufficient cause. King Edward III, who is said to have lost £1000 as a result, ordered the temporalities of the Diocese to be seized in compensation. The Bishop had few friends or allies and, realising the gravity of his mistake in offending the King, made a humble submission and received a pardon.<ref>Mason p.123</ref > Bromley may have died in 1370, when his prebend of Lusk was given to Robert de Lithum.