Born: 1752, Pan­ton House, Lin­coln­shire, Eng­land; christ­ened Ap­ril 28, 1752.

Died: Au­gust 11, 1818, at his re­si­dence, Raith­by Hall, near Spils­by, Lin­coln­shire, Eng­land.

Brack­en­bu­ry ma­tric­u­lat­ed at St. Ca­ther­ine’s Hall, Cam­bridge, but left with­out grad­u­at­ing, joined the Wes­leys, and be­came a Meth­od­ist min­is­ter. In that ca­pa­ci­ty he vi­sit­ed Guern­sey, Jer­sey and Hol­land. He re­tired in 1789. His works in­clude:

• Select Hymns in 2 Parts (Lon­don: 1795)
• Sac­red Po­ems, in 3 Parts (Lon­don: 1797)
• Sac­red Poetry; or Hymns on the Prin­ci­pal His­to­ries of the Old and New Test­a­ments and on All the Par­a­bles (Lon­don: 1800)

Sources

Hymns

1. Come, Ho­ly Spirit, Raise Our Songs
2. My Son, Know Thou the Lord