sentences:  In 1696 Bromley refused to take an oath to swear that William III was the rightful and lawful King.As a result, he was incapacitated from serving in Parliament and was not re-elected for Warwickshire in 1698.Bromley returned to Parliament for the strongly High Tory constituency of Oxford University, at a by-election in March 1701. after which Bromley was a leading figure in the Tory ranks.