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BROWNE, Sir Anthony (c.1500-48), of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, Suss.

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BROWNE, Anthony II (1509/10-67), of South Weald, Essex.

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BROWNE, Francis (by 1484-1541), of Tolethorpe and Little Casterton, Rutland.

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b. by 1484, 1st s. of Christopher Browne of Stamford, Lincs. and Tolethorpe by 1st w. Grace, da. of John Pinchbeck of Pinchbeck, Lincs. educ. G. Inn. m. (1) c.1514, Margaret, da. of Robert Mathew of Bradden. Northants., 2s. 1da.; (2) Beatrix, wid. suc. fa. 11 Nov. 1518.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/34/87. Blore, Rutland, 93; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. lxxiii), 8; C142/66/65.

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Autumn reader, G. Inn 1521.

Member, council of Countess of Richmond by 1509; j.p. Lincs. (Holland) 1512 – d., (Kesteven) 1514 – d., Rutland 1531 – d.; commr. subsidy, Lincs. (Holland) 1515, (Kesteven) 1523, Rutland 1524; other commissions 1515 – d.; sheriff, Lincs. 1522 – 23, Rutland 1524 – 25; dep. steward to Sir John Hussey , Lord Hussey, Stamford 1532–3.LP Hen VIII, i-v, viii, xi, xii, xiv-xvii; Statutes, iii. 172; Peterborough Mon. (Northants. Rec. Soc., xii), pp. xxvi, xlii; Stamford hall bk. 1461–1657, f. 120.

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BROWNE, Francis (by 1484-1541), of Tolethorpe and Little Casterton, Rutland.

Main residences: Tolethorpe; Little Casterton, Rutland.

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A.D.K.H.

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Commons 1509-1558

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BROWNE, Francis (by 1484-1541)

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Oxford 1644

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BROWNE, Sir Anthony (c.1500-48), of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, Suss.

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b. c. 1500, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Browne by Lucy, da. and coh. of John Neville, Marquess of Montagu; half-bro. of William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton. m. (1) by 1528, Alice, da. of Sir John Gage of Firle, Suss., 7s. inc. Anthony I 3da.; (2) 1542, Elizabeth, da. of Gerald Fitzgerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, 2s.; 1s. 1da. illegit. suc. fa. 1506. Kntd. 1 July 1522; KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 19 May 1540.Browne’s parents married in or after 1497 and his fa. died in 1506. R. E. Brock, ‘The Courtier in Early Tudor Soc.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1964), 26, 336, 338-40; PCC 10 Coode; LP Hen. VIII, xv.

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Surveyor and master of hunt, castles and lordship of Hatfield, Thorne and Conisbrough, Yorks 1518; knight of the body 1522; lt. I.o.M. 1525; gent. privy chamber 1526, ambassador, France 1527, jt. (with Sir Edward Guildford) standard bearer 1528 – 34, sole 1534 – 46, jt. (with s. Anthony) 1546 – d.; j.p. Surr. 1532 – d., Suss. 1544 – d.; master of the horse 1539 – d.; PC by 1539 – d.; capt. of gent. pens. 1540 – d.; commr. subsidy, Household 1540, benevolence, Surr. 1544/45, musters, Berks., Hants, Oxon., Surr., Suss. and Wilts. 1545; other commissions 1535 – 46; master of the King’s harriers 1543 – d.; numerous minor offices. Brock, 40, 162, 318–19; LP Hen. VIII, ii-vi, xi-xv, xvii, xviii, xx, xxi, add.; The Gen. n.s. xxx. 19; Lansd. 2(11), f. 34; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 90, 240; A. F. Pollard, Eng. under Protector Somerset, 77; PPC, vii. 49; E371/300, m. 47, 304, r. 47.

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BROWNE, Sir Anthony (c.1500-48), of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, Suss.

Main residences: Battle Abbey; Cowdray Park, Suss.

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S.R.J.

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Commons 1509-1558

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BROWNE, Sir Anthony (c.1500-48)

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Oxford 1644

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BROWNE, Anthony II (1509/10-67), of South Weald, Essex.

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b. 1509 /10, 2nd or 3rd s. of Sir Wistan Browne of Abbess Roding, Essex by Elizabeth, da. of William Mordaunt of Turvey, Beds. educ. ?Oxf.; M. Temple. m. by 1551, Joan, da. and h. of William Farrington of Lancs., wid. of Charles Booth and of Henry Becconshall of Becconshall, Lancs., d.s.p. Kntd. 2 Feb. 1567.Aged 57 at death according to MI, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. viii. 274-7. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 5, 166; Morant, Essex, i. 118; Somerville, Duchy, i. 505; Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 28; Emden, Biog. Reg. Univ. Oxf. 1501-40, p. 75; DNB.

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Lent reader, M. Temple 1554.

Commr. gaol delivery and clerk of assize, home circuit 1538 – d., relief, Essex 1550, goods of churches and fraternities 1553; other commissions 1551 – d.; j.p. Essex 1547 – d.; member, council of 16th Earl of Oxford c. 1554; serjeant-at-law and Queen’s serjeant 1555; c.j.c.p. Oct. 1558 – Jan. 1559; j.c.p. Jan. 1559 – d.; duchy of Lancaster steward of Penwortham, Lancs. 1553 – d., of manors in Clare honor, Essex and Suff. 1558; chief steward, crown lands in Essex 1558 – 59; under steward and clerk of swanmote ct., Waltham forest Aug. 1558; receiver of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1559 and 1563.LP Hen. VIII, xiii. xiv. xvi; xvi; CPR, 1547–8, pp. 74, 83; 1550–3, p. 141; 1553, pp. 352, 414; 1553–4, pp. 19, 27, 36; 1554–5, pp. 59, 107; 1555–7, pp. 47, 59; 1557–8, pp. 69, 71, 459, 462, 1558–60, pp. 58–59, 64; 1563–6, pp. 19–20, 22, 25, 27, 41–43, 105, 122–3; information from Susan Flower; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. iv. 197 seq.; Somerville, i. 505, 602; LJ, i. 542, 580.