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BROWNE, Anthony I (1528-92), of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, Suss.
Family and Education
b. 29 Nov. 1528, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Browne of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park by 1st w. Alice, da. of Sir John Gage of Firle. m. (1) Jane (d.1552). da. of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex, 1s. 2da.; (2) by 10 Dec. 1558, Magdalen, da. of William, 3rd Lord Dacre of Gilsland, 5s. 3da. suc. fa. 28 Apr. 1548. Kntd. 20 Feb. 1547; cr. Viscount Montagu 2 Sept. 1554; KG nom. 23 Apr., inst. 17 Oct. 1555.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/89/153. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 83-84; DNB; CP; R. Smith, Magdalen Viscountess Montague, ed. Southern, pp. xii. 22.
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Standard bearer Jan. 1546 – d.; sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1552 – 53; commr. goods of churches and fraternities, Suss. 1553, musters, Surr. in 1557, 1572/3, in 1583, Suss. from 1569, subsidy, Surr. 1559; other commissions 1553–?d.; keeper, Guildford park Oct. 1553 – d., Hampton Court chase June 1554 – d.; j.p. Surr., Suss. 1554 – d.; master of the horse to King Philip Apr. – Sept. 1554; trier of petitions in the Lords, Parlts. of 1555 and 1558; PC 28 Apr. 1557; ld. lt., Suss. Mar. – Oct. 1558, jt. Nov. 1569–85; envoy to Rome 1555, Spain 1560, Flanders 1565–6.
Main residences: Battle Abbey; Cowdray Park, Suss.
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BROWNE, Anthony I (1528-92)
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BROUNE (BROME), Ralph (by 1517-68 or later), of Warwick and Woodloes, Warws.
Family and Education
b. by 1517, 2nd s. of Nicholas Broune (d.1517) of Baddesley Clinton, but o. s. by 3rd w. Lettice, da. of Nicholas Catesby. m. (1) Anne (d.1556) da. of Reginald Digby of Coleshill, 5s. 3da.; (2) da. of William Newport, 1s. 1da.Date of birth estimated from fa.’s death. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 97; Dugdale, Warws. ii. 971; H. Norris, Baddesley Clinton, 28-29; Warws. RO, Waller of Woodcote 1(i), box 1, W. 34, 35; box 2, xxxv; box 10B. The family name later became fixed as Brome.
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Main residences: Warwick; Woodloes, Warws.
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BROUNE (BROME), Ralph (by 1517-at least 68)
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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, William (1527-97), of of the Blackfriars, London and Cobham, Kent.
Family and Education
b. 1 Nov. 1527, 1sts s. of George Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham, and bro. of George, Henry, John and Thomas. educ. Padua 1542-5. m. (1) by 4 June 1535, Dorothy (d. 22 Sept. 1559), da. of George, 5th Lord Bergavenny, 1da., (2) 25 Feb. 1560, Frances, da. of Sir John Newton alias Cradock of East Harptree Som. and Hanham, Glos., 4s. inc. Henry and William. Kntd. 1 Dec. 1548, KG nom. 23 Apr. 1584, inst. 15 Apr. 1585. suc. fa. as 10th Lord Cobham 29 Sept. 1558.Date of birth given in CP. Arch. Cant. xi. 108; LP Hen. VIII, xviii; PCC 35 Hogen.
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Esquire of the body by 1553; constable, Dover castle, Kent 16 Dec. 1558 – d.; ld. warden, the Cinque Ports 16 Dec. 1558 – d.; j.p. Kent 1558/59, q. 1561 – d.; ld. lt. Kent 1559 – d.; commr. Rochester bridge 1571; PC 1586 – d.; keeper, Eltham pk., Kent 1592 – d., ld. chamberlain, the Household 8 Aug. 1596–7.
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Main residences: of the Blackfriars, London; Cobham, Kent.
COBHAM
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BROOKE, William (1527-97)
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BROOKE, alias COBHAM, George (1533-69 or later), of London.
Family and Education
b. 27 Jan. 1533, 2nd s. of George Brooke, 8th Lord Cobham, by Anne, da. of Edmund, 1st Lord Bray; bro. of Henry, John, Thomas and William. educ. Venice 1546-7. m. by 1558, Christina (d.1608) da. and h. of Richard Duke of London and Otterton Devon, 3s. 2da.Date of birth given in Coll. Top. et Gen. vii. 352. CP, iii. 347-9; Arch. Cant. xi. 208; xii. 135; Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 342; HMC Hatfiled, i. 147; Proc. Som. Arch. Soc. xlv(2), p. 12.
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Member, the Household by 1559.
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Main residence: London.
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BROOKE, George (1533-at least 69)
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BROMWICH, Thomas (by 1523-57 or later), of Hereford.
Family and Education
b. by 1523, s. of Richard Bromwich of Hereford. m. Eleanor, da. of Jenkin Price of Clyro, Rad., 1s. 6da.Date of birth estimated from first reference. Vis. Herefs. ed. Weaver, 14-15; PCC 33 Powell.
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Mayor, Hereford 1546–7.
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Main residence: Hereford.
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BROMWICH, Thomas (by 1523-at least 57)
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BROMLEY, William (b. by 1525-55 or later), of Nantwich, Cheshire.
Family and Education
b. by 1525, 6th s. but h. of Thomas Bromley (illegit. s. of Sir John Bromley of Barthomley and ‘Hextall’, Cheshire) by Joan, sis. and h. of John Parker of Coppenhall, Cheshire. m. Helen or Margaret, da. of Nicholas Alexander of Dover, Kent, 3s. 5da.Date of birth estimated from first known acquisition of land in 1546. Vis Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xviii), 50; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 75.
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Commr. in local dispute, Lancs. 1549; comptroller to Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby.
Main residence: Nantwich, Cheshire.
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BROMLEY, William (b. by.1525-at least 55)
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