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.

Offices Held

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.LP Hen. VIII, xxi; CPR, 1553, p. 415; 1553–4, pp. 24, 28, 29, 35, 272, 392; 1554–5, pp. 107, 111; 1563–6, pp. 37–40, 43; CSP Dom. 1547–80, pp. 102, 108, 129, 337; HMC 7th Rep. 613, 628, 639; APC, v. 32; vi. 81; vii. 376; CSP Span. 1554–8, pp. 140, 369; 1580–6, p. 604; LJ, i. 492, 513; HMC Hatfield, i. 443; CSP For. 1559–60, p. 292; 1564–5, p. 313.

Parlimentarian

BROWNE, Anthony I (1528-92), of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, Suss.

Main residences: Battle Abbey; Cowdray Park, Suss.

Author

S.R.J.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

BROWNE, Anthony I (1528-92)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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