BROWNE, George (c.1583-1631), of the Middle Temple, London; Symondsbury, Dorset and Taunton Castle, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1583, 2nd s. of Sir John Browne (d.1627) of Frampton, Dorset and Jane, da. of Sir Henry Portman of Orchard Portman, nr. Taunton, Som.; bro. of John II*.Vis. Dorset Addenda ed. Colby and Rylands, 8. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1598, aged 15, BA (Univ. Coll.) 1602; Al. Ox. M. Temple 1602, called 1609. M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 512. m. 1612, Joan (d. by 1631), da. of Christopher Darby of ?Askerswell, Dorset, wid. of Arthur Fowkes (d.1610) of Symondsbury, s.p. Vis. Dorset Addenda, 8; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 243; PROB 11/159, f. 378. d. 22 Apr. 1631. William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 115.

Offices Held

Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1611–d.; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 11. clerk of Taunton castle 1617–d.; Inf. from Mr. R.J.E. Bush. j.p. Dorset 1617 – 25, Som. 1618 – 26, 1629–d. C231/4, ff. 48, 67, 265; William Whiteway of Dorchester, 78; T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, p. 313.

Recorder, Lyme Regis 1611–d., Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 11. Taunton 1627–d.; M. Weinbaum, Brit. Bor. Charters 1307–1660, p. 104; CD 1628, ii. 564. Lent reader, M. Temple 1628, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 178. bencher 1628–d. MTR, 731, 776.

Parlimentarian

BROWNE, George (c.1583-1631), of the Middle Temple, London; Symondsbury, Dorset and Taunton Castle, Som.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London and Symondsbury, Dorset and Taunton Castle, Som.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BROWNE, George (c.1583-1631)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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