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b. Dec. 1580, 1st s. of Sir John Browne of Frampton and Jane, da. of Henry Portman of Orchard Portman, Taunton, Somerset; bro. of George†.C142/439/56; Vis. Dorset Addenda ed. F.T. Colby and J.P. Rylands (1888), 7. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 13 Oct. 1598; M. Temple 22 June 1599.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 18 Nov. 1607, Elizabeth (d. 25 June 1656), da. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Dorset, 4s. 6da.Vis. Dorset Addenda, 7. suc. fa. 10 Oct. 1627. d. 16 Mar. 1659.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 298.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Lyme Regis 1611.Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, f. 11. Trustee for common lands, Weymouth 22 Apr. 1653.Charters of Weymouth ed. Moule, 117.

Mercantile: member, cttee. of Dorchester Co. Mar. 1624–7.F. Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 63, 454.

Local: j.p. Dorset 8 July 1628–?, 6 Aug. 1641–15 July 1642, 6 Mar. 1647–d.;C231/4, f. 249v; C231/5, pp. 223, 475, 530; C231/6, p. 78; C193/13/3, f. 15v; C193/13/5, f. 21v. treas. QS, W. Dorset 1628–9.Dorset QS Recs. 1625–38 ed. T. Hearing and S. Bridges (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 67. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Dorchester and Weymouth 10 Feb. 1632;C181/4, f. 104. Dorset 26 Feb. 1642.C181/5, f. 226v. Sheriff, 1632–3.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39; Whiteway Diary, 125. Commr. sewers, 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113. charitable uses, 1638–9;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E. 1062.28). loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 14 Mar. 1655.A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 169; SP25/76A, f. 14. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 9, 308. piracy, Dorset 22 May 1654;C181/6, p. 33. securing peace of commonwealth, Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 305.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 283b. cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 109a, 113b; SP24/29, f. 248. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 19 Jan. 1649.Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 3. Trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 357b; A. and O. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Household: feoffee for use of Sir Thomas Trenchard* 6 Aug. 1645.Dorset RO, D/HIL/T1.

: of Frampton, Dorset.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1651.Dorset County Museum, Dorchester.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BROWNE, John I (1580-1659), of Frampton, Dorset.

Will
1 Nov. 1658, pr. 7 May 1659.PROB11/291/4.
Estates
inherited over 5,000 acres in Dorset and Som. including manors and advowsons of Frampton and Bettiscombe, manors of Crochway Notton and Thorpe in Maiden Newton par., 6 burgages in Dorchester, and land at Chard;C142/439/56. by 1658 the lands in Som. and Dorset were estimated to be worth over £1,000 p.a., and he also possessed houses in Melcombe Regis, Dorchester, and Drury Lane, Westminster.PROB11/291/4.
Oxford 1644
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