Family and Education
b. c. Dec. 1580,C142/439/56. 1st s. of Sir John Browne of Frampton and Jane, da. of Sir Henry Portman of Orchard Portman, Som.; bro. of George*. Vis. Dorset Addenda ed. Colby and Rylands, 8. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1598; M. Temple 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. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 298, 556; Vis. Dorset Addenda, 8. suc. fa. 1627. C142/439/56. d. 16 Mar. 1659. Hutchins, ii. 298.
Offices Held

Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1611; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, f. 11. j.p. Dorset 1628 – 36, 1641 – 42, by 1650–d.,C231/4, f. 249; 231/5, pp. 223, 475, 530; C193/13/3, f. 15v; 13/5, f. 21v. treas. W. Dorset 1628–9, Dorset Q.S. 1625–38 ed. T. Hearing and S. Bridges (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 67. sheriff, Dorset 1632–3, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. commr. sewers 1638, C181/5, f. 113v. assessment 1641 – 44, 1647 – 52, 1657, SR, v. 61, 83, 150; A. and O. i. 90, 544, 964, 1081; ii. 33, 296, 464, 661, 1066. piracy 1642, C181/5, f. 226v. sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, A. and O. i. 111, 147, 229. execution of ordinances 1643 – 44, militia 1648. Ibid. 460, 1236.

Cttee. Dorchester New Eng. Co. 1624–7. Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Field Club, xiii. 65.

Commr. compounding 1647, High Ct. of Justice 1649, A. and O. i. 914, 1255. trustee for maintenance of ministers 1649, commr. indemnity 1649, to remove obstructions to sale of forfeited lands 1651, army 1652. Ibid. ii. 143, 149, 523, 562, 689.

Main residences: Dorchester; Frampton, Dorset.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BROWNE, John II (1580-1659)

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