Family and Education
b. by 1484, 1st s. of Christopher Browne of Stamford, Lincs. and Tolethorpe by 1st w. Grace, da. of John Pinchbeck of Pinchbeck, Lincs. educ. G. Inn. m. (1) c.1514, Margaret, da. of Robert Mathew of Bradden. Northants., 2s. 1da.; (2) Beatrix, wid. suc. fa. 11 Nov. 1518.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s i.p.m., C142/34/87. Blore, Rutland, 93; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. lxxiii), 8; C142/66/65.
Offices Held
Autumn reader, G. Inn 1521.
Member, council of Countess of Richmond by 1509; j.p. Lincs. (Holland) 1512 – d., (Kesteven) 1514 – d., Rutland 1531 – d.; commr. subsidy, Lincs. (Holland) 1515, (Kesteven) 1523, Rutland 1524; other commissions 1515 – d.; sheriff, Lincs. 1522 – 23, Rutland 1524 – 25; dep. steward to Sir John Hussey , Lord Hussey, Stamford 1532–3.
Main residences: Tolethorpe; Little Casterton, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
BROWNE, Francis (by 1484-1541)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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