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b. c. 1589, C142/280/67. 1st s. of Sir Matthew Browne† of Betchworth Castle and Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Vincent† of Stoke d’Abernon, Surr. Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 10. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1606; G. Inn 1625. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 1 Oct. 1607, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Oct. 1657), da. and h. of William Adam of Saffron Walden, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 16, 17, 86; M. Stephenson, ‘List of monumental brasses in Surr.’, Surr. Arch. Colls. xxvii. 85; W. Berry, County Gens.: Peds. of Surr. Fams. 80. suc. fa. 1603; cr. bt. 7 July 1627. d. 16 Aug. 1661. CB, ii. 28-9. sig. Ambrose Browne.
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J.p. Surr. 1614-at least 1648; C66/1988; ASSI 35/89/5. commr. subsidy, Surr. 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. 1641–2; SR, v. 65, 155. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1624–5; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 138. dep. lt. Surr. by 1628-at least 1638; CD 1628, ii. 168; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 50. commr. Forced Loan, Surr. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 58. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1630 – 42, Surr. 1644, sewers, Surr. 1632, Surr. and Kent 1645, C181/4, ff. 35, 121v; 181/5, ff. 222, 238v, 263v. maltsters, Surr. 1636, PC2/46, f. 273. assessment 1643 – 48, sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, A. and O. i. 94, 116, 150, 234, 451, 541, 636, 976, 1093. gaol delivery 1644, C181/5, f. 239v. New Model Ordinance 1645, defence 1645, militia 1648, 1660; A. and O. i. 624, 731, 1243; ii. 1443. elder, Dorking classis 1648. W.A. Shaw, Hist. of Eng. Church during Civil Wars and under Commonwealth, ii. 433.

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BROWNE, Sir Ambrose, 1st Bt. (c.1589-1661), of Betchworth Castle, Dorking, Surr.
Main residence: Betchworth Castle, Dorking, Surr.
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Commons 1604-1629
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BROWNE, Sir Ambrose, 1st Bt. (c.1589-1661)

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