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Thomas Browne



Family 1: Eleanor Arundel,    b. 1415 in Arundel Castle, Sussex, England    d. 1 JUN 1469 in Betchworth, Surrey, England
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  1. Title: Sir Thomas Browne from History of Parliament Biographies of the Members of the House Commons House 1439 - 1509 by Josiah Wedgwood
    Author: History Of Parliament (1439-1509) by Josiah C. Wedgwood, 1936, pp123-4
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210096/page/n185/mode/2up?q=Thomas+Browne;
    Note: Page -184- S. of Sir Thomas Browne M.P. (1413-60, Under Treasurer of England, beheaded 1460), by Eleanor (Fitzalan), m. 1471/2 Elizabeth (d. 1488)1 da. of Sir William Paston the Judge, and widow of Robert Poynings M.P., slain 1461 (q.v.). Page -185- 13 On 10 Feb. X434, Peter Fetiplace obtained a grant of the marriage of Thomas Browne, the King’s ward, s. and h. of Robert Browne. (Cal. Pat. Rolls, 1434, 831.) Page -186- He was kntd. 1449/51 ; restored to the Kent bench 5 Apr. 1451, put on a multitude of Kent comns., but he appears no more at the Exchequer.8 His acquisition of Betchworth had placed him in Surrey also ; J.P., Surrey, 20 July 1454 till death ; pardoned by Yorkists, Nov. 1455, and again 20 Jan. 1458, as of Tonford, Kent, late of West Betchworth, alias late of London, cit. and grocer (m.27). It is this last alias in an obscure roll which links up the Earls of Montague and the Under Treasurer of England with a city origin. They made him sheriff of Kent, Nov. 1459. He was mustering men at Sandwich in Dec. All through the early months of 1460 he was the Duke of Exeter’s right-hand man at Sandwich. When the Earls came from France, and when Kyriel, Scott, Horne, Fogge and Haute went over to the Yorkists, Browne remained faithful; he retired on London. Hampden, Clifton and Tyrell (qq.v.) were besieged in the Tower by the Yorkist Earls, but Browne and William Barton collected men and broke the blockade and got into the Tower, where the others were, 10 July 1460.9 When the Tower surrendered a fortnight later, Sir Thomas Browne and five others of the household of the Duke °f Exeter were sentenced, and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, 29 July 1460.
  2. Title: Notable executions at Tyburn - Sir Thomas Browne, MP, Sheriff of Kent
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyburn#Notable_executions;
    Note: For many centuries, the name Tyburn was synonymous with capital punishment, it having been the principal place for execution of London criminals and convicted traitors, including many religious martyrs. It was also known as 'God's Tribunal', in the 18th century. Notable executions: William Fitz Osbert 1196 Citizen of London executed for his role in a popular uprising of the poor in the spring of 1196.[27] Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March 29 November 1330 Accused of assuming royal power; hanged without trial.[28] Sir Thomas Browne, MP, Sheriff of Kent 20 July 1460 Convicted of treason and immediately hanged. Had been knighted by Henry IV and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1440 and 1450 and as Justice of the peace in Surrey from 1454 until his death....
  3. Title: Thomas Browne (1402-1460), Wikipedia
    Author: Thomas Browne was the son and heir of Sir Robert Browne of Betchworth and a nephew of Stephen Browne MP. In 1434 he was sworn to the peace in Kent, and made a Justice of Peace there from 1436 to 24 December 1450.He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1439.
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Browne_(died_1460);
    Note: Sir Thomas Browne (1402 – 20 July 1460) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was executed for treason on 20 July 1460. Thomas Browne was the son and heir of Robert Browne and a nephew of Stephen Browne MP. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1439. He was Member of Parliament for Dover in the 1439-40 Parliament, for Kent in 1445–6, and for Wallingford in 1449–50. He attended the Parliaments of 1447 and February 1449. He was knighted 1449/1451. He was later Justice of Peace for Surrey from 20 July 1454 until his death. In about 1437, Browne married Eleanor FitzAlan, daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas FitzAlan of Betchworth Castle in Surrey. By Eleanor FitzAlan he had seven sons and two daughters.
  4. Title: Proof of Age of Thomas Broun
    Author: THOMAS BROUN - E-CIPM 26-354: Inquisitions Post Mortem Mapping the Medieval Countryside Properties, Places & People, King's College London, 2014.
    Publication: Name: https://inquisitionspostmortem.ac.uk/view/inquisition/26-354/;
    Note: Inquisition Location: Wallingford Document type: Proof of Age Date: 15 December 1444 THOMAS BROUN , SON AND HEIR OF ROBERT BROUN 354 Writ de etate probanda . ‡ 6 November 1444. [Bate]. BERKSHIRE. Proof of age. Wallingford. 15 December 1444. [Wellysborn]. The jurors swear that he is of full age and was on 3 March last. Thomas Besylys , aged 42 and more, asked by the escheator how he knows this, says that Thomas Broun was born at Fulscot and baptised in the parish church of South Moreton on 3 March 1423. His godfathers were Thomas Frankeleyn and John Isbury , and his godmother was Margaret Makeney . On the same day Thomas, the juror, went to Abingdon to collect rent for the preceding Michaelmas term from William Botiller , who had left town for South Moreton to see the baptism. Thomas left the vill and on the way fell by accident from his horse. The other jurors, examined concerning the heir’s age, have the following memories of that day. William Newman , aged 44, rode to South Moreton to ask Robert Broun the father for 20s. which he owed him. Robert excused himself from payment on account of the birth. William was angry and ?left. John Ferman , aged 46, rode to Robert Broun at South Moreton and delivered to him 3000 ‘lathtnayle’, without receiving any payment. Richard Kene , aged 42, met the godparents [named as above] at South Moreton arguing about who would have Thomas’s name (pro nomine eius habend’). William Halle , aged 55, met the godparents at Fulscot and rode to South Moreton. There he met the above Richard Kene , ?who told him (et dixit sibi) that Robert Broun had a son. He asked him the boy’s name, and he answered that it was Thomas. Richard Alger , aged 60 and more, rode to South Moreton to seek from [? Robert Broun ] n190 26s. 8d. which he owed him. He said he could not pay him at that time, and a dispute arose between them. Andrew Baron , aged 50, was riding to South Moreton and saw a hare sitting in its form. He sent for Robert Broun ’s greyhounds, which killed the hare, which he gave to Robert. John Dalrygge , aged 50 and more, carried to Robert Broun a new green robe, well hooded or furred (penulatus) and furred with fitchews (‘fuchewys’). John Hardyng , aged 60, carried to Robert Broun 40s. which he owed him for a horse which he had bought from him. He asked ?for allowance (regardari) because the horse was dead, but Robert answered no. John Wyttenham , aged 55, recalls because Robert Broun sent for him to buy a pike. He sent his servant (famulus) with the pike to South Moreton, but on the way it was lost. The servant came back to Abingdon and told John of the loss, and John beat him. John Warfeld , aged 42, carried 20s. to Robert Broun at Fulscot. He met him with a baptized boy and with the godparents, whom he knew well. Thomas Absalon , aged 43, was sent by his father to Fulscot for a greyhound which the father had lent to Robert Broun . When he came there the greyhound was with the above Andrew [ Baron ] in the fields of South Moreton, and he waited there until it had come from the fields. C 139/120/55 mm. 1–2 n190^: ms: de eo.
  5. Title: Thomas Browne (1410-1460), The Peerage
    Author: http://www.thepeerage.com/p18440.htm#i184395 1. [S15] George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 28. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Baronetage. 2. [S2313] Rob Underhill, "re: Stanley Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 9 June 2007. Hereinafter cited as "re: Stanley Family."
    Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p18440.htm#i184395;
    Note: Sir Thomas Browne was born in 1410 at Bettsworth Castle, Surrey, EnglandG.2 He married Eleanor Fitzalan, daughter of Sir Thomas Fitzalan, circa 1431.2 He died on 20 July 1460 at Eythorne Eastry, Kent, EnglandG, beheaded for treason.2 He held the office of Sheriff of Kent in 1440.2 He held the office of Treasurer of the Household to King Henry VI.1 He held the office of Sheriff of Kent in 1460.2 Children of Sir Thomas Browne and Eleanor Fitzalan: Robert Browne2 b. 1435 Katherine Browne2 b. 1435 Thomas Browne2 b. 1437 Sir George Browne+1 b. 1439, d. 4 Dec 1483 William Browne2 b. 1441 Sir Anthony Browne+1 b. 29 Jun 1443, d. 19 Nov 1506 Jane Browne2 b. 1445
  6. Title: A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke
    Author: Page 539 - 540
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=upFIAQAAMAAJ&q=buckhurst++humphrey+sackville&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=browne&f=false;
    Note: Page 539 Family of Browne SIR THOMAS BROWNE, treasurer of the household of Henry VI and sheriff of Kent in 1444 and 1460. He m. Eleanor, daughter and sole heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Alan, of Page 540 Beechworth Castle, brother of John, Earl of Arundel, and had issue, I. GEORGE (Sir), his heir. II. William, whose son removed to Tavistock. This line is extinct. III. Robert (Sir), knt. m. Mary, daughter of Sir William Mallett, knt. and had an only daughter and heiress, Eleanor, wife, first of Sir Thomas Fogge, and secondly, of Sir William Kempe. IV. Anthony (Sir), standard-bearer of England, esquire of the body, governor of Queenboro' Castle, and constable of the castle of Calais. From this eminent person derive the LORDS MONTAGU, the heiress of which distinguished family, the Hon. Elizabeth Mary Brown, wedded William Stephen Poyntz. (See BURKE'S Extinct Peerage). I. Catherine, m. to Humphrey Sackville, of Buckhurst. Sir Thomas was s. by his eldest son, SIR GEORGE BROWNE, knt. of Beechworth Castle, sheriff of Kent in 1481, who espousing the cause of the Earl of Richmond, was included in the proclamation for apprehending the Duke of Buckingham and his associates, and being soon after taken, suffered decapitation in London anno 1483. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Paston, and widow of Richard Lord Poynings, and was s. by his son, SIR MATTHEW BROWNE, knt. of Beechworth Castle, sheriff of Surry in 1496...
  7. Title: History Of Parliament (1439-1509) by Wedgwood Josiah C
    Author: On the 10 Deb 1434, Peter Fetiplace obtained a grant of the marriage of Thomas Browne, the King's ward s and h of Robert Browne (Cal Pat Rolls 1434, 831.) History Of Parliament (1439-1509) by Wedgwood Josiah C.
    Note: Addeddate 2017-01-18 17:15:17 Identifier in.ernet.dli.2015.210096 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3dz5sv0m Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 Ppi 600 Scanner Internet Archive Python library 1.2.0.dev4
  8. Title: Sir Thomas Browne from History of Parliament
    Author: History of Parliament Biographies of the Members of the House Commons House 1439 - 1509 by Josiah Wedgwood page 123-124
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.210096/page/n185/mode/2up?q=Thomas+Browne;
    Note: Page -123- S. of Sir Thomas Browne M.P. (1413-60, Under Treasurer of England, beheaded 1460), by Eleanor (Fitzalan), m. 1471/2 Elizabeth (d. 1488)1 da. of Sir William Paston the Judge, and widow of Robert Poynings M.P., slain 1461 (q.v.). Page -124 He was kntd. 1449/51 ; restored to the Kent bench 5 Apr. 1451, put on a multitude of Kent comns., but he appears no more at the Exchequer.8 His acquisition of Betchworth had placed him in Surrey also ; J.P., Surrey, 20 July 1454 till death ; pardoned by Yorkists, Nov. 1455, and again 20 Jan. 1458, as of Tonford, Kent, late of West Betchworth, alias late of London, cit. and grocer (m.27). It is this last alias in an obscure roll which links up the Earls of Montague and the Under Treasurer of England with a city origin. They made him sheriff of Kent, Nov. 1459. He was mustering men at Sandwich in Dec. All through the early months of 1460 he was the Duke of Exeter’s right-hand man at Sandwich. When the Earls came from France, and when Kyriel, Scott, Horne, Fogge and Haute went over to the Yorkists, Browne remained faithful; he retired on London. Hampden, Clifton and Tyrell (qq.v.) were besieged in the Tower by the Yorkist Earls, but Browne and William Barton collected men and broke the blockade and got into the Tower, where the others were, 10 July 1460.9 When the Tower surrendered a fortnight later, Sir Thomas Browne and five others of the household of the Duke °f Exeter were sentenced, and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, 29 July 1460.
  9. Title: Unknown author
    Note: Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles by Gerald Paget; Plantagenet Ancestry of 17th Century Colonists, by David Faris, p. 37; Stemmata Robertson, p. 225.
  10. Title: Thomas Browne - The visitations of the county of Sussex
    Author: Page 2
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/visitationsofcou5354beno/page/n99/mode/2up?q=thomas+browne;
    Note: The visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530, Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms; and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset herald, and George Owen, York herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux
  11. Title: Sir Thomas Browne MP
    Publication: Name: http://www.house-empire.com/personpage.lasso?token.cardid=7398;
  12. Title: Thomas Browne (1402-1460), "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-BS88 : 15 June 2022), Thomas Browne, ; Burial, Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England, Blackfriars Priory; citing record ID 120474793, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
    Publication: Name: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGH-BS88;
    Note: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/120474793/thomas-browne Thomas Browne BIRTH 1402 DEATH 20 Jul 1460 (aged 57–58) BURIAL Blackfriars Priory Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England MEMORIAL ID 120474793 Father: Sir Robert Browne Mother: Margaret Warren-Browne Spouse: Eleanor Arundel Browne Vaughan
  13. Title: Thomas Broun son of Robert Takes Seisin of his Lands in Calendar of Close Rolls
    Author: Great Britain. Calendar of the Close Rolls, Henry VI, Vol. 4. 1441-1447. (London, 1937), pp 249-50
    Publication: Name: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015066344972&view=1up&seq=262&q1=Broun;
    Note: 1445. Feb. 16. To the escheator in Berkshire. Order to take the fealty of Thomas Broun, son and heir of Robert Broun, and to give him seisin of his father’s lands, and those of his heritage held in dower by Agnes who was his father’s wife; as he had proved his age before the escheator, and for half a mark paid in the hanaper the king has respited his homage until Midsummer day.
  14. Title: Notable executions at Tyburn - Sir Thomas Browne, MP, Sheriff of Kent
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyburn#Notable_executions;
  15. Title: Death of Thomas Browne
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=EKhWAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Browne&f=false;
  16. Title: Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?dbid=61175&h=450024366&indiv=try;
  17. Title: Brownes of Bechworth [sic] by John Pym Yeatman
    Author: Brownes of Bechworth Castle: The Ancestors of the Viscounts Montague; the Brownes of Horton-Kirby, Cubley, Bentley & Derby; the Cave-Brownes of Stretton & of Many Other Places in the Counties of Derby, Leicester, Northampton, Kent, Surrey, Sussex & Essex, John Pym Yeatman author, 1903
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=rKNCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Anthony%20Browne&f=false;
    Note: This indicates that Thomas is not the grandson of an Anthony Browne.
  18. Title: The visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530, Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms; and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset herald, and George Owen, York herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clar
    Publication: Name: https://archive.org/details/visitationsofcou5354beno/page/n99/mode/2up?q=thomas+browne;
    Note: The visitations of the county of Sussex made and taken in the years 1530, Thomas Benolte, Clarenceux king of arms; and 1633-4 by John Philipot, Somerset herald, and George Owen, York herald, for Sir John Burroughs, Garter, and Sir Richard St. George, Clarenceux by Benolt, Thomas, d. 1534; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Owen, George, d. 1665; Bannerman, W. Bruce (William Bruce), 1862-1933; College of Arms (Great Britain) Publication date 1905 Topics Heraldry, Visitations, Heraldic Publisher London : [Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, printers] Collection americana Digitizing sponsor Brigham Young University Contributor Harold B. Lee Library Language English Volume 53-54 "The present volume consists of a literal transcript of a manuscript in the British museum numbered 1562 in the Harleian collection."--Pref Includes index In publisher's binding with: A visitation of the county of Kent, begun anno Dni. MDCLXIII. finished anno Dni. MDCLXVIII / edited by George J. Armytage. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1906 1 Addeddate 2009-10-29 22:25:34 Bookplateleaf 0004 Call number DAS1275 Camera Canon 5D External-identifier urn:oclc:record:550534230[WorldCat (this item)] Foldoutcount 0 Identifier visitationsofcou5354beno Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t5x642j1m Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Page-progression lr Pages 496 Ppi 400 SHOW MORE Full catalog record MARCXML
  19. Title: Thomas Browne (1402-1460), Tudor Place
    Publication: Name: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BROWNE1.htm#Thomas%20BROWNE%20(Sir%20Sheriff)1;
    Note: Thomas BROWNE (Sir Sheriff) Born: 1402 Died: 1460, Beechworth Castle, Surrey Notes: Treasurer of the Household to Henry VI. Father: Robert BROWNE (Sir) Married: Eleanor FITZALAN 1437
  20. Title: Thomas Browne in "Brownes of Bechworth Castle"
    Author: Yeatman, John Pym, Brownes of Bechworth Castle: The Ancestors of the Viscounts Montague; the ..., Publisher: the author, 1903?, p. 38.
    Publication: Name: https://books.google.com/books?id=rKNCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Browne&f=false;
    Note: "It may possibly be correct that the first known ancestor was Robert, and he may be identical with a Robert Browne who was buyer and purveyor to the King's household from 1379-1387. Sir Thomas himself held a higher office in the Royal household. In this case he may be the scion of a Browne family, for whom a pedigree of at least four degrees can be made out. One Robert Browne held the Manor of South Morton, Berks, in 18 Edward IIl, of John Neville, Earl of Northampton. He was probably connected with Matthew Brown, the Escheater, of Northamponshire. By his wife Agnes, he had several sons, or more probably grandsons, who were living in the reign of Henry VI. Thomas was the eldest, and he appears to have had several brothers-one named Thomas, who is possibly identical with Knight of Bechworth; another named John; a third named Richard (possibly Stephen's ancestor); and a fourth named William. They remained at South Morton as late as the end of Henry VI. Thomas, son and heir of Robert, made proof of age in 23 Henry VI.: 34 Henry VI., Thomas, son and heir of Thomas, son and heir of Robert, of South Morton, granted land to William Warbleton and William Lideard at Est Whittingham, Abendon, Hammonds Place, Coldwell als Coldrag. Too little of this pedigree is known to write positively concerning it, but probably a proper search in Berkshire records would give full proof of it."
  21. Title: Brown/Browne Family Tree from "The Topographer and Genealogist" Volume II
    Author: https://archive.org/details/topographergenea02nich/page/267/mode/1up
    Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/157316733;
    Note: Page 267 Browne / Brown Family Tree Begins with Robert Brown Descends through his son Thomas Brown, knight and wife Eleanor, dawghter and heier of Sir Tho. Arundell, k't. the 3rd brother of the Earl of Arundell. Their children: 2. Anthony: Brown, Miles. 3. Robert Browne, Ar. 1. George Brown, Miles. = Elizabeth, one ye dowghters and heiers of Paston, of Northf. and wydowe of Poninges. Katherin Brown continues on ....8 or more generations
  22. Title: Sir Thomas Browne in Chancellor of the Exchequer, Wikipedia
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chancellor_of_the_Exchequer#Chancellors_of_the_Exchequer_of_England_(c._1221_%E2%80%93_c._1558);
    Note: The Chancellor of the Exchequer,[a] often abbreviated to the Chancellor,[1] is a high ranking Minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Her Majesty's Treasury. As one of the four Great Offices of State, the Chancellor is a senior member of the British Cabinet. Responsible for all economic and financial matters, the role is equivalent to that of a finance minister in other countries. The Chancellor is now always Second Lord of the Treasury as one of at least six Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, responsible for executing the office of the Lord High Treasurer – the others are the Prime Minister and Commons government whips. In the 18th and early 19th centuries, it was common for the prime minister also to serve as Chancellor of the Exchequer if he sat in the Commons; the last chancellor who was simultaneously prime minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer was Stanley Baldwin in 1923. Formerly, in cases when the chancellorship was vacant, the Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench would act as Chancellor pro tempore.[2] The last Lord Chief Justice to serve in this way was Lord Denman in 1834. The chancellor is the third-oldest major state office in English and British history, and in recent times has come to be the most powerful office in British politics after the prime minister. They originally carried responsibility for the Exchequer, the medieval English institution for the collection and auditing of royal revenues. The earliest surviving records which are the results of the exchequer's audit, date from 1129–30 under King Henry I and show continuity from previous years.[3] The chancellor has oversight of fiscal policy, therefore of taxation and public spending across Government departments. It previously controlled monetary policy as well until 1997, when the Bank of England was granted independent control of its interest rates.
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