Sir Robert Browne, Kt.

• Robert BROWNE (Sir)
• Father: Anthony BROWNE (Sir)
• Mother: ¿?
• Married: ¿?
• Children:
  • 1. Thomas BROWNE (Sir Sheriff)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BROWNE1.htm#Robert BROWNE (Sir)1
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• A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies ... By John Burke, Sir Bernard Burke Pg. 87
• http://books.google.com/books?id=LKIKAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=G...
• Pg. 87
• SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, created a knight of the Bath at the coronation of RICHARD II. married, and had two sons, Sir Richard, his heir, and Stephen, lord mayor of London in 1430. The elder
• SIR ROBERT BROWNE, living temp. HENRY V. was father of
• SIR THOMAS BROWNE, treasurer of the household to HENRY VI. and sheriff of Kent in 1444 and 1460. He m. Eleanor, daughter and sole heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Alan, of Beechworth Castle, brother of John, Earl of Arundel, and had issue, .... etc.
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• Sir Thomas Browne (1402 – 29 July 1460) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was beheaded for treason on 20 July 1460.
• Thomas Browne was born in 1402, the son and heir of Robert Browne and a nephew of Stephen Browne MP.[citation needed] He was sworn to the peace in Kent in 1434.[citation needed] He was Justice of Peace for Kent from 1436 to 24 December 1450.[citation needed] He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1439 and Member of Parliament for Dover in the same year, and Knight of the Shire for Kent in 1445.[1] He was present at Parliament in 1447 and 1449 as Under Treasurer.[citation needed] He was MP between 1449 and 1450 for Wallingford.[citation needed]
• He served as Treasurer of the Household to Henry VI.[1] He was knighted 1449/1451.[citation needed] During the reign of King Henry VI, his highest post was that of Chancellor of the Exchequer, which he held between 1440 and 1450.[citation needed] He was later Justice of Peace for Surrey from 20 July 1454 till his death.[citation needed]
• Browne was convicted of treason on 20 July 1460, and immediately executed. According to some sources he was beheaded, [1] while according to other sources he and six others were executed at Tyburn.[citation needed] .... etc.
• In about 1437, Browne married Eleanor FitzAlan, daughter of Sir Thomas FitzAlan, third son of John FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel (d. 14 August 1390), and Elizabeth le Despenser (d. 10 or 11 April 1408), by whom he had seven sons and two daughters:[3][4] .... ect.
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Browne_(died_1460)
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• Links
• http://www.theweald.org/N10.asp?NId=20170006
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Sir Richard was knighted.