Thomas Browne, II

• Thomas Browne1
• M, #242610, b. 1437
• Last Edited=17 Aug 2007
• Thomas Browne was born in 1437 at Beechworth, Surrey, England.1 He was the son of Sir Thomas Browne and Eleanor Fitzalan.1
• Citations
• 1.[S2313] Rob Underhill, "re: Stanley Family," e-mail message to Darryl Roger Lundy, 9 June 2007. Hereinafter cited as "re: Stanley Family."
• From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p24261.htm#i242610

A good candidate for the "eldest son who died before 1460", since so little is known about him.

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• Thomas BROWNE (Sir Sheriff)
• Born: 1402
• Died: 1460, Beechworth Castle, Surrey
• Notes: Treasurer of the Household to Henry VI.
• Father: Robert BROWNE (Sir)
• Mother: ¿?
• Married: Eleanor FITZALAN 1437
• Children:
  • 1. Anthony BROWNE (Sir)
  • 2. George BROWNE (Sir)
  • 3. William BROWNE
  • 4. Thomas BROWNE
  • 5. Jane BROWNE
  • 6. Catherine BROWNE
  • 7. Robert BROWNE (Sir)
• From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BROWNE1.htm#Thomas BROWNE (Sir Sheriff)1
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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]
  • William Browne[1] (of Tavistock, Devon).[citation needed]
  • Sir George Browne, beheaded in 1483.[1] His estates were confiscated, but were afterwards restored to his heirs in 1485 by Henry VII.[5]
  • Thomas Browne.[1]
  • Sir Anthony Browne.[1]
  • Robert Browne, esquire,[1] of Luddenham, Kent, Comptroller of the Household to Thomas FitzAlan, 17th Earl of Arundel, who married a wife named Anne, by whom he had a daughter, Eleanor Browne, who married firstly, before 9 December 1509, Thomas Fogge (d. 16 August 1512), esquire, sergeant porter of Calais, younger son of Sir John Fogge, and secondly Sir William Kempe (d. 28 January 1539) of Olantigh, Kent.[6][7][8][9]
  • Leonard Browne.[1]
  • Edward Browne.[1]
  • Katherine Browne, who married Humphrey Sackville, esquire,[1] (1426 – 24 January 1488) of Buckhurst, Sussex.[citation needed]
  • Jane Browne.[citation needed]
• From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Browne_(died_1460)
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• Links
• http://www.theweald.org/N10.asp?NId=20170017
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