Hon. Mary Petre (Browne)

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About Hon. Mary Petre (Browne)

  • 'Hon. Mary Browne1
  • 'F, #60870, b. circa 1603, d. 13 January 1684/85
  • Last Edited=22 Nov 2010
  • ' Hon. Mary Browne was born circa 1603.2 She was the daughter of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu and Jane Sackville.2 She married Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre, son of William Petre, 2nd Baron Petre, in 1620.2 She died on 13 January 1684/85.2
  • ' From 1620, her married name became Petre.
  • 'Children of Hon. Mary Browne and Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre
    • 1.John Petre, 5th Baron Petre d. Jan 1684
    • 2.Mary Petre+ d. 1672
    • 3.Thomas Petre, 6th Baron Petre+ d. 4 Jan 1705/6
    • 4.William Petre, 4th Baron Petrie+ d. 5 Jan 1683
  • Citations
  • 1.[S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 79. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
  • 2.[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume X, page 507. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
  • From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p6087.htm#i60870
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  • Anthony-Maria Browne (1574–1629) was an English peer during the Tudor and Stuart period.
  • He was born in 1574, the son of Anthony Browne (22 July 1552 – 29 June 1592),[1] eldest son of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu, and Mary Dormer. He became the Second Viscount Montagu at the age of 18 on the death of his grandfather in 1592,[2] from whom he inherited an estate worth between £3600 and £5400 per annum.[3]
  • In 1591 Browne married Jane Sackville, daughter of Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset, and by her had issue:[4]
    • Francis Browne (died young).
    • Anthony Browne (died young).
    • Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montague, who married Elizabeth Somerset, the daughter of Henry Somerset, 1st Marquess of Worcester.
    • Mary Browne, who married firstly, William Paulet (d.1621), Lord St. John, eldest son of William Paulet, 4th Marquess of Winchester, and secondly, William Arundell, esquire, of Horningsham, Wiltshire, second son of Thomas Arundell, 1st Baron Arundell of Wardour, and Mary Wriothesley, the daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southampton, by Mary Browne, daughter of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague.
    • Catherine Browne, who married William Tyrwhit.
    • ' Mary Browne (d. January 1685), who married Robert Petre, 3rd Baron Petre (d. October 1638).
    • Frances Browne, who married John Blomer.
    • Anne Browne, who became a nun.
    • Lucy Browne, who became a nun.
  • Anthony-Maria Browne was arrested in connection with the Gunpowder Plot and spent about a year in the Tower of London.
  • He wrote a book on how to manage a nobleman's household entitled "A Booke of Orders and Rules".[5]
  • He died on 23 October 1629 and is buried in Midhurst Church.
  • Footnotes
    • 1.^ Richardson, Douglas, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd ed., vol. III, pp. 228-9.
    • 2.^ Cockayne,G.E. Complete Peerage Reprinted Gloucester 2000 Vol.IX p.100
    • 3.^ Elzinga 2004; Scott 1854, p. 173.
    • 4.^ Questier 2006, p. 522; Richardson I 2011, p. 45; Scott 1854, p. 173.
    • 5.^ Scott 1854, p. 173.
  • References
    • Elzinga, J.G. (2004). Browne, Anthony, first Viscount Montagu (1528–1592). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Retrieved 8 December 2012. (subscription required)
    • Questier, Michael C. (2006). Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
    • Richardson, Douglas (2011). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, ed. Kimball G. Everingham. I (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. ISBN 1449966373
    • Scott, Sibbald David, ed. (1854). "A Booke of Orders and Rules of Anthony Viscount Montague in 1595". Sussex Archaeological Collections (London: John Russell Smith) VII: 173-212. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  • From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony-Maria_Browne,_2nd_Viscount_Mon...
  • _____________________ THIS INFORMATION SEEMS TO HAVE COMBINED THE TWO SISTERS OF THE SAME NAME
  • 'Mary BROWNE (B. Petre of Writtle)
  • 'Born: ABT 1602
  • 'Died: 1685
  • Father: Anthony Maria BROWNE (2º V. Montague)
  • Mother: Jane SACKVILLE (V. Montagu)
  • Married 1: William PAULET (E. Wiltshire)
  • 'Married 2: Robert PETRE (3º B. Petre of Writtle) 1620
  • Children:
    • 1. William PETRE (4º B. Petre of Writtle)
    • 2. John PETRE (5º B. Petre of Writtle)
    • 3. Thomas PETRE (6º B. Petre of Writtle)
    • 4. Mary PETRE
  • Married 3: William ARUNDELL (son of Thomas Arundell, B. Wardour)
  • From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/BROWNE1.htm#Mary BROWNE (B. Petre of Writtle)
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