John Browne (abt. 1412 - 1462)

Born about 1412 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1462 at about age 50 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

Biography

There is some argument that he might have been born in Tolethorpe, Rutlandshire, England. No proof of this location is given.

Possibly contributed to the construction of All Saints' Church in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

From Burke’s Landed Gentry ^[1]

Pages 2585-2586

BROWNE formerly OF TOLETHORPE MANOR and STAMFORD

Lineage – The Brownes were established in the County of Lincoln from early medieval times, and attained great prosperity in the wool trade.

The first of whom definite record has been traced is John Browne, of Stamford, Co. Lincoln, b. ca. 1330, Alderman of Stamford (i.e. Chief Magistrate of the town, which had no Mayor until the time of Charles II), who purchased from Sir Thomas de Burton, Kt., the Manor of Tolethorpe, in the Parish of Little Casterton, Co. Rutland, which subsequently became the chief seat of the family; he had issue, a son,

John Browne, of Stamford, the father of

John Browne, of Stamford, Alderman 1414, 1422 and 1427, erected the Church of All Saints, Stamford, which still stands, one of the principal ornaments of the town, and in which he was buried. He d. 26 July, 1442, having had issue by his wife, Margery,

1. William, of Stamford, Alderman, 1435, 1444, 1449, 1460, 1466, 1470, Sheriff of Co. Rutland 1467, 1475, 1483, 1486, and probably of Co. Lincoln in 1478, built the steeple of All Saints Church an founded Browne’s Hospital in Stamford, and institution which is still flourishing, m. Margaret, dau. of John Stoke, of Warmington, and d. 1489, leaving issue, an only dau.

2. John Browne, of Stamford, Alderman in 1448, 1453, 1462; d. between 1462 and 1470, and was bur. In All Saints Church, having had, by his wife Agnes, with other issue, an elder son, Christopher Browne.

Buried

Date: 1470

Place: All Saints Church, Stamford, Lincolnshire, England^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Burke, Bernard, Burke's genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry: including American families with British ancestry, London: Burke's Peerage, 1939. xviii, 3058 p.: ill., coats of arms. Available at: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/2609793
2. ↑ Source: #S21 Data: Text: Ancestry.com. One World Tree (sm) [database online]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc.