Sir
Matthew
Browne
Born about in Beechworth, Surrey, England
Ancestors 
Son of George Browne
and Elizabeth (Paston) Browne
Husband of
Fredeswith (Guildford) Browne
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Browne, Henry Browne, Elizebeth (Browne) Oldbury, Richard Browne and Jane (Browne) Bray
Died
at about age 82
in England
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Nov 2012
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Biography
Sir Matthew Browne was born about 1475 to Sir George Browne of Beechworth Castle in Surrey. His father was executed for treason in 1483. His son was sheriff of Surrey in 1496, knighted, and living in 1530. He married Fridiswide, daughter of a prominent courtier Sir Richard Guildford KG. They had a son Henry (who predeceseased his father, but was father of Thomas, Matthew's successor) and two daughters, Jane (marr Sir Edward Bray) and Elizabeth (Catherine in some genealogies) (marr John Poyntz).
Sir Matthew inherited Beechworth (or Betchworth) Castle near Dorking, Surrey and died in 1557 (Will, Sir Matthew Browne of Dorking Surrey, PCC pr. 7/9/1557).
He was the 7xGreat grandson of King Edward I through his paternal grandmother.
Sources
- Browne Pedigree: “A history of the western division of the county of Sussex” vol 1 by James Dallaway p. 251 on Google Books
- Browne pedigree “A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain” 1836 vol 3 by John Burke pp 539-540 on Google Books
- "Historical and Genealogical Memoir of the Family of Poyntz” (1886) by Sir John Maclean pp. 131-2
- Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families (2004), Richardson, Douglas, edited by Kamball G. Everingham, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004), p. 785
- Richardson, Douglas: Plantagenet Ancestry, 2nd edn. (2011), 3 vols, Volume 1, page 412, BROWNE 15.
See also:
- Benolte, Thomas; Philipot, John; & Owen, George. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p 20.
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Categories: Bray, Visitations of Sussex, 1530 and 1633-4
'August 12th 1557 Sir Matthew Browne knight buried in the quier who died at Sir Edward Braye's place and was buried as aforesaid the Thursday before Assumption'