Agnes (Unknown) Browne (abt. 1455 - bef. 1516)

Born about 1455 in Bedingfield, Suffolk, England

Wife of Christopher Browne — married about 1483 in England

Descendants

Died before 1516 before about age 61 in Hawkedon, Suffolk, England

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Biography

Agnes was not of the Bedingfield family. The original misconception came from a book published in 1908 by William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, Vol. 4. ^[1]

On page 2116 William Cutter wrote the following about Christopher Browne: "He married first, Grace Pinchbeck; second, Agnes -------, of Bedingfield, Norfolk; third, Elizabeth -------."

Note that he says Agnes is FROM Bedingfield (which is actually located in Suffolk), not that she is of the Bedingfield family. We do not know the family names for Agnes or Elizabeth.

Old Notes

While there is much speculation among genealogists as to Agnes Bedingfield's dates (born anywhere between 1450 and 1500), there does not seem to be any controversy about her marriage to Christopher Browne--^[2] and others--and their children.

Some genealogists have her father as Edmond Bedingfield, born about 1450, in Norfolk, England, and died October 15, 1496, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk, England. Edmond married Margaret Scott. These genealogies are in error.

Sources

1. ↑ Google Books: [1]
2. ↑ Savage's "Genealogical Dictionary..."