Anthony Browne (1552 - 1591)

Born 22 Jul 1552 in Cowdray, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Dormer) Gerard — married about 1572 in England

Descendants

Died 29 Jun 1591 at age 38 in Riverbank House, Cowdray Park, Easebourne, Sussex, England

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Biography

Anthony Browne, son and heir apparent of Anthony Browne, K.G., K.B., 1st Viscount Montague, and his first wife Jane Radcliffe,^[1] was born on or before 22 July 1552,^[2][3] (the date his mother died "in childbed") at Cowdray, Sussex.^[4] He may be the Anthony, son of Anthony, that was baptized 30 July 1553 in Easebourne, Sussex.^[5]

Many online trees and sources incorrectly attribute the title "1st Viscount Montagu" to the Anthony of this profile, however that title belonged to Anthony's father (also named Anthony). This Anthony Browne died five months before his father and was not named in his father's will;^[6] so he never inherited the title. His son Anthony inherited it on the death of his grandfather and was styled "2nd Viscount Montagu" in 1592.^[4]

Marriage and Children

Anthony married Mary Dormer, daughter of William Dormer,^[1] K.B., and his second wife, Dorothy Catesby.^[2][4] They had at least two sons and three daughters:

• Anthony Maria, 2nd Viscount Montagu,^[2] married Jane Sackville^[7] and had issue;^[1] he was born 1 February 1573/4 and died 23 October 1629; was heir to his grandfather in 1592^[4]
• John,^[2] married ____ Gifford and had issue^[1][7]
• possibly William: Richardson names only two sons, Anthony and John; however other sources name a third son, William Browne (d. 1637)^[8] who died without issue^[7]
• Dorothy, married first to Edmund Lee, Esq.,^[1][7] second to Robert Wolverstone, Gent., and third to William Ascue^[2]
• Jane, wife of Sir Francis Englefield^[1][2][7]
• Katherine,^[7] wife of ______ Throckmorton (according to Sussex Visitations and Richardson),^[1][2] but more likely wife of John Tregonwell of Milton Abbas^[8] as evidenced by her will (see the research notes on Katherine's profile

Death

According to Richardson and Cokayne, Anthony Browne died on 29 June 1592 at Riverbank House in Cowdray Park, Easebourne, Sussex,^[2] and was buried on 1 August 1592.^[4] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entry for his father gives the death year as 1592.^[9] However, his burial record gives the burial date as 1 August 1591 at Midhurst, Sussex. He is described in it as the "right worshipfull Sir Anthoney".^[10][11]

A death year of 1591 is confirmed by the deed of settlement by Anthony's father of 20 January 1592 (the date given in the West Sussex Record Office catalogue entry) for the intended marriage of his (the father's) grandson and heir apparent Anthony Browne, son and heir to his late son Anthony Browne.^[12] (Since Anthony's father died in October 1592, the 20 January 1592 date given in the catalogue entry for the settlement cannot be January 1592/3.)

Anthony's widow remarried first to Sir Edmund Uvedale, who died in 1606. She married third to Sir Thomas Gerard, as his third wife.^[2][4] Thomas died in 1621. She had no issue with either of these husbands.^[2] Mary died between 20 July 1637 and 23 November 1637. Her will requested her burial near her first husband, Anthony Browne, at Midhurst, Sussex.^[2]

Research Notes

Data in Unsourced Online Trees

In some family trees uploaded to Ancestry and elsewhere, Anthony Browne is named Hackaliah Anthony Browne. There appears to be no evidence for his ever having the name Hackaliah.

Some trees also give his birth/death location as "Beachworth, Sussex", but without sources.

This Anthony has also been described as Sheriff of Surrey and Kent in 1580, but there is no source found for that information.

Prefix "Sir"

The prefix Sir was removed from this profile. Although his burial record refers to him as Sir, the January 1592 deed of settlement entered into by his father for the marriage of his son, cited above, describes him as Esq. Douglas Richardson does not say he was a knight. Nor does the Browne pedigree in the Harleian Society edition of the Sussex Visitations.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Thomas Benolte, et al. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p. 84. Archive.org.
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. V. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, pp. 137-138, TEMPLE 16: Anthony Browne.
3. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., vol. III. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, pp. 228-229, NELSON 15. Google Books.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5} George Edward Cokayne and H.A. Doubleday, et. al, eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IX: Moels to Nuneham, 2nd ed. London, 1936, pp. 99-100. FamilySearch.
5. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, (FamilySearch: 19 September 2020), Entry for Anthoney Browen, 1553.
6. ↑ West Sussex Record Office, ref. SAS-BA/67, catalogue entry
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5} William Berry. County Genealogies: Pedigrees of the Families in the County of Sussex. London: Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, 1830, p. 254. Google Books
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Michael C. Questier. Catholicism and Community in Early Modern England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press., 2006, p. 521
9. ↑ J.G. Elzinga. "Browne, Anthony, first Viscount Montagu (1528–1592), nobleman and courtier" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep 2004. ODNB: his father.
10. ↑ Sussex Burials, transcribed by Sussex Family History Group, FindMyPast
11. ↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991". FamilySearch and linked image made available by West Sussex Record Office
12. ↑ West Sussex Record Office, ref. SAS-BA/65, catalogue entry, Deed of Settlement

• Wikipedia: Anthony Browne (1552–1592)
• "Burke’s Family Records (Indexed)", Burke, Ashworth P. Burke’s Family Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Clearfield Company (Genealogical Publishing Co.), 1994, Ancestry Sharing Link (free access); Ancestry Record 1860 #5547 ($).

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was rereviewed and updated/expanded or the Magna Carta Project on 1 August 2022 by Thiessen-117.

Anthony Browne appears in a trail that was identified and badged by the Magna Carta Project from Gateway Ancestors John Nelson and Margaret Nelson to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy in 2015. Other trails were later identified and badged from the Nelsons to surety barons John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod, Robert de Vere and John FitzRobert. All these trails were re-reviewed/updated/badged in July/August 2022.They can be viewed in the Magna Carta Trails section of John Nelson's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".