Thomas Browne Esq (abt. 1528 - 1567)

Born about 1528 in City of London, England [uncertain]

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Died May 1567 at about age 39 in Cold Norton, Essex, England [uncertain]

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Biography

In the Browne Pedigree in the Visitation of Essex in 1612 he was recorded as Thomas Browne of Flambarts Hall, Essex, son and heir of William Browne of Flambarts Hall.^[1] His mother was Thomasin, daughter of Sir Thomas Baldry, Alderman of London.^[2][3][4]

Thomas was recorded as the eldest son and heir in the will of his father William Browne Esq., of Flamberds in the parish of Norton, Essex, the will dated 1 October 1549 and proved 28 January 1550/1551.^[5]

Thomas Browne married Joane, daughter of Sir Gyles Allington, Knight, of Horseheath, Cambridgeshire. The Allington Pedigree in the Visitation of Cambridge 1575 noted that Joane Allington, daughter of Sir Giles Allington and Alice Midleton married first Thomas Browne and second Henry Myldmay.^[6] The Mildmay Pedigree in the Visitation of Essex in 1558 recorded that Henry the third son of Sir Walter Mildmay married Joanne daughter of Sir Giles Alington and widow of Thomas Browne.^[7]

The children of Thomas and Jane Browne were:

• [Sir] John Browne^[1][8]
• Thomas Browne^[8]
• William Browne^[8]
• Edward Browne^[8]
• Ann Browne^[8] (married Anthony Bridges)^[1]
• Ellen Browne^[8] (married George Fitche)^[1]

He died in May 1567.^[8][9]

Summary of the Will of Thomas Browne Esq, 1567

In his will was dated 02 May 1567 and proved 27 May 1567 he was recorded as Thomas Browne of Flamberdes in the parish of Colde Norton in the Countie of Essex esquire.^[8] His will was to be buried in the parish church of Colde Norton.

He made bequests including to:

• Jane his wife
• his sons Thomas, William and Edward
• his daughters Anne and Ellen
• the "childe or children that Jane my wife is nowe with childe"
• his sister Thomasyn Harrison of London
• Elizabeth Barnarde widow of the Parish of St Mary Abchurch of London
• William Gitto
• John his son and heir

All his children were under the age of 21.

His wife Jane was sole Executrix. The Overseers were Mr Thomas Daveie Esq., and Mr William Allington of Grey's Inn, Esq.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Visitations of Essex 1552-1636. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol XIII. Edited by Walter C Metcalfe 1878. Volume I. Browne Pedigree pp 164-165 Internet Archive.
2. ↑ Will of Sir Thomas Baldry, Alderman of London. 22 October 1534. PROB 11/25/227. The National Archives, Kew.
3. ↑ Plaintiff: William Browne. Defendant: Executors of Sir Thomas Baldry. Debts, including some of portion of plaintiff's wife, daughter to Sir T. Baldry. Date: 22/04/1509-28/01/1547. STAC 2/6 Folio 185-186. The National Archives, Kew Discovery.
4. ↑ Sutton, A F. London Mercers from Suffolk c 1200-1570: Benefactors, Pirates and Merchant Adventurers. Part II. Suffolk, Vol. XLII Part 2, 2010, pp 162-184 pdf.
5. ↑ Will of William Browne of Norton, Essex. 28 January 1551. PROB 11/34/32. The National Archives, Kew.
6. ↑ The Visitation of Cambridge 1575. J W Clay (Ed.). London, 1897. Allington Pedigree, p 16.
7. ↑ The Visitations of Essex 1552-1636. Publications of the Harleian Society. Vol XIII. Edited by Walter C Metcalfe 1878. Volume I. Mildmay Pedigree p 78.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7} Will of Thomas Browne of Cold Norton, Essex. 27 May 1567. PROB 11/49/162. The National Archives, Kew.
9. ↑ Benton, P. The History of Rochford Hundred. Vol. II, 1888, p 619 Google Books.

• William Browne Wikipedia.

• Saint-George, Henry, William Camden, John William Clay, College of Arms (Great Britain), and Harleian Society. The Visitation of Cambridge Made in a 1575 : Continued and Enlarged with the Visitation of the County Made by Henry St.-George, Richmond Herald, Marshall and Deputy to William Camden, Clarenceaux, in a 1619, with Many Other Descents Added Therto. London: [for the Harleian Society], 1897, p.16.

• Metcalfe, Walter C., Thomas Hawley, William Harvey, Robert Cooke, John Raven, George Owen, Henry Lilly, William Berry, and College of Arms (Great Britain). The Visitations of Essex by Hawley, 1552; Hervey, 1558; Cooke, 1570; Raven, 1612; and Owen and Lilly, 1634. To Which Are Added Miscellaneous Essex Pedigrees from Various Harleian Manuscripts: And an Appendix Containing Berry’s Essex Pedigrees. London: Mitchell and Hughes, 1878, pp.78,164. http://www.archive.org/details/visitationsofess02metc.