EIGHTEENTH GENERATION

172608. Sir Thomas BROWNE M.P.^{(596) (597)} was born about 1414 in Of Beechworth Castle, Surrey. ⁽⁵⁹⁸⁾ He was M.P. between 1439 and 1444 in Dover. ⁽⁵⁹⁹⁾ He was M.P. between 1445 and 1446 in Kent. ⁽⁶⁰⁰⁾ He was M.P. between 1449 and 1450 in Wallingford. ⁽⁶⁰¹⁾ He died on 29 Jul 1460 in Tyburn. ⁽⁶⁰²⁾

THOMAS BROWNE
BROWNE, Sir THOMAS (1414-60); of Tonford, Kent, and Betchworth, Surrey; of the Exchequer 1440-50, Under Treasurer 1447-9, lawyer.
M.P. Dover 1439-40; KENT 1445-6; present at the 1447 and 1449 (I) Parlts. as Under Treasurer; Wallingford 1449-50.
S. and h. of Robert Browne (bro. of Stephen Browne, M.P.) ; m. 1434 Eleanor da. and coh. of Thomas Fitzalan (third s. of Lord Maltravers), by whom he had seven sons of whom Sir George was M.P. Surrey. Eleanor survived and rem. Thomas Vaughan (q.v.) 1461.
Sworn to the peace in Kent, 1434; on a musters comn. there 1434; J.P., Kent, 1436 to 24 Dec. 1450; on Kent comns. in great number. The Exchequer issues record his expenses when sent to Sittingbourne in Jan. 1440, and he was King's servant when, "in consideration of his recent misfortune in Kent", he had licence to export uncustomed wool, 1440. Probably even then he was employed at the Exchequer, for from Apr. 1444 he had a £12 pension out of the Tweed fisheries and the post of Clerk of the Issues of the Exchequer. But be was sheriff, Kent, 1443-4, and pardoned as of Tonford, Kent, 1446; also held Barfreston by Sandwich by tenure of Castle guard at Dover. He was promoted Under Treasurer of Eng by Feb. 1447 with 8d. a day wage, and as such he was then sent to Bury "to make known there the state of the realm in the Parliament" held there, for which was paid 10s. a day expenses from 10 Feb. when he left London till 6 Mar. when he returned. He was further rewarded by being made steward of Middleton and Marden, Kent, Feb. 1447, and given a lease of Havering, Essex, at a rental of £86 a year, Aug. 1447 (of which rent £50 a year was remitted to him for life, Dec. 1448). As King's esquire he had licence to crenellate Tonford and Betchworth Surrey, Dec. 1448; and a yearly fair at Eythorne, Kent, July 1449. His superior, the Treasurer, was Marmeduke Lumley, bishop of Carlisle, and, when Saye replaced the bishop, Browne ceased to be Under Treasurer, July 1449. But on 20 Feb. 1450 he had £150 "reward" for his labour and expense, now at the Parliament held at Winchester (in which he sat) and at Easter 1449 ; and Parlt. exempted his £12 pension from the Tweed.
He was kntd. 1449/51 ; restored to the Kent bench 5 Apr. 1451, put on a multitude of Kent comns., but he appears no more at the Exchequer. His acquisition of Betchworth had placed him in Surrey also; J.P., Surrey, 20 July 1454 till death; pardoned by Yorkists, Nov. 1455, and again 20 Jan. 1458, as of Tonford, Kent, late of West Betchworth, alias late of London, cit. and grocer (m.27). It is this last alias in an obscure roll which links up the Earls of Montague and the Under Treasurer of England with a city origin. They made him sheriff of Kent, Nov. 1459. He was mustering men at Sandwich in Dec. All through the early months of 1460 he was the Duke of Exeter's right-hand man at Sandwich. When the Earls came from France, and when Kyriel, Scott, Horne, Fogge and Haute went over to the Yorkists, Browne remained faithful; he retired on London. Hampden, Clifton and Tyrell (qq.v.) were besieged in the Tower by the Yorkist Earls, but Browne and William Barton collected men and broke the blockade and got into the Tower, where the others were, 10 July 1460. When the Tower surrendered a fortnight later, Sir Thomas Browne and five others of the household of the Duke of Exeter were sentenced, and hanged, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, 29 July 1460.
He was married to Eleanor FITZALAN (DE ARUNDEL) in 1434. ⁽⁶⁰³⁾ On 10 Feb. 1434, Peter Fetiplace obtained a grant of the marriage of Thomas Browne, the King's ward, son and heir of Robert Browne.

172609. Eleanor FITZALAN (DE ARUNDEL) ^(604)(605) was born about 1428 in Of Bechworth, Surrey, England. She has Ancestral File number 9XTD-VX. Children were:

i. Anthony BROWNE Standard Bearer of England^{(606) (607)} was born in 1465 in Beechworth Castle, Surrey. He was christened about 1465 in Of Cowdray, Surrey. He was buried in 1548 in Calais St Nicholas Chapel. He died in 1548. He has Ancestral File number M56T-D4. He was appointed Governor of Queenborough Castle in Kent. ⁽⁶⁰⁸⁾ He was appointed Standard-bearer for the whole realm of England and elsewhere.⁽⁶⁰⁹⁾ He was created Knight in 1486.⁽⁶¹⁰⁾
ii. Katherine BROWNE^{(611) (612)} was born about 1435 in Bechworth, Surrey, Eng.. She has Ancestral File number 9XTD-W4.
iii. Thomas BROWNE^{(613) (614)} was born about 1437 in Bechworth, Surrey, Eng.. He has Ancestral File number 9XTD-X9.
86304 iv. Sir George BROWNE Knight.
v. Sir Robert BROWNE^{(615) (616)(617)} was born in Of Chilham, Kent, Eng.. He has Ancestral File number 9GVN-1V.
vi. William BROWNE^{(618) (619)} was born about 1441 in Bechworth, Surrey, Eng. He died Before 19 1506 Nov. He was christened in Of Cowdry, Surrey, England. He was buried in Calais St. Nicholas Chapel. He has Ancestral File number 9XTF-0L.
vii. Jane BROWNE^{(620) (621)} was born about 1445 in Bechworth, Surrey, Eng. She has Ancestral File number 9XTF-2X.