Sir Anthony Browne, Knight

Male 1443 - 1506  (63 years)


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  • Name Anthony Browne 
    Title Sir 
    Suffix Knight 
    Birth 29 Jun 1443  Betchworth Castle, Brockham, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Nov 1506  Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Person ID I43446  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2015 

    Family Lucy Neville,   b. 0___ 1468, (Yorkshire) England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Mar 1534, (England) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 66 years) 
    Marriage Aft 1497  (England) Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Children 
     1. Lady Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester,   b. 1502, Bechworth, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1565, (England) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    Family ID F15764  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 29 Jun 1443 - Betchworth Castle, Brockham, Surrey, England Link to Google Earth
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    Link to Google MapsDeath - 17 Nov 1506 - Calais, France Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Sir Anthony Browne (29 June 1443[1] – c. 17 November 1506) was the son of Sir Thomas Browne and Eleanor FitzAlan. He served as standard-bearer to Henry VII, and Lieutenant of Calais.

      Anthony Browne, born at Betchworth Castle,[1] was a younger son of Sir Thomas Browne and Eleanor Arundel, daughter of Sir Thomas Arundel, third son of John de Arundel, 2nd Baron Arundel (d. 14 August 1390), and Elizabeth le Despenser (d. 10 or 11 April 1408). He was a younger brother of Sir George Browne.[2][3]

      During the reign of Henry VII, he was Standard Bearer of England,[4] Governor of Queenborough Castle, and Constable of Calais.

      He died at Calais.

      Wife's political activity

      His second wife, Lucy, was an unswerving supporter of the House of York and in the reign of Henry VII was noted as one who "loves not the King" and was actively promoting the rival claim of her cousin Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk.[5] This, combined with her husband's possession of a crucial fortress, was a constant worry to supporters of Henry VII: John Flamanck's report of a secret conversation between several officials in Calais in 1504, on the likely sequel if the King should die, referred to the risk that she would seize Calais and hold it in Suffolk's name.[6] The heavy fine imposed on her in 1507, although the pretext was her late husband's neglect of duty, was very likely a warning by the Crown not to meddle in politics.[7] She appears to have heeded the warning and lived peacefully until 1534.

      Marriages and issue[

      Sir Anthony Browne married firstly Eleanor Ughtred, daughter of Sir Robert Ughtred (c.1428-c.1487)[8][9] of Kexby, North Yorkshire, and Katherine Eure, daughter of Sir William Eure, by whom he had an only daughter, Anne Browne, who married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk.[10][9]

      He married secondly Lucy Neville, widow of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam of Aldwark, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, and daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu, and Isabel Ingaldesthorpe, by whom he had two sons and two daughters:[11][4]

      Sir Anthony Browne (1500-1548); a courtier to Henry VIII.
      Henry Browne.
      Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester, who married, as his second wife, Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester.[12] She was the principal witness against Anne Boleyn, and there were rumours that she had been a mistress of Henry VIII.[13]
      Lucy Browne, who married firstly John Cutts, and secondly Thomas Clifford. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S7337] "Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (c. 1496 - 26 November 1549)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Some.

    2. [S7344] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Browne_(died_1506).

    3. [S7849] "Sir Anthony Browne (29 June 1443[1] - c. 17 November 1506)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Browne_(di.

    4. [S9148] "LUCY NEVILLE (1468-March 25, 1534)" biography, http://www.kateemersonhistoricals.com/TudorWomenN.htm, downloaded March.