Person Page - 1846

Birth     1340
Death     16 Sep 1398 (aged 57–58), Betchworth, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
Burial     St Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
     Sir Anthony Browne, father of Sir Robert Browne, father of Sir Thomas Browne of Betchworth Castle, near Dorking, Surrey matching with the descendants of the grandson, George as the heirs of Betchworth Castle with surviving burial records at Dorking, St Martin.
     The registers at Dorking begin from 1538.
     Birth year is approximate with evidence for the date of death originally suggested to confirm.
     Note: An attempt had been made to link the Browne family of Betchworth Castle with the Browne family of Stamford in Lincolnshire, a long way from Dorking and with a completely different coats of arms. The photos of the church at Stamford need to be removed. There are still memorials shown for the earlier Browne of Betchworth Castle shown at Stamford and Anthony has been detached from those.
Of the family and its coat of arms, Surrey County Council notes:
     "BROWNE of Betchworth Castle in Dorking, from 1447 to 1690. Baronet, Jul 7, 1627. Extinct 1690. Descended from Sir Anthony Browne, KB, from the time of Henry IV, whose grandson Sir Thomas Browne, Under Treasurer to Henry VI, (d.Jul 20, 1460), married Eleanor, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas Arundel, (d.1431), of Betchworth Castle. Sir Stephen Browne, Lord Mayor of London, 1438, was a younger son of Sir Anthony, from the time of Henry IV.
Arms: Sable three lions passant in bend Argent between two double cotises of the last.
Crest: A griffin head erased Or. *
As borne by Ambrose Browne of Betchworth Castle, Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, 1624-5. (Harl. Ms 1561, fo.11)
* Burke gives: Crest: An eagle displayed Vert. Motto: Suivez raison. (BGA)"
https://www.surreycc.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/36438/Surrey-Coats-of-Arms-A-H.pdf
Family Members
Spouse
     Lady Eleanor FitzAlan Browne 1350 – unknown
Children
     Sir Robert Browne 1371 – unknown
Created by: Jim Bradley
Added: Apr 28, 2025
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 282093383.³

1. [S00119] Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Edinburgh, 1977. Q 115345
2. [S01214] Harleian Society Publications Visitation series . 42:217
3. [S01212] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes 1836/38. 3:539
4. [S04114] Burke, Ashworth P., Burke's Family Records, reprint 1965 . 114.²

Birth     unknown
Death     Nov 1557
Burial     Saint Botolph's Churchyard, Shenley, Hertsmere Borough, Hertfordshire, England
Died testate with a will dated Nov. 17, 1557, which was proved Feb. 1, 1557/58.
Gravesite Details     Buried Nov. 25, 1557
Family Members
Parents
     Sir Anthony Browne I 1443–1506
     Lady Lucy Nevill Fitzwilliam 1466–1534
Spouse
     Sir Thomas Clifford unknown–1543
Siblings
     Katherine Browne Griggs 1481–1523
     Sir Anthony Browne 1500–1548
     Elizabeth Browne Somerset 1502–1565
Half Siblings
     Thomas FitzWilliam 1482–1513
     Sir William Fitzwilliam unknown–1543
Maintained by: (Gail) StorybehindtheStones
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Sep 4, 2014
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 135409560.³

1. [S00010] Burke, Sir Bernard, A Genealogical History of the dormant, abeyant, forfeited and extinct peerages of the British Empire, London, 1866. 178
2. [S00120] Dupont, Jacques and Saillot, Jacques, Cahiers de Saint Louis . 926.⁴