Sir Henry de Trafford1

M, #103051, d. circa 1288
FatherHenry de Trafford2 d. b 1272
ReferenceGAV21
Last Edited4 Dec 2025
     Sir Henry de Trafford died circa 1288.1
     GAV-21.

Reference:
Genealogics cites: [S01212] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes 1836/38. 4:248.1

Family

Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Sir Henry de Trafford unk - Abt 1288: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746179&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Henry de Trafford unk - Bef 1272: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746180&tree=LEO

Henry de Trafford1

M, #103052, d. before 1272
FatherRichard de Trafford2
ReferenceGAV22
Last Edited4 Dec 2025
     Henry de Trafford died before 1272.1
     GAV-22.

Reference:
Genealogics cites: [S01212] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes 1836/38. 4:248.1

Family

Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Henry de Trafford unk - Bef 1272: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746180&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Richard de Trafford: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746181&tree=LEO

Henry de Trafford of Trafford, co. Lancaster1

M, #103054, d. after 1200
FatherHenry fil Roberti2 d. c 1130
ReferenceGAV24
Last Edited4 Dec 2025
     Henry de Trafford of Trafford, co. Lancaster died after 1200.1
     GAV-24.

Reference:
Genealogics cites: [S01212] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes 1836/38. 4:248.1

Family

Child
  • Richard de Trafford1

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Henry de Trafford of Travvord unk - Aft 1200: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746182&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Henry fil Roberti unk - Abt 1130: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746183&tree=LEO

Henry fil Roberti1

M, #103055, d. circa 1130
FatherRobertus fil Radulph2 d. b 1135
ReferenceGAV25
Last Edited4 Dec 2025
     Henry fil Roberti died circa 1130.1
     GAV-25.

Reference:
Genealogics cites: [S01212] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes 1836/38. 4:248.1

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Henry fil Roberti unk - Abt 1130: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746183&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Robertus fil Radulph unk - Bef 1135: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746184&tree=LEO

Robertus fil Radulph1

M, #103056, d. before 1135
FatherRandolphus (?)2 d. c 1080
ReferenceGAV26
Last Edited4 Dec 2025
     Robertus fil Radulph died before 1135.1
     GAV-26.

Reference:
Genealogics cites: [S01212] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes 1836/38. 4:248.1

Family

Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Robertus fil Radulph unk - Bef 1135: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746184&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Randolphus unk - Abt 1080: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746185&tree=LEO

Randolphus (?)1

M, #103057, d. circa 1080
FatherRandolphus de Trafford2
ReferenceGAV27
Last Edited4 Dec 2025
     Randolphus (?) died circa 1080.1
     GAV-27.

Reference:
Genealogics cites: [S01212] Burke, John, A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, 4 volumes 1836/38. 4:247-8.1

Family

Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Randolphus unk - Abt 1080: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746185&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 4 December 2025. Randolphus de Trafford: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00746186&tree=LEO

Lady Eleanor FitzAlan1

F, #103059, b. 1350
Last Edited5 Dec 2025
     Lady Eleanor FitzAlan was buried at St. Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, co. Surrey, England;
From Find a Grave:
Lady Eleanor FitzAlan Browne
Birth     1350, Arundel, Arun District, West Sussex, England
Death     unknown, Betchworth, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
Burial     St Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
     The Browne of Betchworth Castle near Dorking, Surrey match with descendants who have burial records at Dorking, St Martin.
     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 Stamford, All Saints in Lincolnshire need to be removed.
     Birth year is approximate with evidence needed to confirm death year originally shown as 1376 with no source or citation.
     Eleanor had been linked to the father as Richard FitzAlan and Eleanor Plantagenet as memorials for reinternments at Chichester, noting a cenotaph memorial is stated to have existed at Lewis Priory where they were originally buried. The validity of those memorials is unknown. The portraits attached to the early FitzAlan family members are clearly from a later period. The memorial for Richard FitzAlan only showed two other daughters, noting he had an illegitimate daughter, Eleanor who married John de Bereford of Clapcot, Berkshire, Bickford, Stonythorpe and Wishaw, Warwickshire. As the original memorial for Eleanor gave no evidence to support the match to the parents above, they have been detached.
Family Members
Spouse
     Sir Anthony Browne 1340–1398
Children
     Sir Robert Browne 1371 – unknown
Created by: Jim Bradley
Added: Apr 28, 2025
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 282093607.1

Lady Eleanor FitzAlan died at Betchworth, Mole Valley District, co. Surrey, England.1 She was born in 1350 at Arundel, Arun District, West Sussex, England.1 She married Sir Anthony Browne KB, of Betchworth Castle before 1371.1,2

Family

Sir Anthony Browne KB, of Betchworth Castle b. 1340, d. 16 Sep 1398
Children

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/282093607/eleanor-browne: accessed December 5, 2025), memorial page for Lady Eleanor FitzAlan Browne (1350–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 282093607, citing St Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England; Maintained by Jim Bradley (contributor 50136276).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/282093383/anthony-browne: accessed December 5, 2025), memorial page for Sir Anthony Browne (1340–16 Sep 1398), Find a Grave Memorial ID 282093383, citing St Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England; Maintained by Jim Bradley (contributor 50136276).

Lady Margaret de Warenn1

F, #103060
Last Edited5 Dec 2025
     Lady Margaret de Warenn married Sir Robert Browne Knt., of Beechworth, co. Surrey, son of Sir Anthony Browne KB, of Betchworth Castle and Lady Eleanor FitzAlan.1,2

Lady Margaret de Warenn was buried at St. Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, co. Surrey, England.1
Lady Margaret de Warenn died at Betchworth, Mole Valley District, co. Surrey, England.1

Citations

  1. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/282092925/margaret-browne: accessed December 5, 2025), memorial page for Lady Margaret de Warren Browne (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 282092925, citing St Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England; Maintained by Jim Bradley (contributor 50136276).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/282044670/robert-browne: accessed December 5, 2025), memorial page for Sir Robert Browne (1371–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 282044670, citing St Martin Churchyard, Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England; Maintained by Jim Bradley (contributor 50136276).

Elizabeth Baldwin1

F, #103061, b. circa 1602
ChartsAncestors - John M. Jones, III
Last Edited5 Dec 2025
     Elizabeth Baldwin married Ariginail Browne.1,2

Elizabeth Baldwin died at Westmoreland Co., Virginia, USA.1 She was born circa 1602 at England.1
      ;
Per Early Colonial Settlers:
"is she the sister of Francis Baldwin?"1

Family

Ariginail Browne b. b 1598, d. a 1677
Children

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accessed 5 December 2025. Elizabeth Baldwin Abt 1602-unk: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I28139&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accessed 5 December 2025. Original Browne Bef 1598 - unk: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I29815&tree=Tree1
  3. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accessed 5 December 2025. John Browne Bef 1617 - 1655: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I23375&tree=Tree1

(?) Browne1

M, #103063, b. before 1642, d. before 1685
Last Edited5 Dec 2025
     (?) Browne was born before 1642.1 He married Margaret (?) before 1662 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.1

(?) Browne died before 1685 at Calvert Co., Maryland, USA.1

Family

Margaret (?)
Child

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accessed 5 December 2025. Unknown Browne Bef 1642 - Bef 1685: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I91873&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

William Browne1

M, #103064, b. before 1627, d. before 26 July 1666
FatherJohn Browne2 b. b 1617, d. b 22 Aug 1655
Last Edited5 Dec 2025
     William Browne married Margaret (?)
;
Per Early Colonial Settlers:
===I'm reading this as Margaret was the wife of William, not that there is a child named Margaret.
Thimbellby, Thimbellbee, John, 2nd Dec., 1659; 19th Dec., 1659.
To: The Roman Catholic Church, to John Brown, Margaret Brown, wife of William Brown, John Bryan's child., John Shertcliffe., his wife Anne and sons John and William Shertcliffe, and godson Robert Call, personalty.
To goddau. Mary Brown, all land in Md.
Exs.: Wm. Brown, John Shertcliffe.
Test: Jennet Frissell., Jean Giraugh. 1.80.
===
Contributed by: James Hughes

URL: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/00000 1/000066/html/am66p--17.html
URL title: Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1675-1677 Volume 66, Preface 17
Note:
Often, when land went back to his Lordship, it did so for want of heir.
(Kilty: Land-holder's Assistant, Page 173-177), as it could do and did do in
feudal England. In the Thimbleby case, Mary Browne became the substantial
owner of a hundred and fifty acres of Potomac River land, under the will of
John Thimbleby, one of the original grantees. Next, Mary married Thomas
Kertley. Next, she had a son, William. Then she died. Then William died.
The property came to William from his mother; it should have gone back to
his mother, since William died without issue (Coke on Littleton, Page 13). But
Mary, his mother, had died first and the fief was vacant. Thomas Kertley
wanted to be the new tenant. The Proprietary issued a mandamus to two
commissioners to determine who were the heirs of John Thimbleby and how
much the property was worth. By their inquisition, they found out the value
of the land and did not say who the heir was. The Provincial Court read and
heard the inquisition, and judged "that the One hundred & fifty acres of
la[nd] . . . is Escheated unto his Lordpp the Lord Proprietary for want of
heyre." But the escheat did not mean that the land stayed in the possession
of the Proprietary, for the tenant Kertley got a grant for it in his own name.
It was probably a petition from him that led to the mandamus, and he, as the
discoverer of the escheat, would be preferred if he then applied for a warrant
of resurvey (Kilty, Page 174). That he did so apply is shown in the St. Mary's
County rent roll (p. 25): "Honest Tom's Inheretance, surveyed . . . for
John Thimbelby and William Brown . . . and was after granted to Tho:
Kirtley." So Thomas Kertley obtained the land, in his own name (post,
Page.3,1

William Browne was born before 1627.1
William Browne died before 26 July 1666 at St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA; Date of probate.1
      ;
Per Early Colonial Settlers:
Broune, William, St. Mary's County, 27th Feb., 1665; 26th July, 1666.
To son John and dau. Mary in equal portions, all personal property; also to said Mary, personalty given her by her godfather, John Thimbleby.
Overseers: John Warren and Edward Clarke.
Test: Peter Roberts, George Shaw. 1.257.
===
Thimbellby, Thimbellbee, John, 2nd Dec., 1659; 19th Dec., 1659.
To: The Roman Catholic Church, to John Brown, Margaret Brown, wife of William Brown, John Bryan's child., John Shertcliffe., his wife Anne and sons John and William Shertcliffe, and godson Robert Call, personalty.
To goddau. Mary Brown, all land in Md.
Exs.: Wm. Brown, John Shertcliffe.
Test: Jennet Frissell., Jean Giraugh. 1.80.

===
Contributed by: James Hughes

URL:
URL title: Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1666-1670 Volume 57, Page 190
To the Rt Honoble the Leivtennt Genll Chancellor & Justices
John Hopkins yor honors petr in humility sheweth That whereas your peticoner att his arrivall in virga (being then a Servt was sold unto one WM HARDICH for the time of 5 yeares with wch said Hardich your peticoner served three yeares att the Expiracon of which said terme of three yeares the Said Hairdich sold your peticor to one WILLIAM BROWNE att Brittans bay late decd which sd Browne your peticoner served one yeare or thereabouts before the sd Browne his decease & one other yeare being the Remaynder of the said five yeares of servitude yor peticoner hath served to the Estate of the said Decedent Notwthstanding his true service according to the terme of yeares first menconed and Expired about the tenth day of November last past your peticoner is deprived and Denied by Edward Clke & John warren Oüseers to the sd Estate of the decd of his corne & cloathes due to him as aforesaid Your Peticonem therefore humbly Implore Order agt the Estate of Wm Browne deceased for his Corne & Clothes according to the act in tht case provided And your petr shall pray &c
Ordered tht Edward Clarke and John Warren be Summoned to shew Cause why they do not pay the petr his Come & clothes
Philip Calvert
===
Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1675 - 1677 ; Volume 66, Page 40 ; 13th of April 1675
Memorandum the Thirteenth day of April Anno 1675 his Lordpp sendeth forth his Writt of Mandamus the tenor whereof followeth in these words vizt Caecilius Absolute Lord & Proprietry of the Provinces of Maryland & Avalon Lord Baltemore &c to our Trusty & welbeloved Capt John Jordaine & John Warren gentt Greeting We Comãnd you that by the Oathe of Twelue good & Lawfull men of yor County of St Maryes by whom the truth of the matter may the better be knowne you diligently Inquire what lands & Tenemts John Thimbleby late of the same County Decd held of us in his Demesne as of ffee att the tyme of his death, & of what Mannor & by what services, & how much those lands or Tenemts are of value by the yeare in all Issues, & att what tyme the said John Thimbleby dyed, & who is his next heyre, & of what age the heyre is, & who those lands or Tenemts from the tyme of the death of the said Jno Thimbleby haue or doe Occupy, & ye Issues & profitts thereof haue or doe Receive, & by what title, & how, & in what manner, & the Inquiscon thereof distinctly & openly made to us in our Chancery under yor hands & Sea!es & the hands & Seales of them by whom itt sha!be made without delay you send & this writt wittnes our selfe att our Citty of St Maryes the 13th day of Aprill in the 43th ycare of our Dominion &c Annoq Dm 1675
Charles Calvert
On the backside of the aforegoing writt was written vizt
he Returne of this writt Appeares by the Schedule thereunto annexed
Jno Jourdaine
the marke of Comissionrs
Jno Warren
Maryland ss
An Inquisicon Indented taken upon the 8th day of Novembr in the 44th yeare of ye Dominion of Caecilius Absolute Lord & Proprietry of the Provinces of Maryland & Avalon Lord Baron of Baltemore c Annoq Dm 1675 att the house of Thomas Kertley scituate neer Brittane Bay in the County of St Maryes in the Province of Maryland by vertue of a Comission in the nature of a Mandamus Issued out of his LordPPs High Court of Chancery to us John Jourdaine & John Warren genti directed by the Oathes of Twelue good & lawfull men of St Maryes County to Enquire what lands & Tenemts John Thimbleby late of the same County Decd held in his Demesne as of ffee att the tyme of his death, & of what Mannor & by what services, & how much those lands or Tenemts are of value by the yeare in all Issues, & att what tyme the said Jno Thimbleby dyed, & who is the next heyre, & of what age the heyre is, & who the sd lands or Tenemts from the tyme of the death of the said Jno Thimbleby haue or doe [possess] & the Issues or profitts thereof have or doe Receive, & by what title, & how, & in what manner We doe by the Oaths of Peter Mills, John Davis, Robert Thomas, Jno Medley, Robert Cooper, Jno Herd, Geo. Medley, Wm Medley, Henry Taylor, Richard Gary, Wm Cole & James Greenwell who being all duely sworne say as followeth.
That the Right Honble the Lord Province did by his Patent underthe great Seale of the said Province beareing date the 28th day of January in the yeare of our Lord God 1649 Giue Grant & Enfeoffe unto John Thimbleby & Wm Browne their heyres & Assigns All that pcell of land lying on the North side of Potomoke River bounding on the West with a Cove of the said River called Pickocomico Creeke, on the South with the land then in the possession of Jno Medley, upon the North with the land then in the possession of Jno Sherclife, on the East with a line drawne North from a marked tree standing East from the head of Medleys branch One hundred & Seaventy pches untill itt fall into the land then in the possession of the said Jno Shercliffe Conteyning & then laid out for One hundred & fifty acres more or lesse with all the Appurtennces to the same belonging To haue & to hold the same lands & prmisses unto them the said John Thimbleby & Wm Browne their heyres & Assignes for euer To be holden of the Mannor of West St Marys in free & comon Soccage by fealty only for all manner of services Yeilding & paying therefore yearely to his Lordpp three shillings sterl or one bushell & halfe of good Corne att the Nativity of our Lord By vertue of which Graunt or Patent the said Jurors doe upon their Oaths say that the said John Thimbleby & Wm Browne became Seized & possessed of the prmisses, & being so Seized & possessed of the said prmisses the said Wm Browne did by writing under his hand & under the hand of Margarett Browne his wife dated the tenth day of Novemb' but in what yeare they cannot say noe yeare being menconed Indorsed on the backside of the said Patent Assigne all his Right & Interest of & into the prmisses to the said John Thimbleby his heyres & Assignes forever, & did warrant the said land unto the said John Thimbleby from all just Claymes in Lawe whatsoever wth the Consent of his said wife Margarett Browne as by the said Patent & Assignmt thereof to us now pduced may more att large Appeare, & being so Seized & possessed of the lands & prmisses he the said Jno Thimbleby made his last Will & Testamt in writing dated the second day of Decembr 1659 & therein & thereby amongst other things did Devise & Bequeath unto Mary Brown his God Daughter all his land & houseing that he had or was possesed of within the said Province & not longe after to witt about Seaventeene yeares since the said John Thimbleby dyed without any Issue of his body Lawfully begotten or any heyres that the Jurors know of And the said Jurors doe upon their Oaths further say That after the Decease of the said John Thimbleby the said Wm Browne that had the Guardianshipp of her the said Mary dureing the Minority of her the said Mary did enter unto & became Seized & possessed of the said lands & prmisses & held the same & received the profitts thereof until about the last day of ffebruary Annoq Dni 1665 about which tyme the said Wm Browne dyed haveing left W John Warren & Mr Edward Clarke in his last Will & Testament Guardians of her the said Mary Browne, & the said Mr Jno Warren & M' Edward Clarke by vertue thereof did Enter into & became possessed & Seized of the said lands & prmisses Received the proffits thereof untill such tyme as she the said Mary Intermarryed with Thomas Kertley, & they the said Thomas & Mary in Right of her the said Mary held & enjoye the prmisses & Receiued the profitts thereof untill the tyme of the death of the said Mary who dyed about Eight Months since leaving Issue behinde her of her body lawfully begotten by the said Thomas one Wm Kertley an Infant under age her Sonn & heyre & after the death of the said Mary the said Tho: Kertley Enterred into the lands & prmisses & Received the pfi[tts] thereof untill about the last day of Septembr last past about which tyme the said Wm Kertley Sonn & heyre of the said Mary dyed also to whom the said Thomas was ffather & Guardian by Vertue of which he held & Enjoyed the lands & prmisses aforesaid after the death of the said Mary And the said Jurors doe say that the said Lands & prmisses are now in the possesion of the said Thomas Kertley, And that the said Lands & ptmisses as the same are now Improued are worth foure hundred pounds of Tobacco p Annum over & aboue the said Rent Reserved his Lordpp & that of any other lands or Tenemts besides the aforementioned the said Jurors say that they never knew any the said Thimbleby ever had In Testimony whereof aswell the said Cothissionhs as the Jurors aforesaid hereunto putt their hands & Seales the day & yeare first above written.
J n° Jourdaine Seald •
Comission
J n° w Warren Sealed

the marke of the marke of
George * Medley(sealed)
Peter P Mills (sealed) the marke of
Jno Davis (seald) wm + Medley(sealed)

the marke of
Henry Taylor(Sealed)
Robt Thomas(seald) Richard Gary (Sealed)
Jno Medley(seald)t he marke of

the marke of
WmCole (seald)
Robert X Cooper (Sealed) the marke of
John Herd(sealed)
James Greenwell (Sealed)
Which being Read & heard att a Provincll Court held att the Citty of St Maryes the 16th day of Novembt in the 44th yeare of the Dominion of Caecilius &c Annoq Dni 1675 Itt is the Judgmt of the Court here that the One hundred & fifty acres of la[nd] in the Inquisicon mencofled lying on the North of Potomacke River bounding on the West with a Creeke of the said River called Pikeocomoco Creeke on the South of the land late in the possession of John Medley on the North with the land late of John Shercliffe on the East with a line drawne North from a marked tree standing East from the head of Medleys branch One hundred & Seaventy pches untill itt fall into land late in the possession of Jno Shercliffe is Escheated unto his Lordpp the Lord Proprietary for want of heyre.

===
St. Mary's County Circuit Court
Land Surveys and Condominium Plats

Thimblebie, 150 Acres; Certificate
Developer/Owner: Thimbleby, John and William Brown 1649 Patent Record 2, Page 606 0 0 MSA S 1598-3614
Thimblebie, 150 Acres; Certificate
Developer/Owner: Thimbleby, John and William Brown 1649 Patent Record AB and H, Page 38 0 0 MSA S 1598-3615
Brownes Woodhouse, 50 Acres; Certificate
Developer/Owner: Brown, William 1658 Patent Record Q, Page 215 0 0 MSA S 1598-565
===
Menard's St. Mary's County, Maryland Tract Map (3), 1704 Rent Roll 7, 24-41 [Russell R. Mernard May 1973,]
Newtown Hundred
18. Honest Tom's Inheritance - 150 acres surveyed 1649 for William Brown & John Thimbleby
46. Brown Woodhouse - 50 acres surveyed 1657 for William Browne
===
Honest Tom’s Inheritance. -New Town Hundred 150. 0.3.0. Surveyed Jan 28, 1649 for John Thimbelby & Wm Brown. Brown released his half to Thimbelby, who died without heir, whereby the same became escheat, and was after granted to Tho Kirtly. Possessor:Provis Burrell.
Refs:Saint Mary's Co.Rent Rolls 1639- 1771, copyright 1993 T.L.C. Genealogy.1

Family

Margaret (?) b. b 1631, d. bt 1659 - 1666
Child

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accessed 5 December 2025. William Browne Bef 1627 - 1666: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3274&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accessed 5 December 2025. John Browne Bef 1617 - 1655: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I23375&tree=Tree1
  3. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accessed 5 December 2025. Margaret MNU Browne Bef 1631 - 1666: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I13055&tree=Tree1

Margaret (?)1

F, #103065, b. before 1631, d. between 1659 and 1666
Last Edited5 Dec 2025
     Margaret (?) married William Browne, son of John Browne,
;
Per Early Colonial Settlers:
===I'm reading this as Margaret was the wife of William, not that there is a child named Margaret.
Thimbellby, Thimbellbee, John, 2nd Dec., 1659; 19th Dec., 1659.
To: The Roman Catholic Church, to John Brown, Margaret Brown, wife of William Brown, John Bryan's child., John Shertcliffe., his wife Anne and sons John and William Shertcliffe, and godson Robert Call, personalty.
To goddau. Mary Brown, all land in Md.
Exs.: Wm. Brown, John Shertcliffe.
Test: Jennet Frissell., Jean Giraugh. 1.80.
===
Contributed by: James Hughes

URL: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/00000 1/000066/html/am66p--17.html
URL title: Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1675-1677 Volume 66, Preface 17
Note:
Often, when land went back to his Lordship, it did so for want of heir.
(Kilty: Land-holder's Assistant, Page 173-177), as it could do and did do in
feudal England. In the Thimbleby case, Mary Browne became the substantial
owner of a hundred and fifty acres of Potomac River land, under the will of
John Thimbleby, one of the original grantees. Next, Mary married Thomas
Kertley. Next, she had a son, William. Then she died. Then William died.
The property came to William from his mother; it should have gone back to
his mother, since William died without issue (Coke on Littleton, Page 13). But
Mary, his mother, had died first and the fief was vacant. Thomas Kertley
wanted to be the new tenant. The Proprietary issued a mandamus to two
commissioners to determine who were the heirs of John Thimbleby and how
much the property was worth. By their inquisition, they found out the value
of the land and did not say who the heir was. The Provincial Court read and
heard the inquisition, and judged "that the One hundred & fifty acres of
la[nd] . . . is Escheated unto his Lordpp the Lord Proprietary for want of
heyre." But the escheat did not mean that the land stayed in the possession
of the Proprietary, for the tenant Kertley got a grant for it in his own name.
It was probably a petition from him that led to the mandamus, and he, as the
discoverer of the escheat, would be preferred if he then applied for a warrant
of resurvey (Kilty, Page 174). That he did so apply is shown in the St. Mary's
County rent roll (p. 25): "Honest Tom's Inheretance, surveyed . . . for
John Thimbelby and William Brown . . . and was after granted to Tho:
Kirtley." So Thomas Kertley obtained the land, in his own name (post,
Page.1,2

Margaret (?) was born before 1631.1
Margaret (?) died between 1659 and 1666 at St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA.1
      ;
Per Early Colonial Settlers:
Broune, William, St. Mary's County, 27th Feb., 1665; 26th July, 1666.
To son John and dau. Mary in equal portions, all personal property; also to said Mary, personal.1

Family

William Browne b. b 1627, d. b 26 Jul 1666
Child

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accessed 5 December 2025. Margaret MNU Browne Bef 1631 - 1666: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I13055&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.
  2. [S3744] Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck, online http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/, Accessed 5 December 2025. William Browne Bef 1627 - 1666: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I3274&tree=Tree1

John Browne1

M, #103066, b. before 1617, d. before 22 August 1655
FatherAriginail Browne1 b. b 1598, d. a 1677
MotherElizabeth Baldwin1 b. c 1602
Last Edited5 Dec 2025
     John Browne was born before 1617 at England.1
John Browne died before 22 August 1655 at St. Mary's Co., Maryland, USA; Date of probate.1
      ;
Per Early Colonial Settlers:
1653-1657 Westmoreland County, Virginia Deeds-Wills; [Beverley Fleet];
pp 56-57. Trust Agreement. 10 June 1656.
Thomas Wilsford of Westmoreland Co to Mr Job Chandler of Maryland, Esgr., for benefit of Mrs Margaret Wilsford.
That Tho Wilsford "hath lately taken to wife Margaret the relict widow of Mr John Browne late of the Province of Maryland aforesaid deceased". Wilsford makes ever in trust to Chandler his plantation where he is now seated at Appomattaoke in Westmoreland Co. 378 acres. That if there be issue by the said Margaret the plantation to go to the issue by Wilsford's will. Also certain listed stook. Includes cows called old Tempest", "Young Tempest" and another sailed "Chance", etc, Also household stuff, etc. Mrs Margaret Wilsford referred to as "his now wife" indicating a former wife or wives. Wilsford to retain all property during natural life. Signed Thomas Wilsford. Wits John Hallowes. John Delahay his mke. Jane Delahay her marke. Aok and rec 20 June 1656. "Testibus Nobis Nathanael Pope Walter Brodhurst James Baldridge".
===
Title: Gardiner Descedants plus Hatton Family and Weire Family Histories
Author: Mary Louise Donnelly
Publication: by the author, 2004
===
James Hughes 2006-01-14 19:12:42
Supplement to Early Settlers Query

Brown, John
AB&H:429 Film No.:
Late of St. Mary's County, dead by August 22, 1655, when Margaret Brown gave letters of administration on his estate to John Nevill
Transcript. 2:458
MSA SC 4341-
===
Contributed by: James Hughes

URL: http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/megafile/msa/speccol/sc2900/sc2908/00000 1/000041/html/am41--214.html
URL title: Proceedings of the Provincial Court, 1658-1662 Volume 41, Page 214
Robert Morris of Ratcliffe Mariner is ready to make oath tht in June 1653 or thereabouts Samuel Tilghman master of the ship Goulden ffortune then att St Maries in Maryland, did receaue into the sd ship one hogshead of Tob, to bee deliuered in London shipped by Robert Kedger Lyuing in that place; wth a Charge to One JOHN BROWNE then being a Passenger in the sd ship, by the sd Robt Kedger to deliuer it to a ffreind of the sd Kedgers in Sowthwarke. Deliuering to the sd BROWNE his letter & Bill of Lading, wth order to the sd BROWNE to deliuer it wth the letter & Bill as abouesd, But in case hee could not find his friend, to dispose of it & giue him an Accompt. Allso the sd Robt Morris will depose That the sd BROWNE told him That he could not find the sd Kedgers ffreind, & therfore according to Order from the sd Kedger hee made sale of the hogshead in his sight, But what money BROWNE receiued therefore he is uncertaine. Allso the sd Robt Morris Two yeares after was questioned by a Seruant of the sd Kedgers about this busines, where in Virginia he made Oath to giue the sd Kedger satisfaction to what is abouesayd sett downe. And the sd Robt Morris doth likewise say & is ready to make oath That the hogshead was much Damnifyed when Browne sould it. To all wch peticulars I am ready to make Oath Rob. Morris
===
Contributed by: James Hughes

URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jhmjr&id=I38428
URL title: Maloney, Hendrick & Many Others
Gardiner Descendants Plus Hatton Family and Weire Family Histories, by Mary Louise Donnelly, 2004, Page 332: John Weire died intestate soon after his arrival in Virginia. His widow Margaret married secondly John Brown, a merchant, and they moved to St. Mary's County, Maryland, where John Brown died 8/22/1655. His widow Margaret Brown renounced administration of her husband's Maryland estate and returned to Virginia (MD Patent ABH-429).
===
St. Mary's County Circuit Court
Land Surveys and Condominium Plats

Thimblebie, 150 Acres; Certificate
Developer/Owner: Thimbleby, John and William Brown 1649 Patent Record 2, Page 606 0 0 MSA S 1598-3614
Thimblebie, 150 Acres; Certificate
Developer/Owner: Thimbleby, John and William Brown 1649 Patent Record AB and H, Page 38 0 0 MSA S 1598-3615.1

Family

Child

Citations

  1. [S3744] Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties, online <http://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/>, Accessed 5 December 2025. John Browne Bef 1617 - 1655: https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I23375&tree=Tree1. Hereinafter cited as Early Settlers of So Md and VA Northern Neck.

Lady Alice Swineshead1,2

F, #103067
FatherSir William Ros de Swineshead1,2,3
MotherLady Alice Beaufort2
ReferenceEDV18 GKJ17
Last Edited6 Dec 2025
     Lady Alice Swineshead died at London, City of London, Greater London, England.2
Lady Alice Swineshead was buried at Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England;
From Find a Grave:
Lady Alice Swineshead Browne
Birth     unknown, London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death     unknown, London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial     Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England
Daughter of Sir William Ros de Swineshead and Lady Alice Beaufort
Family Members
Spouse
     Sir John Browne unknown–1498
Children
     Robert Browne unknown–1506
Created by: TGPSRPHD
Added: Jul 2, 2022
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 241188397.2
She was born at London, City of London, Greater London, England.2 She married Sir John Browne of West Whetenham, son of John Browne of Oakham, Rutland,
; He had two wives.4,1,5
     Reference:
Genealogics cites:
1. [S04103] Burke, John Bernard, Burke's Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies London, 1838 . 89
2. [S04563] Jewitt, Llewellyn (ed), The Reliquary . 17:202.1

EDV-18 GKJ-17.

Family

Sir John Browne of West Whetenham b. c 1425, d. 1497
Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 5 December 2025. Alice Swineshead: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00698037&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/241188397/alice-browne: accessed December 6, 2025), memorial page for Lady Alice Swineshead Browne (unknown–unknown), Find a Grave Memorial ID 241188397, citing Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England; Maintained by TGPSRPHD (contributor 47699394).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  3. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 6 December 2025. William Swineshead: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00567972&tree=LEO
  4. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 5 December 2025. Sir John Browne, of West Whetenham Est 1425 - 1497: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00576998&tree=LEO
  5. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124511683/john-browne: accessed December 6, 2025), memorial page for Sir John Browne (unknown–1 Jan 1498), Find a Grave Memorial ID 124511683, citing Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).

Lady Anne Belwode1,2

F, #103069, d. 1503
Last Edited6 Dec 2025
     Lady Anne Belwode was born at Belton, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England.2 She married Sir John Browne of West Whetenham, son of John Browne of Oakham, Rutland,
; He had two wives.1,3,2
Lady Anne Belwode was buried in 1503 at Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England;
From Find a Grave:
Lady Anne Belwood Browne
Birth     unknown, Belton, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England
Death     1503, London, City of London, Greater London, England
Burial     Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England
     Likely a daughter of Thomas Bellwood of Belton who had a license dated July 30, 1417 at Sleaford in Lincolnshire to marry Elizabeth Sheffield of Butterwick to be solemnity at Butterwick Chapel (although the chapel is undedicated) by a suitable chaplain of his own choice.
Family Members
Spouse
     Sir John Browne unknown–1498
Children
     Sir William Browne unknown–1514
Maintained by: CMWJR
Originally Created by: Todd Whitesides
Added: Aug 6, 2015
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 150276707.2

Lady Anne Belwode died in 1503 at London, City of London, Greater London, England.2
     Lady Anne Belwode was also known as Anne Belwood.1

Family

Sir John Browne of West Whetenham b. c 1425, d. 1497
Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 5 December 2025. Anne Belwode (Belwood): https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00666548&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150276707/anne-browne: accessed December 6, 2025), memorial page for Lady Anne Belwood Browne (unknown–1503), Find a Grave Memorial ID 150276707, citing Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave.
  3. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124511683/john-browne: accessed December 6, 2025), memorial page for Sir John Browne (unknown–1 Jan 1498), Find a Grave Memorial ID 124511683, citing Church of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, London, City of London, Greater London, England; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).
  4. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 5 December 2025. Sir William Browne Est 1460 - 1514: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00527901&tree=LEO
  5. [S2374] Find a Grave, online http://www.findagrave.com/, Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135334726/william-browne: accessed December 6, 2025), memorial page for Sir William Browne (unknown–3 Jun 1514), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135334726, citing Mercers' Chapel Chapelyard, Cheap, City of London, Greater London, England; Maintained by CMWJR (contributor 50059520).

Sir Edmund Shaa1

M, #103071, b. circa 1435, d. 20 April 1488
FatherJohn Shaa of Dukinfield2,3,1
Last Edited6 Dec 2025
     Sir Edmund Shaa married Juliana (?)4,1
Sir Edmund Shaa was born circa 1435.1
Sir Edmund Shaa died on 20 April 1488.1
      ;
Per Genealogics:
Edmund Shaa was the son of John Shaa of Dukinfield, Cheshire, and is said to have been born in the district of Mottrain in Longendale, Cheshire.
     In 1450 Shaa was apprenticed to a London goldsmith, probably Robert Butler. He completed his apprenticeship in 1458, and in 1462 was appointed engraver to the Royal Mint at the Tower of London and Calais. He held the office for the next twenty years.
     In 1475 he was appointed Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor in 1482. Shaa lent money to Edward IV and is sometimes stated that Shaa's brother, Ralph Saa, preached against the legitimacy of Edward IV's marriage and that Saa (as mayor) offered the crown to Richard III. Saa is a character in William Shakespeare's play _Richard III._
     Sir Edmund Shaa died on 20 April 1488.1

Reference:
Genealogics cites:
1. [S02828] ~Biogr. details drawn from Wikipedia .
2. [S01775] Sellar, W. D. H., Oxford Dictionary of National Biography .
3. [S03945] Fettes, Ian, John Shaa Descendants 2015.
4. [S04743] Posting to Soc-Genealogy-Medieval news group, now part of Google Groups .1

Sir Edmund Shaa was also known as Sir Edmund Shaw.1 He was Sheriff of London in 1475 at London, City of London, Greater London, England.1

; Lord Mayor of London.1

Family

Juliana (?)
Child
  • Katherine Shaa1

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 6 December 2025. Sir Edmund Shaa (Shawe) Est 1435 - 1488: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00666544&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.
  2. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 6 December 2025. NN Shaa: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00747847&tree=LEO
  3. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 6 December 2025. John Shaa (Shaw), of Dukinfield: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00666546&tree=LEO
  4. [S1490] Genealogics Website, online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 6 December 2025. Julilana: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00666545&tree=LEO

Juliana Browne1

F, #103075, b. circa 1494, d. 27 September 1537
FatherSir William Browne Knt.1 b. c 1460, d. 5 Jun 1514
MotherKatherine Shaa1
Last Edited6 Dec 2025
     Juliana Browne was born circa 1494 at co. Middlesex, England.1 She married Sir John Mundy of Chekenden before 1500.1

Juliana Browne died on 27 September 1537.1
     Reference:
Genealogics cites: [S00120] Dupont, Jacques and Saillot, Jacques, Cahiers de Saint Louis . 966.1

Family

Sir John Mundy of Chekenden d. 15 Aug 1537
Child

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 6 December 2025. Juliana Browne Abt 1494 - 1537: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00008537&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.

William Brough of Brough1

M, #103079, d. 1506
Last Edited7 Dec 2025
     William Brough of Brough married Cicely Metcalfe of Nappa, daughter of Thomas Metcalfe of Nappa and Elizabeth Herlington.1

William Brough of Brough died in 1506.1
     Reference:
Genealogics cites:
1. [S02407] Foster, Joseph, Acclom of Moreby, The Visitation of Yorkshire 1584/5 by Robert Glover, printed 1875. 3
2. [S01214] Harleian Society Publications Visitation series . 16:26
3. [S03562] Ravilious, John, Sir Hugh Fitz Henry selected descendants 2013.1
William Brough of Brough was also known as William Borough of Brough.1

Family

Cicely Metcalfe of Nappa

Citations

  1. [S1490] Genealogics Website (oiginated by Leo van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes), online http://www.genealogics.org/index.php, Accessed 7 December 2025. William Borough (Burgh), of Brough unk - 1506: https://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00692582&tree=LEO. Hereinafter cited as Genealogics Website.