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Sheriff of Rutland. Sosa : 54,016. ( Sir Christopher* Browne II) Born February 9, 1482 - Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Deceased July 3, 1538 - Swan Hall, Hawkedon, Suffolk, England,aged 56 years old. Buried - Hawkedon, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England.
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NOTE: Many contradictions occur in this lineage as it is currently presented. A cursory search suggests that the main source of information for Christopher Browne is a will dated circa 1516 which references wife Agnes, son Christopher. If anyone has access to this will or a transcription of, please let a profile manager know or add the details to t...
He married Agnes Bedingfield, daughter of Sir Edmund Bedingfield and Margaret Scott, circa 1494. This is not true.The maiden name of his wife is unknown. The original misconception came from a book published in 1908 by William Richard Cutter, Genealogical and Personal Memoirs, Vol. 4. You can find the book on Google Books: . On page 2116 William Cu...
Christopher was Sheriff of Rutland 1492, 1500, 1509. He supported Edward IV against Warwick, and in 1480 was granted arms by that monarch, and later assisted Henry VII, fighting with him at Bosworth Field in 1485. Henry VII. granted to Christopher, the son of John and Agnes Brown, for his having assisted him against Richard III., the hundred of Lit...
Henry VII granted to Christopher, the son of John and Agnes Brown, for his having assisted him against Richard III, the hundred of Little Casterton, containing eight villages, viz. Little Casterton, Ryhall, Belmesthorpe, Essendine, Tinwell, Inthorpe, Tickencote, and Tolethorpe. For some similar reason, Henry VIII, as an especial mark of favour gran...
To the lordship of Tolethorpe, where Christopher first settled, succeeded Francis, Anthony, and Francis. Robert, the third son of Anthony, was founder of the sect of the Brownists, whose tenets were nearly the same with those of the ancient Donatists. He was presented to the rectory of Achurch, in Northamptonshire, by Lord Burghley, in 1592, before...
Pages 2585-2586 BROWNE formerly OF TOLETHORPE MANOR and STAMFORD Lineage – The Brownes were established in the County of Lincoln from early medieval times, and attained great prosperity in the wool trade. The first of whom definite record has been traced is John Browne, of Stamford, Co. Lincoln, b. ca. 1330, Alderman of Stamford (i.e. Chief Magistr...
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Jun 29, 2023 · About Christopher Browne, Esq., of Stamford & Tolethorpe. Christopher Browne was born about 1457 of Stamford, Lincolnshire, England / East Anglia and died 1516 in Norfolk, England. He was the son of John Browne (died before 1470) by his wife Agnes. Married. Grace Pinchbeck. about 1483 Agnes Bedingfield about 1483.
- Stamford
- Hawkedon, Suffolk, England, UK
- circa 1457
This is a list of sheriffs and high sheriffs of the English county of Rutland. The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown: there has been a Sheriff of Rutland since 1129. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have ...
Christopher7 Browne (Christopher6, Christopher5, John4, John3, John2, John1) was born in England, and died 1574 in Swan Hall, Hawkedon, Suffolk, England. He was the son of the Christopher Browne & his wife Anne who built Swan Hall, and whose will was proved in 1538, married. Anne.
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Sir Christopher Sheriff of Rutland Browne was born in the year 1454 in Stamford, South Kesteven District, Lincolnshire, England, son of Thomas Browne, Sheriff of Kent and Eleanore Fitzalan. He died on February 19, 1516 in Swan Hall, Hawkedon, Suffolk, England.
