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Henry Browne 1502 – 1553 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1502

Birth Location: Mole Valley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: Dec 1553

Death Location: Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Father: Sir Betchworth

Mother: Elizabeth French

Spouse(s): Lady Shelley

Children(s): Henry Browne

Henry Browne was born in 1502 in Mole Valley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth and Elizabeth French. Henry Browne married Lady Katherine Shelley, and had children including Henry Illesworth Browne. Henry Browne passed away in 1553 in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Henry Browne was born in 1502 in Mole Valley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, the child of Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth and Elizabeth French.
  • Henry Browne married Lady Katherine Shelley, and had children including Henry Illesworth Browne.
  • Henry Browne passed away in 1553 in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Betchworth
1476 – 1557
Birth Location: Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
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Elizabeth French
1487 – 1567
Birth Location: Hemsted, Oxfordshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Lady Shelley
1511 – 1560
Birth Location: Maple Durham, Hampshire, England
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Children(s)

Henry Browne
1527 – 1596
Birth Location: Edwardstone, Suffolk, England
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Henry Browne's Ancestors

Self
Henry Browne
1502 – 1553
Birth Place: Mole Valley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Sir Matthew Browne of Betchworth
1476 – 1557
Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
Elizabeth French
1487 – 1567
Hemsted, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Henry Browne's Descendants

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Henry Browne (1502 – Dec 1553) m. Lady (Katherine) Shelley (1511 – 25 Dec 1560)
  1. 1. Henry (Illesworth) Browne (1527 – 27 Jan 1596) m. Agnes (Anne) Holton (1522 – 17 Dec 1590)
    1. 1. Ann Browne (1540 – 8 Sept. 1597) m. William (Sampson) Mason (28 Jul 1530 – unknown)
      1. 1. Thomas Mason (1555 – 15 Jun 1601) m. Elizabeth Grazebrook (1559 – abt 1644)
        1. 1. Lady (Ellin Ellen) Mason (26 Nov 1581 – 6 Dec 1642) m. John (Thomas Brinton of) Sedgeley (31 May 1562 – 12 May 1660)

Henry Browne's Timeline

2 Records

1502
1502
Birth of Henry Browne in Mole Valley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Mole Valley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
1553
Dec 1553
Age 51
Death of Henry Browne in Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1502
    Event Place: Mole Valley, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Dec 1553
    Event Place: Dorking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
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