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Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle 1502–1557 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1502

Birth Location: Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England

Death Date: 1557

Death Location: Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England

Father: Sir Betchworth

Mother: Lady Guildford

Spouse(s): Lady Shelley

Children(s): Henry Browne, Sir Sussex

Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle was born in 1502 in Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England, the child of Sir Matthew Browne Knight Of West Betchworth And Lady Fredeswith Guildford. Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle married Lady Katherine Shelley, and had children including Henry Browne, Sir Thomas Browne Mp Member Of Parliament Justice Of The Peace High Sheriff Of Surrey Sussex. Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle passed away in 1557 in Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England.

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Biography

  • Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle was born in 1502 in Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England, the child of Sir Matthew Browne Knight Of West Betchworth And Lady Fredeswith Guildford.
  • Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle married Lady Katherine Shelley, and had children including Henry Browne, Sir Thomas Browne Mp Member Of Parliament Justice Of The Peace High Sheriff Of Surrey Sussex.
  • Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle passed away in 1557 in Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sir Betchworth
1476–1557
Birth Location: Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
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Lady Guildford
1480–1550
Birth Location: Hemsted, Oxfordshire, England
LG

Spouses(s)

Lady Shelley
1511–1560
Birth Location: Maple Durham, Hampshire, England
LS

Children(s)

Henry Browne
1520–1596
Birth Location: Edwardstone, Babergh District, Suffolk, England
HB
Sir Sussex
1540–1597
Birth Location: Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
SS

Sir Castle's Ancestors

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Sir Castle
1502–1557
Birth Place: Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England
Parents
Sir Matthew Browne, Knight of West Betchworth
1476–1557
Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
Lady (Fredeswith) Guildford
1480–1550
Hemsted, Oxfordshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (George Browne, Knight of West Betchworth, Dorking and Southwark, Surrey, Sheriff of Kent, Burgess of Canterbury, steward of) Whitley
1439–1483
Beechworth, Surrey, England
Lady (Elizabeth Eleanor Paston (1st) Poynings)
1429–1488
Paston, North Norfolk District, Norfolk, England
Great-Grandparents
Sir VI
1402–1460
Lady Vaughn)
1418–1469
1378–1444
Agnes Berry
1380–1479
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir Browne
1370–1462
Lady Warren
1374–1414
Sir knight
1390–1431
Johanna Moyns
1405–
Clement land
–1419
Beatrice Somerton
–1409
Sir knight
1350–1433
Lady Gerbidge
1354–1429

Sir Castle's Descendants

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Sir (Henry Browne of Beechworth) Castle (1502–1557) m. Lady (Katherine) Shelley (1511–25 Dec 1560)
  1. 1. Henry Browne 1520–1596 m. Agnes Holton 1522–1590
    1. 1. Agnes Brown 1540–1562 m. William Mason 1530–1574
      1. 1. Dorothea Mason 1559–1646 m. John (Eustace) Rolfe 1562–1594 m. Dr (Robert Redmayne, Chancellor of) Norwich –1625
        1. 1. Capt (John Johannas Rolfe, cultivated marketable Tobacco, Sec. General, Member of council, 1st Virginia) assembly 1585–1622 m. Sarah (Hacker, 1st wife, traveled with him on ship "Sea Venture," 1 year in) Bermuda 1585–1610 m. Matoaka ('Rebecca' Pocahontas of) Powhatan 1595–1617 m. Jane Pierce 1559–1620
        2. 2. Henry Rolfe 1583–1643 m. Honour Parke 1593–1650
        3. 3. Henry Rolfe 1585–1643 m. Honour (Rolfe (1st cousin to) Henry) 1593–1650
        4. 4. Dorothy Rolfe 1595–
      2. 2. William Mason 1572–1615
    2. 2. Joane Browne 1553–1597
    3. 3. Margaret Browne 1540–1611
    4. 4. Anne Browne 1544–1629 m. Adam (Winthrope, wealthy landowning & merchant) family 1548–1623
      1. 1. Anne Winthrop 1585–1618 m. Thomas Fones 1573–1629
        1. 1. Elizabeth (Fones ( Feake), scandalised the Puritan society by marrying her husband's business) manager 1610–1673 m. Henry Winthrop 1607–1630 m. William Hallett 1616–1706 m. Lt (Robert Feake, Massachusetts Bay) Colony 1602–1662
      2. 2. John (Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Colony 1st Governor, slaveowner: wrote the 1st law legalizing slavery in North) America 1588–1649 m. Margaret (Tyndall, Puritan, 3rd) wife 1591–1647 m. Mary Forth –1615 m. Thomasine Clopton 1582–1616
        1. 1. Gov (John Winthrop Jr,) Esquire 1606–1676 m. Martha Fones 1613–1634
        2. 2. Deane Winthrop 1623–1704
        3. 3. Henry Winthrop 1607–1630 m. Elizabeth (Fones ( Feake), scandalised the Puritan society by marrying her husband's business) manager 1610–1673
        4. 4. Mary (Winthrop (Dudley) The Great) Immigration 1609–1643 m. Rev (Samuel Dudley, minister in Exeter from 1650 until) 1683 1608–1683
      3. 3. Lucy (Lucie Winthrop () Downing) 1601–1679
  2. 2. Sir (Thomas Browne, MP-Member of Parliament, Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff of Surrey &) Sussex 1540–1597 m. Mabel (fitz William, 1st) wife 1540–1575 m. Lady (Helen Ellen Harding, of Beachworth Castle) Surrey 1550–1575
    1. 1. Sir (Matthew Browne, Knight of) Bettsworth 1574–1603 m. Lady (Jane) Vincent 1575–1629
      1. 1. Col (Sir Henry Thomas Browne, immigrant arrived) 1643 1598–1662 m. Anne (Swann Fludde Flood immigrant arrived) 1637 1602–1668
        1. 1. Jane ((Mary per Find-A-Grave)) Browne 1638–1681 m. Lt (Col William of Four Mile Tree Browne Sr, House of Burgesses, Justice-1687, Sheriff, Militiaslaveowner (per) will) 1632–1705
      2. 2. Ambrose Browne 1589–1661
    2. 2. William (Wyllyam) Browne 1559–1605 m. Lady (Alice Harrison) Harryson 1565–1635
      1. 1. John Browne 1604–1684
      2. 2. Peter (Browne, Mayflower Compact signer, not a Leiden Separatist, ancestor of Patricia Priest (Griffin)) 1856-1895 1594–1633 m. Mary unknown –1632
        1. 1. Rebecca Brown 1633–1699
      3. 3. Richard Browne 1592–1661

Sir Castle's Timeline

2 Records

1502
1502
Birth of Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle in Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England
Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England
1557
1557
Age 55
Death of Sir Henry Browne of Beechworth Castle in Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1502
    Event Place: Betchworth Castle, Surrey, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1557
    Event Place: Bechworth Castle, Surrey, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Dorking, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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