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Descendant's report for Sir Anthony Browne, Courtier, of Cowdray Park, Sussex, son of Sir Anthony Browne and Lady Lucy Browne [Neville]

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Sir Anthony Browne was the son of Sir Anthony Browne and Lady Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and widow of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam.

In 1518 he was appointed surveyor and master of hunting for the Yorkshire castles and Lordships of Hatfield, Thorne, and Conisbrough. He was included in the embassy to hand over Tournai to Francois I and Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey, knighted him on 1 July 1522. In 1525 he was made lieutenant of the Isle of Man and in 1527 he became ambassador to France. In 1538 he received from Henry VIII, in recognition of his services the "house and suite of the late monastery of Battle" and in 1539 he was appointed Master of the Horse for life. He was made Knight of the Garter in 1540 and returned as knight of the shire for Surrey in 1539, 1542, 1545 and 1549.

Sir Anthony married twice. First, in 1528, to Alice, daughter of Sir John Gage by whom he had seven sons and three daughters. After Lady Browne died in 1540, he married Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare and they had two two who died young. Elizabeth was one of the great beauties of the Court, known as "the fair Geraldine".

Sir Anthony died on 6 May 1548 at Byfleet, Surrey, and his body was wrapped in lead and buried at Battle in a tomb with his first wife. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Anthony.


Generation No. 1
  1. Sir Anthony Browne, Courtier, of Cowdray Park, Sussex was the son of Sir Anthony Browne and Lady Lucy Browne [Neville]. He was born 1500; died 6th May 1548 at Byfleet, Surrey; buried after 6th May 1548 at St. Mary, Battle, Sussex
  He married (1) Alice Gage on c 1525. She was born c 1500, daughter of Rt. Hon. Sir John Gage and Philippa Guilford; died 31st Mar 1540. They had the following children:
2 iAnthony who was born 29th Nov 1528; died 19th Oct 1592 Surrey; buried 6th Dec 1592 Midhurst, Sussex
  iiWilliam who was born 1529 to 1540
  iiiHenry who was born 1529 to 1540
  ivFrancis who was born 1529 to 1540
  vThomas who was born 1529 to 1540
  viGeorge who was born 1529 to 1540
  viiHenry who was born 1529 to 1540
  viiiMary who was born 1529 to 1540
  ixLucy who was born 1529 to 1540
  xMabel who was born 1529 to 1540; died 25th Aug 1610
  He married (2) Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald on c 1545. She was born 1528, daughter of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare and Lady Elizabeth Grey; died Mar 1589/90; buried Mar 1589/90 at St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire. They had the following children:
  iEdward who was born 1545 to 1548
  iiThomas who was born 1545 to 1548
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu was the son of Sir Anthony Browne, Courtier, of Cowdray Park, Sussex and Alice Browne [Gage]. He was born 29th Nov 1528; 1st Viscount Montagu 2nd Sep 1554; died 19th Oct 1592 at West Horsley, Surrey; buried 6th Dec 1592 at Midhurst, Sussex
  He married (1) Lady Jane Radcliffe on c 1550. She was born 1531/32, daughter of Robert Radcliffe, 1st Earl of Sussex and Lady Margaret Stanley; died 22nd Jul 1552; buried 4th Aug 1552. They had the following children:
3 iHon. Anthony who was born 1551; died 29th Jun 1592
  iiHon. Mary who was born 22nd Jul 1552; died 1607
  He married (2) Lady Magdalen Dacre on 1556. She was born 1538, daughter of William Dacre, 3rd Lord Dacre of Gilsland and Lady Elizabeth Talbot; died 8th Apr 1608 at Battle, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iGeorge who was born c 1560
  iiSir Henry who was born c 1562; died 6th Feb 1628 Oxfordshire
  iiiThomas who was born c 1566
  ivPhilip who was born c 1568
  vWilliam who was born c 1570
  viElizabeth who was born c 1572; died 29th Sep 1623
  viiMabel who was born c 1574
  viiiJane who was born c 1576
   
Generation No. 3
  3. Hon. Anthony Browne was the son of Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu and Lady Jane Browne [Radcliffe]. He was born 1551; died 29th Jun 1592
  He married Mary Dormer on c 1570. She was born c 1550. They had the following children:
4 iAnthony Maria who was born 1st Feb 1573/74; died 23rd Oct 1629, aged 55 years
   
Generation No. 4
  4. Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu was the son of Hon. Anthony Browne and Mary Browne [Dormer]. He was born 1st Feb 1573/74; died 23rd Oct 1629, aged 55 years
  iCatherine who was born 1582 to 1610
  iiAnne who was born 1582 to 1610
  iiiLucy who was born 1582 to 1610
  ivMary who was born 1582 to 1610
  He married Jane Sackville on Feb 1591. She was born c 1572. They had the following children:
5 iFrancis who was born 2nd Jul 1610; died Oct 1682, aged 72 years
   
Generation No. 5
  5. Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu was the son of Anthony Maria Browne, 2nd Viscount Montagu and Jane Browne [Sackville]. He was born 2nd Jul 1610; died Oct 1682, aged 72 years
  He married Lady Elizabeth Somerset on 6th Jul 1637 at London. She was born c 1615. They had the following children:
6 iFrancis who was born 1638; died Apr 1708
7 iiHenry who was born c 1640; died 25th Jun 1717
  iiiHon. Elizabeth who was born c 1640
   
Generation No. 6
  6. Francis Browne, 4th Viscount Montagu was the son of Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu and Lady Elizabeth Browne [Somerset]. He was born 1638; died Apr 1708
  He married Lady Mary Herbert on c 1690. She was born c 1640, daughter of William Herbert, 1st Marquis of Powis and Lady Elizabeth Somerset; died 30th Oct 1744
   
  7. Henry Browne, 5th Viscount Montagu was the son of Francis Browne, 3rd Viscount Montagu and Lady Elizabeth Browne [Somerset]. He was born c 1640; died 25th Jun 1717
  He married Barbara Walsingham on 28th Mar 1676 at Great Chesterford, Essex. She was born c 1640; died 23rd Nov 1723. They had the following children:
  iBarbara who was born 1676 to 1695; died 1709
  iiCatherine who was born 1676 to 1695
  iiiAnne who was born 1676 to 1695
  ivHenrietta who was born 1676 to 1695
  vMary who was born 1676 to 1695
  viElizabeth who was born 1676 to 1695
  viiSir Anthony who was born 4th Jan 1685/86; christened 8th Jan 1686 St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London; died 23rd Apr 1767
   

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