Christopher Browne

- Abt 1518

• Name	Christopher Browne  [1]
  Born	Stamford, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	He lived in Stamford and Tolethrope in Rutland County. His will was written in 1616 and proved in London on 15 February 1519. According to "Early Settlers of Watertown": This Christopher Browne was Sheriff of Rutlandshire, 8th and 16th Hen. VII. (1492 and 1500) and 1st Hen. VIII. (1509). He came over with Hen. VII., and assisted him against Richard III., for which good service King Hen. VIII., on the 6th day of July, in the 18th year of his reign, granted to his eldest son, Francis Browne, of counsel to Lady Margaret Beaufort (mother of Hen. VII.), Countess of Richmond and Derby, a patent, exempting him from holding the office of Sheriff or Escheater, and authorizing him to appear with his head covered in the presence of the King, his heirs, and successors, and of all great men, lords spiritual and temporal, and all other persons whomsoever of the kingdom. [Fuller's Hist. of the worthies of England.] That part of the arms, which appear in the 1st quarter, viz., per bend Argent and Sable, 3 mascles bendways counterchanged, and the crest, were, in 1480 (20th Edw. IV.), granted to this Christopher Browne. [See Blore's Rutland, p. 219, where the grant is set out at length.] In the 5th year of Hen. VII. (1569), a fine was levied between Christopher Browne and others, plaintiffs, against Thomas Burton and Margaret, his wife, deforcients of a moiety of the manor of Tolethorpe and tenements, with the appurtenances.
  Died	Abt 1518  [1]
  Person ID	I2403	Our Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	John Browne,   b. Abt 1410, Stamford, England ,   d. Between 1462 and 1470  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Agnes,   d. 1470
  Married	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F860	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Agnes?
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Christopher Browne,   b. Abt 1465, England ,   d. Abt 1537  (Age ~ 72 years)   2. Edmund Browne,   b. Stamford, England   3. Robert Browne,   b. England   4. Anne Browne,   b. England   5. George Browne,   b. England   6. Katherine Browne,   b. England   7. Agnes Browne,   b. England
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F854	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Grace Pinchbeck
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Francis Browne,   b. Tolethorpe, County Rutland, England
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F855	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Elizabeth
  Married	Y  [1]
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S291] Watertown, MA.