Paternal Family Tree: Browne
In 1402 Thomas Browne was born at Betchworth Castle.
Around 1422 Thomas Browne [aged 20] and Eleanor Fitzalan were married.
Around 1433 [his son] William Browne was born to Thomas Browne [aged 31] and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan at Betchworth Castle.
In 1435 [his daughter] Catherine Browne was born to Thomas Browne [aged 33] and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan. She married in or before 1460 Humphrey Sackville and had issue.
Around 1435 [his son] John Browne was born to Thomas Browne [aged 33] and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan. He married in or before 1468 Anne Belwode and had issue.
In 1437 [his son] Thomas Browne was born to Thomas Browne [aged 35] and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan.
In 1440 [his son] George Browne was born to Thomas Browne [aged 38] and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan at Betchworth Castle. He married Elizabeth Paston and had issue.
On 29th June 1443 [his son] Anthony Browne was born to Thomas Browne [aged 41] and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan at Betchworth Castle. He married 1. Eleanor Ughtred, daughter of Robert Ughtred 5th Baron Ughtred and Catherine Eure Baroness Ughtred, and had issue 2. after 1492 his fourth cousin Lucy Neville, daughter of John Neville 1st Marquess Montagu and Isabel Ingaldsthorpe, and had issue.
Around 1450 Thomas Browne [aged 48] was appointed Lord Treasurer.
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Around 1450 [his son] Robert Browne was born to Thomas Browne [aged 48] and [his wife] Eleanor Fitzalan.
Around 1455 Thomas Browne [aged 53] was appointed Lord Chancellor.
A Brief Latin Chronicle. Meanwhile, with Lord Scales [aged 62] and many others guarding the Tower of London, after cannon shots were fired at the besiegers outside the Tower and sailors on the Thames, many were killed. Eventually, after the Tower was surrendered to Sir John Wenlock [aged 59], who was besieging it, Lord Scales, on the night of Saint Margaret1, attempting to escape by boat from those lying in wait for him, was captured and killed. And shortly thereafter, Sir Thomas Browne [aged 57] along with five others, who were condemned for extortion, robbery, and treason, were beheaded at Tyburn.
Note 1. The Feast of Saint Margaret the Virgin i.e. 20th July.
Interim, domino Scales cum multis aliis Turrim London. servante, factis jacturis gunnorum in extra existentes obsessores Turris et nautas in Tamesi, multi interfecti sunt. Tandem, reddita Turre predicta Johanni Wenloc militi obsidenti eam, dominus Scales in nocte Sancte Margarete volens in cimba evadere ab insidiantibus sibi, captus et interfectus est. Et infra breve Thomas Browne miles cum aliis quinque qui super extorcione rapinis et prodicione damnati sunt apud Tyburne decapitati sunt.
In or before 1460 [his son-in-law] Humphrey Sackville and [his daughter] Catherine Browne [aged 24] were married.
After 29th July 1460 Thomas Vaughan [aged 50] and [his former wife] Eleanor Fitzalan were married.
On 1st June 1469 [his former wife] Eleanor Fitzalan died.
[his daughter] Jane Browne was born to Thomas Browne and Eleanor Fitzalan.