Paternal Family Tree: Brownlow
In 1590 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet was born to Richard Brownlow [aged 36].
In March 1617 King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland [aged 50] stayed as a guest of John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 27] at the old house near to the church at Belton House [Map] on his way to Scotland.
On 21st July 1638 [his father] Richard Brownlow [aged 85] died in Enfield [Map]. Monument to Richard Brownlow in St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map] sculpted by Joshua Marshall [aged 10].
Richard Brownlow: On 2nd April 1553 he was born. On 12th April 1553 Richard Brownlow was baptised at St Andrew's Church, Holborn [Map]. On 9th October 1591 he was appointed Chief Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas which office he held until heis death which made him a very wealthy.
On 26th July 1641 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 51] was created 1st Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire.
Around 1644 Gilbert Soest [aged 39]. Portrait of John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 54]. Belton House.
Before 1676 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 85] and Alice Pulteney [aged 71] were married.
In 1676 [his wife] Alice Pulteney [aged 72] died.
On 24th November 1679 John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [aged 89] died without issue. Baronet Brownlow of Belton in Lincolnshire extinct. He left Belton House [Map] to his great-nephew John Brownlow 3rd Baronet [aged 20] (grand-son of his brother William Brownlow 1st Baronet) and niece Alice Sherard Baroness Brownlow [aged 20] (grand-daughter of his sister Elizabeth Brownlow ) who had married three years before in 1676. He also left them an income of £9,000 per annum and £20,000 in cash. They immediately bought a townhouse in Southampton Square.
After 24th November 1679. St Peter and St Paul Church, Belton [Map]. Monument to John "Old Sir John" Brownlow 1st Baronet [deceased] sculpted by William Stanton [aged 40].