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Family and Education
bap. 11 June 1595, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Richard Brownlow (d. 21 July 1638) of St Andrew, Holborn, Mdx. and Belton, Lincs., chief prothonotary of the ct. of c.p. and Katherine, da. of John Page of Harrow-on-the-Hill and Wembley, Mdx.St Andrew, Holborn par. reg.; E. Cust, Recs. of the Cust Fam. ser. II: the Brownlows of Belton, 35, 41, 111, 120. educ. St Mary’s Hall Oxf. 26 June 1607, BA University Coll. Oxf. 28 Jan. 1611;Al. Ox. I. Temple 22 Oct. 1608.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. 4 Nov. 1622 (with £2,000), Elizabeth (d. 25 Sept. 1666), da. and coh. of William Duncombe, Haberdasher, of Coleman Street, London, and Great Brickhill, Bucks., 12s. (10 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.).Cust, Recs. of the Cust Fam. 111, 120-4 cr. bt. 27 July 1641.CB. d. 14 Dec. 1666.Cust, Recs. of the Cust Fam. 124.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 26 Jan. 1617.CITR ii. 100.

Local: j.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 Sept. 1630–d.;C231/5, p. 40. Mdx. 20 Dec. 1648-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 130; C193/13/4, f. 60. Holland by Feb. 1650–d.;C193/13/3. Lindsey 26 Sept. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 267. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. 1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 30. swans, 26 June 1635;C181/5, f. 15. subsidy, Kesteven 1641; contribs. towards the relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Westminster 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Mdx. 14 May 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642–d.;C181/5, f. 223; C181/6, pp. 37, 389; C181/7, pp. 76, 259; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–?, by May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 333. sequestration, Lindsey 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 13 Sept. 1643–?LJ v. 351a. Commr. Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model army, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 251v. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 370. charitable uses, Morton, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1647;C93/19/23. Lincs. 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Lincoln 3 Mar. 1656;C93/23/22. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. for public faith, Lincs. 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Kesteven 1660.SR.

Central: cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344a, 344b.

Parlimentarian
BROWNLOW, Sir William, 1st bt. (1595-1666), of Great Humby, Lincs.
: 1st bt. (1595-1666), of Great Humby, Lincs. 1595 – 1666.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BROWNLOW, Sir William, 1st bt. (1595-1666), of Great Humby, Lincs.

Will
15 Oct. 1666, pr. 16 June 1668.PROB11/327, f. 145.
Estates
in the early 1630s, Brownlow was fined £26 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 115v. His fa. built up an extensive estate in Lincs. worth over £5,000 p.a.Cust, Recs. of the Cust Fam. 40-1. At his m. fa. Settled on him estate Brownlow had an estate settled upon him by his father worth £1,100 p.a. which inc. manors of Gosberton and Humby, lands in Gosberton, Great and Little Humby, Pinchbeck, Quadring and Somerby, Lincs., property in London parishes of St Andrew, Holborn, and St Pancras and property at Enfield, Mdx.PROB11/276, f. 244; PROB11/327, f. 145; WCA, 0010/105 (Misc. deeds rel. to Westminster); Cust, Recs. of the Cust Fam. 112. In 1638, inherited his fa.’s lands in Enfield and Holborn, Mdx.PROB11/177, f. 117v. In 1651, he and John Dutton* purchased, for £1,010, 4 fee farm rents in Glos. and Wilts. worth £112 p.a.SP28/288, f. 27. Estate was reckoned to be worth £1,600 p.a. by the 1660s.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’, Her. and Gen. ii. 120.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
near Warr House, London (1643).CCAM 231.
Religion
presented John Hobman to rectory of West Barkwith, Lincs. 1641; Edmund Thompson, 1642; Richard Sully, 1645; William Underwood, 1651; John Collier, 1663; Thomas Briggs to rectory of Somerby, Lincs. 1643.Lincs. RO, P.D./1641/58; P.D./1642/61; P.D./1644/23; P.D./1645/15; P.D./1663/3; Clergy of the C of E database, ID: 130309.
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