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b. c. 1591,C142/280/67. 1st s. of Sir Matthew Browne† of Betchworth Castle and Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Vincent of Stoke d’Abernon.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 10. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1606;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 12 Mar. 1625.GI Admiss. m. 1 Oct. 1607, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Oct. 1657), da. and h. of William Adam of Saffron Walden, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 3 da.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 16, 17, 86; M. Stephenson, ‘List of monumental brasses in Surr.’, Surr. Arch. Coll. xxvii. 85. suc. fa. 4 Aug. 1603. cr. bt. 7 July 1627. d. 16 Aug. 1661.CB.
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Local: j.p. Surr. 1614-bef. Jan. 1650.C66/1988; ASSI35/89/5. Commr. subsidy, 1622, 1624, 1641.C212/22/21, 23; SR. Sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1624–5.List of Sheriffs, comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 138. Dep. lt. Surr. by 28 Mar. 1628-aft. 8 Oct. 1638.CD 1628, ii. 218; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 50. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 58. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 Jan. 1630-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 35, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. the Verge 3 Dec. 1638;C181/5, f. 121v. Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 238v. sewers, 5 July 1632;C181/4, f. 121v. Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645;C181/5, f. 263v. maltsters, 1636;PC2/46, f. 273. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb.1643, 18 Oct.1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants. and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, 2 Dec 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Dorking classis, 6 Mar. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 433.

Parlimentarian
BROWNE, Sir Ambrose, 1st bt. (c.1591-1661), of Betchworth Castle, Dorking, Surr.
: 1st bt. (c.1591-1661) of Betchworth Castle, Surr., Dorking 1591 – 1661.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BROWNE, Sir Ambrose, 1st bt. (c.1591-1661), of Betchworth Castle, Dorking, Surr.

Will
not found.
Estates
manors of West and East Betchworth, Capel and Mickleham, Surr.;Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 558. Shopwick Eagle, Suss.VCH Suss. iv. 168.
Oxford 1644
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