Family and Education
b. 26 Mar. 1611,Goudhurst, Kent, par. reg. 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Chowne (d. 1639) of Place House, Alfriston and Rachel (d. 1653), da. of William Campion of Combwell, Goudhurst, Kent.W.C. Renshaw, ‘The Chownes of Alfriston, co. Sussex’, The Gen. n.s. xxiv. 73–8; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 168; (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 25-6; PROB11/179/662; PROB11/230/297. appr. to John Cordell, Mercer. E. Suss. RO, DAN/381. m. 26 Apr. 1642, Barbara (bur. 29 Sept. 1688), da. of Thomas Middleton* of Horsham, 7s. 1da. suc. nephew William Chowne, betw. 8 May–31 Dec. 1651. bur. 22 Oct. 1668 22 Oct. 1668. Renshaw, ‘The Chownes of Alfriston’, 73-8; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 168; (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 25-6; PROB11/179/662; PROB11/230/297.
Offices Held
Mercantile: factor for John Cordell, Smyrna by 3 May 1639-bef. Apr. 1642.
Local: commr. assessment, Suss. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;
Parlimentarian
: Suss.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
CHOWNE, Henry (1611-68), of Alfriston and Horsham, Suss.
Will
17 July 1665, pr. 18 Dec. 1668.PROB11/328/512.
Estates
?at least £100 portion from fa. bef. 6 Dec. 1638.PROB11/179/662. Inherited in 1651 Alfriston and surrounding properties, some subject to mortgage and to a settlement on his sis.-in-law Anne, wid. of William Chowne (d. 1640) and w. of Magnus Byne.Renshaw, ‘Chownes of Alfriston’, 73-80. By 17 July 1665, when Chowne made his will, mortgages apparently discharged, leaving him with Alfriston, manor of Tollers, properties in Horsham and lands elsewhere in Suss.; also owned E. India Co. stock worth £4,500.PROB11/328/512.
Oxford 1644
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