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Family and Education
b. c. 1602, 2nd s. of John Browne alias Moses of Wokingham, Berks. and London and Anne, da. of John Beard of Wokingham. m. by 1628, Bridget, da. of Robert Bryan, mercer, of Henley, Oxon. 2s. 3 da. (1 d.v.p.).CB; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 115; GL, St Bride, Fleet Street par. reg.; Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 9166. Kntd. 29 May 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 227. cr. bt. 22 July 1660.CB. d. 24 Sept. 1669.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 171.
Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 16 Apr. 1622; steward 1663.Ancient Vellum Bk., 34, 119. Capt. militia ft. London 1642, Oct. 1660 – d.; col. of horse, Apr. 1660; maj.-gen. 6 July 1660-Jan. 1669.Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 12v; CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 59; HP Commons 1660–1690. J.p. Mdx. 1 June 1644-bef. Jan. 1650, May 1662 – d.; Surr. 1662–d.C231/6, p. 3; C231/7, p. 171. Commr. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 1 Aug. 1648.A. and O.; CJ v. 655b. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 20 Jan. 1645, 8 Oct. 1667;C181/5, f. 246v; C181/7, p. 412. London 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 454. assessment, Bucks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; London 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Mdx. 1661; Essex, Surr. 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657, 24 July 1662;C181/6, p. 257; C181/7, p. 164. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 454. poll tax, London 1660.SR. Pres. Bethlem and Bridewell hosps. 1660–d. Dep. lt. London 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; subsidy, London, Mdx. 1663.SR.

Civic: member, Woodmongers’ Co. bef. 1634;Vis. London, 115; N. and Q. ser. 8, viii. 54. Merchant Taylors’ Co. 10 Dec. 1656–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 170–1. Common councilman, London Dec. 1641;Oxford DNB. sheriff, June – Dec. 1648; alderman, 19 June 1648 – Dec. 1649, 4 Sept. 1660–d.;CLRO, Rep. 59, f. 242; Jor. 41, f. 240. ld. mayor, Oct. 1660–1.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 170–1.

Military: col. of dragoons (parlian.), 17 Nov. 1642;CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 407. maj.-gen. 23 Dec. 1643;CJ iii. 349a; A. and O. cdr. of forces in Oxon, Berks. and Bucks. 7 June 1644–6.CJ iii. 521b-22a. Gov. Abingdon 24 July 1644–6.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 374.

Central: member, council of war, 25 Aug. 1643.CJ iii. 218a. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 540a, 545b. Commr. to receive king, 6 Jan. 1647.CJ v. 44a; LJ viii. 648b. Treas. poll tax 1660. Commr. disbanding army, 1660;SR. excise appeals, 13 Oct. 1660–d.CTB i. 75.

Parlimentarian
BROWNE, Richard I (d.1669), of Maiden Lane, London and Debden Hall, nr. Saffron Walden, Essex.
: of Whitefriars, London.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1648;NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 70. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 99. line engraving, unknown, 1647.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BROWNE, Richard II (c.1602-69), of Whitefriars, London.

Will
admon. 28 Jan. 1671.PROB6/46, f. 11v.
Estates
lease of house in Whitefriars, London, from 10 Oct. 1639, £120 p.a;The Fire Court, ed. P.E. Jones (2 vols. 1966), ii. 114. purchased manor of Debden, Essex, bef. May 1662.Morant, Essex ii. 562.
Oxford 1644
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