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Family and Education
b. bef. 6 Jan. 1598, 1st s. of Nicholas Browne, BD, vicar of Polebrooke, Northants. and preb. of Peterborough, and Frances, da. of Thomas St John of Toddington, Beds.F.A. Page-Turner, ‘The Browne fam. of Arlesey’, Beds. Hist. Recs. Soc. ii. 137, 140; PROB11/112/29. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1614;Al. Cant. L. Inn 28 Oct. 1616.LI Admiss. i. 174. m. 30 Apr. 1629, Elizabeth (bur. 5 May 1665), da. of John Meade of Nortofts, Finchingfield, Essex, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).St Ann Blackfriars, London par. reg.; PROB11/327/76; Page-Turner, ‘Browne fam.’, 143-4; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 6-7; ‘Gleanings from par. regs.’, Beds. N and Q iii. 106, 108. suc. fa. 1608.PROB11/112/29. Kntd. 4 Dec. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 11 Apr. 1668.HP Commons 1660-1690.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 18 Nov. 1623; reader, Furnival’s Inn 1633;Baker, Readers and Readings, 206. bencher, L. Inn 28 Jan. 1641; pensioner, 1641; autumn reader, 1642; treas. 1646–7.LI Black Bks. ii. 247, 356, 359, 371; iii. 437–8; Baker, Readers and Readings, 141. Sjt. at law, Oct. 1648–d.CJ vi. 50b, 75a; LJ x. 566b, 587a-b; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 188, 192. J.k.b. 22 Nov. 1648–8 Feb. 1649.LJ x. 570a-b; A. and O.; Sainty, Judges, 32. J.c.p. 3 Nov. 1660–d.Sainty, Judges, 77.

Civic: recorder, Bedford ?1641-Dec. 1661;Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 156–7. burgess, Sept. 1641–d.Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 147.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Beds. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660. 14 Aug. 1641 – bef.Jan. 1650SR. J.p., Mar. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 477; A Perfect List (1660). Bedford 7 Sept. 1641–?, May 1658–d.; Surr., Suss. Feb. 1661–?, June 1668; Essex, Kent Mar. 1661 – ?; Herts. Mar. 1661–?, June 1668–?; Berks., Glos., Oxon. Feb. 1668 – ?; Derbys., Leics., Lincs., Northants., Notts., Rutland, Warws. Mar. 1669 – ?; Mont. Apr. 1669–?C231/5, p. 483; C231/7, pp. 85, 88, 90, 320, 330, 331, 342, 343; C181/6, p. 289; C181/7, pp. 123, 127, 542. Commr. assessment, Beds. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Bedford 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O.; SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Beds. 17 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 361a. associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643, 19 Nov. 1644.CJ iii. 283b, 699a. Commr. gt. seal, 10 Nov. 1643;A. and O.; Handbook of British Chronology (3rd edn.), 89. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643. Member, cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 4 Apr. 1644.CJ iii. 448a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 15 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416a; LJ ix. 662b. Commr. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b.

Religious: trier, Serjeants’ Inn classis, London 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
BROWNE, Samuel I (1598-1668), of Arlesey, Beds.
: of Arlesey, Beds.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, c.1670.L. Inn, London.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BROWNE, Samuel (1597 or 1598-1668), of Arlesey, Beds.

Will
6 Jan. 1668, pr. 6 May 1668.PROB11/327/76.
Estates
he and Oliver St John* bought Chambery Hall, North Walsham, Norf. 1628; sold it 1633;Coventry Docquets, 577, 646. Browne, St John and Miles Corbett* bought land and advowson at Arlesey, Beds. 1634.Coventry Docquets, 656.
Oxford 1644
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