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Family and Education
b. c. 1570, younger s. of Sir Thomas Browne† (d.1597) of Betchworth, Surr. and 2nd w. Helen, da. and h. of William Harding, wid. of Richard Knevett of Wilts.; bro. of Sir Matthew Browne†, uncle of Sir Ambrose Browne*.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 10; Add. 33919, f. 254; PROB6/5, f. 199. educ. L. Inn, 27 Nov. 1585.LI Admiss. i. 103. m. Margaret, da. and h. of James Aston of Westerham, Kent, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da.Vis. Surr. 10; Add. 33919, f. 254; PROB11/230/230. bur. 26 Jan. 1650 26 Jan. 1650.GL, MS 4510/1, unfol.
Offices Held

Local: sheriff, Kent 1629. 16 Dec. 1630List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 69. Commr. sewers, Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss., 31 Mar. 1640, 23 May 1645;C181/4, f. 32v; C181/5, ff. 167v, 253. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 21 Aug. 1645;C181/5, f. 259. Denge Marsh, Kent 21 Aug. 1645.C181/5, f. 260. Dep. lt. Kent 17 Aug. 1642–d.CJ ii. 492a, 724a. Commr. assessment, 21 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649;LJ v. 658a; A. and O. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235v. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 237. J.p. by 21 Sept. 1644–d.Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments Charles I ed. Cockburn, 451, 467, 475, 488, 537. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, Kent 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644.CJ iii. 699b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
BROWNE, Richard I (c.1570-1650), of Singleton, Great Chart, Kent and St Anne, Blackfriars, London.
: of Singleton, Great Chart, Kent and St Anne, London., Blackfriars.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BROWNE, Richard I (c.1570-1650), of Singleton, Great Chart, Kent and St Anne, Blackfriars, London.

Will
23 Aug. 1647, pr. 9 June 1653.PROB11/230/230.
Estates
acquired Singleton in Great Chart, Kent, bef. 1621.Hasted, Kent, vii. 502; Cent. Kent. Stud. U1115/C15. At his death, Browne owned property in Blackfriars, London, as well as Kingsnoth, Ashford, Rucking, Sevington, Wilsborough, and Goodham in Kent, and Norrell, Beds.; he was also in the process of purchasing church lands, and noted that £595 remained in the hands of the trustees for the sale of bishops’ lands.PROB11/230/230.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
recommended a Presbyterian cleric, Joshua Kirby, as minister of New Romney 1 Mar. 1645.E. Kent RO, NR/AC2, p. 333; Calamy Revised, 310.
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