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

Family and Education

b. bef. 6 Jan. 1598, 1st s. of Nicholas Browne, BD, vicar of Polebrooke, Northants. and preb. of Peterborough, by Frances, da. of Thomas St. John of Toddington, Beds. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1614; L. Inn 1616, called 1623. m. c. May 1629, Elizabeth, da. of John Meade of Nortofts, Finchingfield, Essex, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. suc. fa. 1608; Kntd. 4 Dec. 1660.Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. ii. 137-44; Morant, Essex, ii. 366.

Offices Held

Recorder, Bedford 1640 – 61; bencher, L. Inn 1641, reader 1642, treas. 1647 – 48; commr. for assessment, Beds. 1643 – 48, 1657, Aug. 1660 – d., Bedford 1647 – 48, sequestrations 1643, levying of money 1643, execution of ordinances 1643; j.p. Essex 1644 – ?49, Beds. Mar. 1660 – d.; commr. for new model ordinance, Beds. 1645; elder, Serjeants’ Inn classis 1645; commr. for appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Beds. 1648, scandalous ministers 1654.Bedford Corp. Minute Bk. (Beds. Hist. Soc. xxvi), 147, 157; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 508.

Commr. for great seal 1643 – 46, preservation of records 1643; member, committee of both kingdoms 1644 – 48; commr. for exclusion from sacrament 1646, abuses in heraldry 1646, scandalous offences 1648, treaty of Newport 1648; serjeant-at-law 1648; chief baron of the Exchequer 30 Oct. 1648 – 9 Feb. 1649; j.c.p. 3 Nov. 1660 – d.

Parlimentarian

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

Main residence: Arlesey, Beds.

Author

M.W.H.

L.N.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

BROWNE, Samuel I (1598-1668)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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