BROWNE, Richard II (c.1538-1604), of Horsley, Essex; later of Sayes Court, Deptford, Kent.

Family and Education

b. c. 1538, 3rd s. of John Browne of Colchester, Essex by his 1st w. Florence, da. and h. of John Chersey. educ. I. or M. Temple.The inscription on his tomb at Deptford says he was educated ‘at the Temple’, but the Inner and Middle Temple records contain no reference to him. m. (?2)APC, xvi. 354, 20 Nov. 1588, refers to a Richard Browne, one of the Queen’s servants at court, whose wife had recently died. If it was the MP he must have married more than once, since Joan (née Vigors) survived him. Christopher, the son and heir, was born before 1588 (D. Lysons, Environs of London (1792), iv. 366). Joan, da. of John Vigors of Langham, Essex, at least 1s. Kntd. 1603.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 360; Lysons, Environs, loc. cit.

Offices Held

?Escheator, Essex 1569 – 70; clerk of the peace, Essex by 1584; victualler to Earl of Leicester’s expedition to the Netherlands 1585; clerk of the Green Cloth 1588; clerk comptroller of the Household by 1596; master of the Household and cofferer 1603 – d.; j.p.q. Mdx. by 1600.CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 374; Add. 1580–1625, p. 250; Essex Rev. xv. 54; Leycester Corresp. ed. Bruce (Cam. Soc. xxvii), 40; Lansd. 80, f. 89; N. Dews, Hist. Deptford (1884), p. 197; APC, xxx. 79.

Parlimentarian

BROWNE, Sir Richard (c.1539-1604), of Sayes Court, Deptford, Kent

Main residences: Horsley, Essex; Sayes Court, Deptford, Kent.

Author

M.R.P.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

BROWNE, Richard II (c.1538-1604)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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