George, d. s. p. John, Sir John was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR EDWARD BROMFIELD, who d. suddenly without issue male (his only daughter, Joyce, m. Thomas Lant, esq.), 17th February, 1703, and was s. in the baronetcy by his nephew, III. SIR CHARLES BROMFIELD, who m. Theodosiadaughter of John Steele, esq. of Orton on the Hill, in the county of Leicester, and sister and co-heir of Samuel Steele, esq. of the same place, but at his decease the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Arms-Az. a lion passant, guardant, or. BROWN, OF DEPTFORD. CREATED 1st Sept. 1649.-EXTINCT 12th Feb. 1683. Lineage. 1. SIR RICHARD BROWN, of Deptford, in Kent, some time resident at the court of France, and one of the clerks of the Privy Council, who was created a BARONET in 1649, m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Prettyman, knt. of Dryfield, in Gloucestershire, but leaving no male issue at his decease, 12th Feb. 1683, the title EXPIRED. Mary, m, to Alderman Proctor, of Newcastle on Tyne. CREATED 11th Mar. 1731-2. EXTINCT 20th Oct. 1830. Jane, m. to William Pigot, esq. Honoretta, m. to John Pratt, esq. of Dublin, by Sir John d. in November, 1601, and was s. by his son, II. SIR JAMES BROOKES, of York, who m. Bridget, daughter of Mr. Wright, of Hammersmith, in Middlesex, and was s. at his decease in March, 1735, aged sixty-seven, by his son, III. SIR JOB BROOKES, of York, who d. unm. 26th January, 1770, a lunatic, when the title became EX TINCT. Arms-Or, a cross eng. per pale gu. and sa. Lineage. 1. SIR ROBERT BROWN, a merchant at Venice, and some time his Majesty's resident there, was created a BARONET in 1731-2, with remainder, in default of male issue, to his brothers, Colonel James Brown, and Edward Brown. He m. Margaret, sister of Dr. Charles Cecil, bishop of Bangor, and had by her, who d. 13th February, 1782, two daughters, who d. unm. Sir Robert d. 5th October, 1760, and was s. by his nephew, (the son of Colonel James Brown) SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, created a knight of the Bath at the coronation of RICHARD II. married, and had two sons, Sir Richard, his heir, and Sir Stephen, lord mayor of London in 1439. The elder SIR ROBERT BROWNE, living temp. HENRY V. was father of SIR THOMAS BROWNE, treasurer of the household to HENRY VI. and sheriff of Kent in 1444 and 1460. He m. Eleanor, daughter and sole heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Alan, of Beechworth Castle, brother of John, Earl of Arundel, and had issue, 1. GEORGE (Sir), his heir. 11. William, whose son removed to Tavistock. 11. Robert (Sir), knt. m. Mary, daughter of Sir Sir Thomas was s. by his eldest son, SIR GEORGE BROWNE, knt. of Beechworth Castle, sheriff of Kent in 1481, who espousing the cause of the Earl of Richmond, was included in the proclamation for apprehending the Duke of Buckingham and his associates, and being soon after taken, suffered decapitation in London anno 1483. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Paston, and widow of Richard Lord Poynings, and was s. by his son, SIR MATTHEW BROWNE, knt., of Beechworth Castle, sheriff of Surrey in 1496, living in 1530, who m. Fridiswide, daughter of Sir Richard Guilford, K. G. of Hempsted, in Kent, and had issue, HENRY, who predeceased his father, leaving, by Jane, m. to Sir Edward Bray. Sir Matthew was s. by his grandson, SIR THOMAS BROWNE, knt. of Beechworth Castle, who m. Mabell, daughter and heir of Sir William Fitz-Williams, and had, with two daughters, Elizabeth, the wife of Robert Honywood, of Kent, and Jane, of Sir Oliff Leigh, of Addington, in Surrey, a son and successor, SIR MATTHEW BROWNE, of Beechworth Castle, who m. Jane, daughter of Sir Thomas Vincent, of Stoke Dabernon, and dying in the 1st of JAMES I. was s. by his son, 1. SIR AMBROSE BROWNE, of Beechworth Castle, created a BARONET in 1727, who m. Elizabeth, daughter of William Adam, esq. of Saffron Waldon, and d. in 1661, leaving issue, two sons, ADAM, his heir; and Ambrose, who predeceased his father unmarried, with two daughters, the elder m. to John Browne, esq. of Buckland, and the younger to Jevon, esq. The surviving son, 11. SIR ADAM BROWNE, of Beechworth, M.P. for Surrey, married Philippa, daughter of Sir John Cooper, bart. of Winbourn St. Giles, in Dorsetshire, and d. 3rd November, 1690, having had one son, Ambrose, who predeceased him unmarried in 1688, and an only daughter and heiress, MARGARET BROWNE, of Beechworth, who m. in 1691, William Fenwick, esq. high sheriff of Surrey in 1705, and died issueless in 1726. Shortly after her decease, the estate of Beechworth was sold to Abraham Tucker, esq. and eventually descended to Sir Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay, who, in 1798, disposed of the mansion, manor, &c. to Henry Peters, esq. At the death of Mrs. Fenwick the representation of the family is stated to have devolved on the descendants of CATHARINE BROWNE, who wedded JOHN POYNTZ, esq. Arms-Sa. three lions passant in bend between two double cotises, arg. • He m. secondly, Helen Harding, and was father, by her, of Richard Browne, esq. of Shingleton, in Kent. Of the daughters several died in infancy, three were nuns, and one m. a gentleman named Yates, of Berkshire. The only sons who married were, GEORGE, (Sir) K. B. at the coronation of CHARLES II. He m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Francis Englefield, of Englefield, in the county of Berks, and left at his decease two daughters, his coheirs, viz. Winifrid, m. to Basil Brooke, esq. of Madeley, in Shropshire. Eleanor, m. to Henry Fermor, esq. of Tusmore, in Oxfordshire. JOHN, of whom presently. The younger son, SIR ROBERT BROWNE, was father of SIR THOMAS BROWNE, knt. who was treasurer of the household to King HENRY VI. and in the thirty-sixth year of that monarch, was in commission with others, to meet at the city of Rochester on the 29th of August, to summon persons and enquire upon oath into a certain disturbance that happened at sea, between Richard, Earl of Warwick, and his retinue, and certain persons of Lubyc, who were under a league of friendship with the king. Sir Thomas m. Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of Sir Thomas Fitz-Alan, and niece of John, Earl of Arundel, by which marriage he acquired the castle of Beechworth, in Surrey, and had issue, GEORGE (Sir), of Beechworth Castle, from whom ANTHONY. Robert (Sir), m. Mary, daughter of Sir William Mallet, knt. and left an only daughter and heir, Eleanor, who wedded, first, Thomas Pogo, esq. and secondly, William Kempe, esq. of Olantye, in Kent. Catherine, m. to Humphrey Sackvile, esq. of Buckhurst, in Surrey. The third son, SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, was appointed in the first year of King HENRY VII. standard-bearer for the whole realm of England and elsewhere; and the next year, being then one of the esquires of the king's body, was constituted governor of Queenborough Castle, in Kent, in which year, being in the battle of Newark upon Trent, 16th June, when John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln, and the pretender, Lambert Simnell, sustained a signal defeat, he was knighted for his valiant behaviour. In the eighteenth of the same reign, being constable of the castle of Calais, he and Sir Richard Nansan, deputy-lieutenant of Calais, were commis. sioned, in consideration of “ their loyalty, industry, foresight, and care," to receive the sum of 25,000 franks in gold, due 1st November, 1502, being an an. nual payment from the French king, according to agreement concluded 3rd November, 1492; and again, in two years afterwards he was commissioned to receive the same payment. His last will and testament is dated at Calais, 25th September, 1505, and was proved 19th November, 1506, wherein, being written, Sir Anthony Browne, knt. lieutenant of the castle of Calais, he orders his body to be buried in the resurrection church, in St. Nicholas's Chapel, by his wife, and bequeathes to every brotherhood within the said church ten shillings, and to the lord prior of Christ Church, Canterbury, a standing cup of silver gilt: as also two others, to Sir Edward Poyning and Sir Hugh Conway, whom he constitutes overseers of his will, and Lucy, his wife, executrix, which Lucy was one of the daughters and co-heirs of John Nevil, MARQUESS OF MONTAGU, and widow of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliams, of Aldwarke, in the county of York. By her he left, with two daughters, Elizabeth, the wife of Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester, and Lucy, of Sir Thomas Clifford, knt. an only son, his successor, SIR ANTHONY BROWNE, who was with the Earl of Surry, lord high admiral, at Southampton, in the fourteenth HENRY VIII. when he conveyed the Emperor from that port to Biscay; and after landing at Morleis, in Brittany, was knighted for his valour in the assault and winning of that town. He m. Alice, daughter of Sir John Gage, K.G. and had issue, ANTHONY, his heir. William, m. Anne, daughter and co-heir of Hugh Francis. Mary, m. to John, second son of Thomas Grey, Mabel, m. to Gerard, Earl of Kildare. Lucy, m. to Thomas Roper, esq. of Eltham, in He d. 6th May, 1548, and was s. by his eldest son, quently a knight of the garter. His lordship, with Thomas Thurlby, Bishop of Ely, was deputed by parliament to the pope, to reconcile the realm to the holy see, and to make a tender of renewed allegiance, and after the accession of ELIZABETH, in whose privy council his name was omitted, he had the courage and consistency, with the Earl of Shrewsbury alone, to vote against the abolition of the papal ascendancy. He was afterwards, nevertheless, accredited ambassador to the court of Spain, by Queen ELIZABETH, Lord Montagu m. first, Jane, daughter of Robert Ratcliffe, Earl of Sussex, and by her ladyship had issue, Gifford, esq. ANTHONY, who d. in the lifetime of the Viscount, Dorothy, m. to Edward Lee, esq. of Stanton Jane, m. to Sir George Englefield, bart. His lordship wedded, secondly, Magdalen, daughter of George (Sir), of Wickham-Breus, in the county of HENRY (Sir), of whom presently. Anthony (Sir), of Effingham, who m. Anne, Elizabeth, m. to Sir Robert Dormer, afterwards Mabel, m. to Sir Hugh Capel. Jane, m. to Sir Francis Lacon, of Willey, in the county of Salop. The Viscount, who sate on the trial of MARY, Queen of Scots, d. 19th October, 1592. The third son of his lordship's second marriage, SIR HENRY BROWNE, knt. who was seated at Kiddington, in the county of Oxford, m. first, Anne, daughter of Sir William Catesby, knt. of Ashby Legers, and by that lady had two daughters, both nuns at Graveline. He wedded, secondly, Mary, daughter of Sir Philip Hungate, bart. of Saxton, in the county of York, by which lady he had a son, SIR PETER BROWNE, knt. who d. at Oxford of his wounds received at the battle of Naseby, in the service of King CHARLES I. leaving, by Margaret, his wife, daughter of Sir Henry Knollys, knt. two sons, HENRY and FRANCIS; the elder, 1. HENRY BROWNE, esq. of Kiddington, was created a BARONET, with remainder to his brother, default his own male issue, by King CHARLES II. 1st July, 1659. (Letters patent dated at Brussels.) He m. Frances, third daughter and co-heir of Sir Charles Somerset, A.B. of Troy, in the county of Monmouth, sixth son of Edward, Earl of Worcester, and had issue, CHARLES, bis successor, Henry, Peter, Mary, Frances, and Catherine. Sir Henry d. about 1689, and was s. by his eldest son, 11. SIR CHARLES BROWNE, of Kiddington, who wedded Mary, eldest daughter of George Pitt, esq. of Strathfieldsay, in the county of Southampton, and dying 20th December, 1751, was s. by his only son, III. SIR GEORGE BROWNE, of Kiddington, (the Sir Plume of the Rape of the Lock.) This gentleman m. first, in 1725, Lady Barbara Lee, youngest daughter of Edward, first Earl of Litchfield, and widow of Colonel Lee, by which lady he had an only daughter and heiress, BARBARA BROWNE, who wedded, first, in 1748, PYERS, father of the present SIR EDWARD Lady Mostyn m. secondly, Edward Gore, esq. of Sir George m. secondly, Mrs. Holman, of Warkworth, and thirdly, Frances, sister of William Sheldon, esq. of Beoley, and widow of Henry Fermor, esq. of Tusmore, but had no issue by either of those ladies. He d. 20th June, 1754, when the BARONETCY became EX TINCT. Arms-As BROWNE, OF BEECH WORTH. BROWNE, OF WALCOT. CREATED 21st Sept. 1621.-EXTINCT after 1647. Lineage. SIR JOHN BROWNE, knt. Lord Mayor of London in 1480, m. first, Alice, daughter and heir of William Swineshed, and secondly, Anne Betwood. By the latter he left a son, Sir William, Lord Mayor of London in 1507, and by the former, a successor, ROBERT BROWNE, esq., Chamberlain of the Exchequer, who m. Isabel, daughter and heir of Sir John Sharpe, knt. and had two sons, Robert, his heir, and Edward, knt. of Rhodes, and one daughter, Isabel, m. to George Quarles, of Ufford. The elder son, ROBERT BROWNE, esq. of Walcot, one of the Privy Chamber to HENRY VIII. m. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Edward Palmer, of Augmering, in Sussex, and left, with a younger son, John, of Welley, in Wilts, a successor, ROBERT BROWNE, esq. of Walcot, who m. Margaret, daughter and heir of Philip Barnard, esq. of Aldenham, and relict of Sir Barnard Whetstone, of Essex, by whom he left a son and heir, SIR WILLIAM BROWNE, of Walcot, knight of the Bath, who d. in 1603, and was s. by his brother, I. SIR ROBERT BROWNE, of Walcot, created a BARONET, 21st Sept., 1621. He m. first, Anne, daughter of Roger Capstock, who d. s. p. and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of John Doyley, esq. of Chiselhampton, in Oxfordshire, by whom (who wedded secondly Sir Guy Palmes, knt. of Ashwell, in Rutlandshire,) he left at his decease, in 1623, a son, II. SIR THOMAS BROWNE, of Walcot, who m. Anne, daughter of Sir Guy Palmes, knt. of Ashwell, and dying, in 1635, left issue, Elizabeth. Anne, m. to John Lord Poulett, of Hinton, St. Sir Thomas was s. by his uncle, III. SIR ROBERT BROWNE, of Walcot, who d. unmarried, and with him the BARONETCY EXPIRED. William (Sir), of Great Humby, in Lincolnshire, who was created a BARONET 27th July, 1641. He m. Elizabeth, daughter and co-heir of William Duncombe, esq. and d. in 1666, leaving, with a daughter, Elizabeth, m. to Sir Charles Hussey, bart. a son and successor, SIR RICHARD BROWNLOW, second baronet, of SIR JOHN BROWNLOW, third baronet, of SIR WILLIAM BROWNLOW, fourth baronet, of Humby, who m. Dorothy, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Richard Mason, knt. of Sutton, in Surrey, and dying 6th March, 1700, left issue, JOHN, his heir. William, who d. unm. in 1726, ANNE (eventual heiress of the family), m. to Sir Richard Cust, bart. ancestor of JOHN, present EARL BROWNLOW. Sir William was s. by his son, SIR JOHN BROWNLOW, fifth bart. of Humby, M.P. for Lincolnshire, who was elevated to the peerage of Ireland, as Baron Charleville and VISCOUNT TYRCONNEL, in 1718. His lordship m. first, Eleanor, daughter and co-heir of his uncle, Sir John Brownlow, bart. and secondly, Elizabeth, daughter of William Cartwright, esq. of Marnham, Notts, but d. s. p. in 1754. The elder son of Richard Brownlow, the prothonotary, 1. SIR JOHN BROWNLOW, of Belton, in the county of Lincoln, was created a BARONET 26th July, 1641, and served as high sheriff in 15th CHARLES I. He m. Alice, second daughter and eventual heir of Sir John Pulteney, of Misterton, and dying s. p. in 1680, the BARONETCY EXPIRED. Arms-Or, an inescutcheon within an orle of eight martlets sa. CREATED 17th May, 1627. EXTINCT 29th Sept. 1789. Lineage. CHARLES BRYDGES, of Wilton Castle, near Ross, in Herefordshire, (second son of Sir John Bruges, of Sudeley, created BARON CHANDOS, in 1554,) became cup-bearer to King PHILIP, and was deputy-lieutenant of the Tower to his father, Lord Chandos, when the warrant came for executing the Princess Elizabeth, which he refused to obey, until he should receive orders from the king and queen, and thereby was the means of saving her life; for the order being disowned at court a stop was put to the execution. Mr. Brydges lived to an advanced age, and was sheriff of Here fordshire, in the 32nd of ELIZABETH. He m. Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Carne, of Wenny, in the county of Glamorgan, knt. and dying in 1619, was s. by his eldest son, 1. SIR GILES BRYDGES, of Wilton Castle, who was created a BARONET, 17th May, 1627. Sir Giles . Mary, daughter of Sir James Scudamore, and was s. by his eldest son, II. SIR JOHN BRYDGES, second baronet, who s Mary, only daughter and heir of James Kearle, esq. of Dewsal and Anconbury, in the county of Hereford, and dying in 1651, was s. by his only son, III. SIR JAMES BRYDGES, of Wilton Castle, who eventually succeeded his kinsman as eighth Baron Chandos. This noble was accredited ambassador to Constantinople, in 1680, where he resided for some years in great honor and esteem. His lordship. Elizabeth, eldest daughter and co-heir of Sir Henry Bernard, knt. an eminent Turkey merchant. By this lady he had no less than twenty-two children, of which number fifteen only were christened, and seven of those dying young, the remainder were, JAMES, his successor. Henry, in holy orders, of Addlestrop, in Glouces tershire, archdeacon and prebendary of Roches ter, and rector of Agmondesham, Bucks. Mr. Brydges m. Annabella, daughter of Henry, and grand-daughter of Sir Robert Atkins, lord chief baron of the exchequer, by whom he had a large family. Francis, receiver general of the duties on malt, Mary, m. to Theophilus Leigh, esq. of Addlestrop, Emma, m. to Edmund Chamberlain, esq. of Stow, |