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Sir Anthony Browne (1500–1548); a courtier to Henry VIII. Henry Browne. Elizabeth Browne, Countess of Worcester, who married, as his second wife, Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester. [12] She was the principal witness against Anne Boleyn, and there were rumours that she had been a mistress of Henry VIII. [13]
She became the second wife of Sir Anthony Browne and later the third wife of English admiral Edward Clinton, 1st Earl of Lincoln. She was the inspiration for The Geraldine , a sonnet written by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey .
Montague Browne and Portal were 9th cousins once removed, both descending from John Erskine, Earl of Mar (1558–1634): Sir Anthony, by his second wife, Lady Mary Stewart (daughter of Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox), and Jane, by his first wife, Anne Drummond.
It appears that during those years Sir Anthony had taken a ‘concubine,’ which did not impress his Catholic son. Some years later, when that son had become Viscount Montague, Richard Smith (1566-1655) became the confessor to Montague’s second wife, Lady Magdalen.
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Birth, Parents and Early Life
Anthony Browne, son and heir of Anthony Browne and his second wife, Lucy Neville,was born 29 June 1500. Anthony was probably sent as a child to be brought up in the household of Henry VIII, like his half-brother William FitzWilliam.
Career
Anthony was closely associated with the court of Henry VIII, with whom he managed to stay on friendly terms until the king's death. His first appointments came in 1518, when he was made Surveyor and Master of Hunting for some royal properties in Yorkshire and was part of an embassy to the French king. While on that diplomatic mission, in 1519, he hit a colleague: he was recalled, but the episode did not stop François I of France from making him formally a gentleman of his household and awardi...
Lands
Anthony held extensive lands in Sussex and Surrey, which came to total by his death 11000 acres in Sussex and 8500 in Surrey. In 1537 he and his first wife were given the reversion of the manor of Poynings, Sussex and other extensive properties in Sussex. With the dissolution of the monasteries, in 1538 he was granted Battle Abbey, Sussex, where he entertained Henry VIII the following year.In 1542 he inherited lands in Sussex from his half-brother William FitzWilliam. On 1 January 1547 (possi...
Magna Carta Project
1. This profile was reviewed and approved 16 May 2020 by Michael Cayley. 1. Anthony Browne KG appears in a trail that was identified and badged by the Magna Carta Project from Gateway Ancestors John Nelson and Margaret Nelson to Magna Carta Surety Baron Saher de Quincy in 2015. Other trails were later identified and badged from the Nelsons to surety barons John de Lacy, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod, Robert de Vere and John FitzRobert. The trails are set ou...
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Some time after 1540, his wife having died, Anthony Browne married Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald (better known as ‘Fair Geraldine’), daughter of Gerald Fitzgerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, and Lady Elizabeth Grey. Their two sons died in infancy.
Apr 28, 2022 · In Dec 1542, at the age of sixteen, she became the second wife of Sir Anthony Browne, Henry VIII’s Master of Horse, following the death of his first wife Alice Gage. Browne was a wealthy and influential man. Later his daughter, Mabel, married Elizabeth’s brother, Gerald, 11th Earl of Kildare.
