Sir
Anthony
"1st Viscount Montagu"
Browne
KG KB
Born in England
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Son of Anthony Browne KG
and Alice (Gage) Browne
Brother of
Mary (Browne) Grey, William Browne, Henry Browne, Francis Browne, Mabel (Browne) FitzGerald, Lucy (Browne) Roper and Anne (Browne) Lewknor [half]
Husband of
Jane (Radcliffe) Browne
— married
about 1549 (to 22 Jul 1552) [location unknown]
Husband of
Magdalen (Dacre) Browne
— married
before 10 Dec 1558 in England
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Browne) Hervey, Anthony Browne, George Browne, Elizabeth (Browne) Dormer and Jane (Browne) Lacon
Died
at age 63
in Horsley Manor, West Horsley, Surrey, England
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Biography
Birth and Parents
Anthony Browne, K.G., K.B., 1st Viscount Montagu, son and heir of Anthony Browne, K.G., and Alice Gage,[1][2] was born 29 November 1528.[3][4][5][6] His birthplace is unknown as his father held lands in several counties.
Anthony, like his parents, was Catholic, but he remained a trusted and active courtier during the reigns of Edward VI and Mary I.[6]
Marriages and Children
Anthony married first to Jane Radcliffe, daughter of Robert Radcliffe, K.G., K.B., 1st Earl Sussex,[2][5][7] and his second wife, Margaret Stanley.[1][3] They married about 1546.[6] They had one son and one daughter, some sources say the two were twins:
- Mary,[6] wife of Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton;[2][3] married second to Sir Thomas Heneage;[7] she may be the Marie Browen that was baptized 15 January 1552 at Easebourne, Sussex[8]
- Anthony,[2][6][7] born 22 July 1552, predeceased his father; married Mary Dormer and had issue;[3] his son was heir to the Anthony of this profile
His wife Jane died at Cowdray, Sussex on 22 July 1552,[3][7] in childbed and was buried at Midhurst 4 August 1552.[1]
Anthony married, second, to Magdalen Dacre, daughter of William Dacre, Lord Dacre of the North,[2][5][7] and Elizabeth Talbot, before 10 December 1558,[1][3] perhaps about 1556.[6] They had at least three sons and three daughters:
- George, Knt.,[3][7] was living in 1592;[9] married ____ Tirwhitt[2]
- Thomas[2][3][7]
- Henry[2][3][7] was living in 1592[9]
- Philipp, not named by Richardson but is named in the effigy on his fathers tombstone[7]
- William, not named by Richardson but is named in the effigy on his fathers tombstone[7]
- Elizabeth,[7] wife of Robert Dormer, Knt., 1st Lord Dormer;[2][3] was named in her fathers will[9]
- Mabel,[2] died before her father;[7] wife of Henry Capell, Knt.[3]
- Jane,[7] wife of Francis Lacon, Knt.;[2][3] was named in her father's will[9]
Timeline
- Standard bearer 1546-death,[5] along with his son Anthony[6]
- Knighted 20 February 1547 on the Coronation of King Edward VI[3][5] (as K.B.)[1]
- Succeeded his father in April 1548, still a minor; received livery of his lands in May 1550[1][5]
- MP for Guildford, 1547[5]-1552[1][3]
- In 1551 he was imprisoned for six weeks for hearing Mass[5]
- Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex, 1552[1][3][5]
- Served on several commissions 1553-1583[5] and was steward to Hampton Court and other lordships and manors[1]
- MP for Petersfield, 1553,[3] March and October[1][5]
- Justice of the Peace for Sussex and Surrey, 1554-death[5] (Complete Peerage says 1578)[1]
- Master of Horse to King Philip, 1554[3] April-December[1][5]
- MP for Surrey, 1554,[1][3] April[5]
- 1st Viscount Montagu, created 2 September 1554[3][5] on Mary's official marriage to Philip at Hampton Court.[6] He formally took his seat in the House of Lords on 12 November 1554.[1][6]
- Invested as the 336th Knight of the Garter in 1555 after serving with the army in Picardy and as Ambassador to the Holy See[10] (nominated 23 April and installed 17 October)[1][5]
- Ambassador to Venice, 1555[1]
- Envoy to Rome, 1555[5]
- Privy Councillor, 1557[3] 28 April[1][5]
- Lord Lieutenant, Sussex, 1558[3] March-October[1][5]
- He was one of the 15 executors of Queen Mary I's 1558 will[3] and was one of the chief mourners at her funeral[1]
- He was one of two peers who opposed the separation of the CHurch of England from the Roman Catholic Church in the first year of Elizabeth I, 1559 [1]
- Ambassador to Spain, 1559/60[1][5][7]
- Envoy to Flanders, 1565-1566[1][5]
- Joint Lord Lieutenant, Sussex, 1569[1][3] to 1585[5]
- He was one of the 24 noblemen who were commissioners for the trial of Mary, Queen of Scots, in October 1586[1]
- He took an active part in repelling the Spanish Armada[1][3] in 1588
- Entertained Queen Elizabeth I at Cowdray for six days in 1591[1][3]
Lands
Anthony held lands in:
- Cowdray Park, Battle, Cocking, Worthing, and Poynings, Sussex.[3] The manor of Ashcombe, Lewes, Sussex passed to Anthony in 1537 and succeeded to his grandson[11]
- Barway, Cambridgeshire - he sold this in 1568 to trustees acting for Pembroke College, Cambridgeshire[3]
- Waverly, Surrey, etc.[3]
- The manor of Begeham in Lamberhurst, Kent: Queen Elizabeth made a grant of the manor of Begeham, together with the scite of the abbey to Anthony, "who, though a strict Romanist, was held in great esteem by that princess, as a person of experienced loyalty, who was attached to that religion from principles, and not from faction".[12]
Death and Will
Anthony died 19 October 1592 at Horsley Manor, Surrey.[1][3][5] His date and place of death are confirmed in the inscription on the elaborate funeral monument for him and his first wife, which reads in part:
- "Here lieth the body of the Right Honorable Sir Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague, Chief Standard bearer of England, and Knight of the honorable Order of the Garter, whereof he was ancienst at his death, one of the Privy Council to Queen Mary, who as he was nobly descended from Lady Lucy, his grandmother, one of the daughters of Lord John Nevill, Marquis Montague; so he was perfectly adorned with all the virtues of true nobility. And in the 66 year of his age he ended his life, at his house in Horsley in Surrey, the 19 October 1592; and in the 34 year of the reign of our most sovereign lady, Queen Elizabeth..."[7]
Anthony was buried 6 December 1592 at Midhurst, Sussex.[1] Both of his wives were buried there as well. All of their remains were later removed to Easebourne, Sussex.[3][5]
Anthony left a will dated 19 July 1592.[1] A full description of the contents of his will, giving much family and other information, can be found in the catalogue of the West Sussex Record Office[9] and in the National Archives Discovery Centre.[13] His will was proved on 14 March 1592/3.[1][3][5] His Inquisition Post Mortem was held at Midhurst on 19 April 1593.[1][14][15] His heir was his grandson Anthony Maria Browne, who had married Jane Sackville. Anthony's wife, Magdalen, died at Battle, Sussex on 8 April 1608 leaving a will proved 24 April 1608.[1][3][5]
Anthony's wife, Magdalen, died at Battle, Sussex on 8 April 1608 leaving a will proved 24 April 1608.[1][3]
Research Note
A May 1592 addition to the will of Edmund Lewknor's mother, Elizabeth (Messant) Lewknor, mentions (without specifying any relationship to Elizabeth) "Mrs Browne widdow of Mr Anthone Browne late deceased.......Anthonie Brown her sone." Anthone Browne late deceased may be the son of the Anthony of this profile. The addition also refers to a Dorothy Browne, who is likely to be Dorothy, one of the grand-daughters of the Anthony of this profile.[16]
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 1.26 1.27 1.28 1.29 1.30 1.31 1.32 George Edward Cokayne and H.A. Doubleday, et. al, eds. Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Vol. IX: Moels to Nuneham, 2nd ed. London, 1936, pp. 97-100. FamilySearch.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Thomas Benolte, et al. The Visitations of the County of Sussex: 1530 and 1633-4. London: The Harleian Society, 1905. Vol LIII, p. 84. Archive.org.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 3.28 3.29 3.30 3.31 3.32 Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, Vol. V. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2013, pp. 136-137 TEMPLE 15: Anthony Browne.
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed., vol. III. Salt Lake City, UT: the author, 2011, p. 228, NELSON 14. Google Books.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 S.T. Bindoff, ed. 'BROWNE, Anthony I (1528-92), of Battle Abbey and Cowdray Park, Suss.' in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509-1558. 1982. History of Parliament Online.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 J.G. Elzinga. "Browne, Anthony, first Viscount Montagu (1528–1592), nobleman and courtier" in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 21 May 2009. ODNB.
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 7.11 7.12 7.13 7.14 "Lady Magdalen Montagu (née Dacre) 1592" page in "Tudor Effigies" website. Partial transcript of lengthy inscription is viewable here.
- ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, (FamilySearch: 19 September 2020), Anthoney Browen in entry for Marie Browen, 1552.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 West Sussex Record Office, ref. SAS-BA/67, catalogue entry: Probate of the will of this date of Anthonye Viscounte Mountague, K.G
- ↑ Heraldica.org: List of Knights of the Garter.
- ↑ L F Salzman ed. 'The borough of Lewes: Parliamentary, economic and religious history' in A History of the County of Sussex. Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes. London, 1940, pp. 31-43. British History Online.
- ↑ Edward Hasted. 'Parishes: Lamberhurst', in The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. Volume 5. Canterbury, 1798, pp. 294-310. British History Online.
- ↑ National Archives, catalogue entry: Probate of the will of this date of Anthonye Viscounte Mountague, K.G
- ↑ F W Attree. Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Sussex, 1 Henry VII to 1649 and after. Sussex Record Society, 1912, p. 167. Archive.org: Digest of IPM,
- ↑ The National Archives. Discovery. C142/235/110: Montagu, Antony, viscount: Sussex (IPM, not viewable online)
- ↑ The National Archives, PROB 11/80/189, Will of Dame Elizabeth Lewkener, Widow of Trotton, Sussex, catalogue entry
- L F Salzman, ed. 'Parishes: Poynings', in A History of the County of Sussex. Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes. London, 1940, pp. 208-212. British History Online.
- Stephens, William. "Browne, Anthony, first Viscount Montagu" in Dictionary of National Biography, Vol. 7. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1886, p. 40. Archive.org.
- Wikipedia: Anthiony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu
Acknowledgements
Magna Carta Project
- This profile was rereviewed and updated for the Magna Carta Project by Thiessen-117 on 3 August 2022.
- Anthony Browne KG KB 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. All these trails were re-reviewed/updated/badged in July/August 2022. They can be viewed in the Magna Carta Trails section of John Nelson's profile.
- See Base Camp for more information about identified Magna Carta trails and their status. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".
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From Wealden Iron Research Group database:
The L. Montague one forge in Franye in ye handes of John Porter
The Lorde Mountague A furnes called Pophall
The L. Montague one forge and one furnace in Haselmeere and theyreaboute als a furnace called Pophall.
Returns and rough draft of report to the Privy Council relating to the enquiry into the making of iron ordnance and casting of shot and the consumption of timber by iron mills, as ordered in a letter of 28 Aug 1576 [see 6729/11/46]. The forges and mills reported on are at Chiddingfold [?Imbhams], owned by Lord Montague; at Godstone [?Woodcock Hammer or Wire Mill with Warren Furnace], owned by Lady Gage and worked by John Thorpe and John French; in Dunsfold [Burningfold] owned by Richard March [?Marsh], gent, and held by Thomas Gratwick; in Newdigate [Ewood Furnace] and Leigh, owned by Christopher Dorrell and occupied by Robert Reynolds; in Abinger, owned by Edward Ellington [Elrington]; in Cranleigh [Vachery], owned by Lady Jane Bray and occupied by John Lambard, alias Gardener. The quantity of ordnance made, the distance from rivers and the provenance and type of wood consumed are detailed. [HMC p.663b].
Deed of Covenant By ANTHONYE VISCOUNT MOUNTAGUE with ANTHONYE GARNETT, clerk, and THOMAS CHURCHAR for the Conveyance by way of Settlement of the manors of Northye, Southye, Bepton als Bebington, Lynche, Cocking, and Lurgarshale, co. Sussex, and the manor of Pytfould, co. Surrey
[inter alia] All other the Viscount's manors, messuages, lands &c. in Bexhill, Bexley, Seaford, Sutton, Bepton als Bebington, Cocking, Lynche, Farneherst, Lynchmere, Tyllyngton and Esborne To the uses declared, namely:- of the capital messuage and park and so much of the demesnes of the manor of Loddesworth as enclosed within the pale of the said park, and the manor of Lurgashale, to the use of the said Anthony, Viscount Mountague, for life, remainder (except so much of the said park and manor as then used for or concerning the furnace or ironwork there lately built) to the use of Anthony Browne, esq., son and heir of the Viscount, and Mary his wife for their lives, then to the executors of the Will of the said Viscount until such Will should have been performed, then to Anthony Browne, son and heir apparent of the said Anthony Browne, esq., son and heir of the Viscount, in tail male, with contingent remainders successively to John Browne, 2nd son and William Browne, 3rd son of the said Anthony Browne, son of the said Viscount, in tail male Power of revocation reserved Signature, Anthony Mountague. Witnesses:- Thomas Arundell, Henry Browne, Ry. Lewkenor, George Chwtt, Richard Amy, Roger Bryngborne, Richard Coldam, Wm. Coldam
Bargain and Sale By PETER YONGE of Mydhurst, yeoman, to ANTHONY, VYSCOUNT MOUNTAGUE, K.G. - for £12 - of a piece of land containing 3 acres in Lugarshale, co. Sussex, near adjoining to the lands of the said Vyscount, whereupon he had then lately made a pond and whereupon he had also erected a furnace for the melting and making of Iron And upon part of which land bagained and sold the said Vyscount did then lay coles and mine for the use of the said furnace as the same was then divided with a hedge and dyche And also all that the new way and the ground and soyle thereof being lately divided, hedged and leyd out of the residue of the lands of the said Peter for carriage to and from the said furnace out of the highway there, as the same way was then severed and used. Together with so much more of the lands, tenements &c. of the said Peter in Lugaeshale as was then or thereafter should be overflowed with the water of the said pond; the pond head being thereafter made no higher than it then was Signature, Petter Yonnge, seal gone Witnesses to deed:- George Browne, Pawle Horseman, Tho. Churchar, Richard Emlegh, Christopher Kempe. To livery of seisin:- Roger Bryngborne, Thomas Luxford, Tho. Churchar, Wm. Coldam, Chris: Kempe
Will of Anthony Viscount Montague [inter alia] And all Leases concerninge any my yronworkes and all wooddes underwooddes cole myne and stockes by me allreadye boughte provided or appoynted or hereafter to be by me bought provided or appoynted for that purpose. And allso all suche rentes yssues profittes sommes of money and commodities as bin referred for or by reason of the same which from or after the tyme of my Decease shalbe done and payable or which shall arise come or growe by uppon or by reason of the same yronworkes wooddes underwooddes leases cole mynes and stocke I will and Devise the same to myne Executors in this my will named and to the survivors and survivor of them.'
References: Cleere, H. F. and Crossley, D. W.. (1995) The iron industry of the Weald. Merton Priory Press. Cardiff (for this connection see page(s) 313)