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- == Biography ==
=== Birth ===In contrast to numerous unsourced ancestry entries that list Christopher Browne II as father of Henry Browne, sources point to Henry as being born after 1529 to wealthy and politically connected Anthony and Alice (Gage) Browne in Cowdray, Sussex, England. Anthony and Alice had eight children in addition to Henry that include: Mable, William, Mary, Francis, Thomas, George, another son named Henry who may have died young, and Lucy (see Research Notes).<ref>The Weald of Kent, Sussex & Sussex (http://www.theweald.org/N10.asp?NId=4706), for Henry Browne. Retrieved from The Weald (http://www.theweald.org); accessed 2 February 2020.</ref><ref>The History of Parliament: British Political, Social, & Local History, (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/browne-sir-anthony-1500-48) for Sir Anthony Browne. Retrieved from The History of Parliament Trust (http://www.histparl.ac.uk), accessed 5 December 2019.</ref><ref>Blore, E. (1826). The monumental remains of noble and eminent persons: Comprising the sepuchral antiquities of Great Britain, (https://archive.org/details/cu31924105746592/page/n349/mode/2up/search/Anthony+Browne), for Anthony Browne, p. 6. London: Harding, Lepard, and CO. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 3 February 2020.</ref>
=== Marriage ===That Henry Browne was married to Katherine Percy cannot be proved. Only one reference has been located regarding the possible maternal parentage of Henry's daughter, Margaret, on Ancestry.com, but it does not provide the mother's maiden name, a date, or the location of Margaret's birth.<ref>England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980 [database on-line]. Retrieved from Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2008; accessed 3 February 2020.</ref> Unfortunately, this incomplete source was the only potential connection found (see Research Notes).
=== Notable Events ===There are no located sources that contribute to biographical data for Henry Browne. Likely, as a younger son of Anthony and Alice (born and named Henry likely after his sibling and namesake, Henry, died), his birth order rendered him a place in historical oblivion.<ref>The Weald of Kent, Sussex & Sussex (http://www.theweald.org/N10.asp?NId=4706), for Henry Browne. Retrieved from The Weald (http://www.theweald.org); accessed 2 February 2020.</ref><ref>The History of Parliament: British Political, Social, & Local History for Thomas Bradford (http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/browne-sir-anthony-1500-48). Retrieved from The History of Parliament Trust (http://www.histparl.ac.uk), accessed 5 December 2019.</ref>
=== Death ===While Henry's death is reported as around 1583 on numerous genealogical sites, no sources have been located to confirm this date.
== Research Notes ==Additional research is needed that includes primary and substantial secondary sources that corroborate the information addressed below.
Sources refute the parentage of Christopher Browne II of Swan Hall, Hawkedon, England, as the father of the subject of this profile. Sources instead show that Christopher Browne, born in 1492, did not have a son named Henry, but instead, had six children named Margaret, Agnes, Robert, Elizabeth, Christopher, and Thomas.<ref>Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 05 February 2020), memorial page for Christopher Browne (1492–3 Jul 1538), {{FindAGrave|130705411|sameas=no}}, citing St. Mary's Churchyard, Hawkedon, St Edmundsbury Borough, Suffolk, England; Maintained by Robert DeVowe (contributor 48224154). </ref><ref> Christopher Browne II, (https://www.geni.com/people/Christopher-Browne-ll-of-Swan-Hall/6000000002666386283). Updated 9 December 2019. Retrieved from Geni.com (https://www.geni.com); accessed 3 February 2020.</ref>
As to the marriage of Henry to Katherine Percy, it is unknown whether Thomas and Eleanor (Harbottle) Percy even had a daughter named Katherine. Although some secondary sources and pedigrees indicate that she did exist and was married to Ralph Ryther, this is not accurate, as her date of birth occurred ten years following Ralph Ryther’s death. The Katherine who first married Ralph Ryther, was in fact, Katherine Constable. While Ralph's second wife was a Percy, he was married to Maud, a daughter of an earlier generation of Percys. There is some dispute as to which Percy sired Maude, possibly the fourth or fifth earl of Northumberland, but most likely the fourth.<ref>Anderson, E. M. (21 December 2008). Sir Ralph Ryther, (https://www.geni.com/people/Sir-Ralph-Ryther/6000000004969063300#/tab/overview). Retrieved from Geni.com (https://www.geni.com); accessed 3 February 2020.</ref><ref>Verity, B. (posted 8 August 2006). A well sourced document that addresses the parentage of Maud Percy, Dame Ryther. Retrieved from soc.genealogy.medeival, (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/soc.genealogy.medieval); accessed 11 July 2018.</ref><ref>Collins, A. (1812). Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical, (https://archive.org/details/collinsspeerageo02colliala/page/308/mode/2up/search/Thomas+Percy), Vol. 2, p. 309. London: F. C. and J. Rivington. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 3 February 2020.</ref>
A marriage, however, between Henry and Katherine Percy is possible (if she existed), given the relationship between the devout Catholic Browne and Percy families. Sir Anthony Browne Sr. (c. 1443-1506) and Lucy Neville (his second wife) had four biological children (including Anne from a previous marriage):<ref>Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. (Edited 30 September 2019). Anthony Browne, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Browne_(died_1506)). Retrieved from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org); accessed 8 February 2020.</ref>
Lucy (1501),
Henry (1506),
Anthony (1500-1548), and
Elizabeth (1502).
Anthony’s (1500-1548) sister, Elizabeth Browne, married Henry Somerset and they had a daughter named Anne (granddaughter of Anthony Browne Sr.) who married Thomas Percy, 7th earl of Northumberland (1528-1572), son of Thomas Percy and Eleanor Harbottle.<ref>Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. (edited 31 October 2019). Anne Percy, Countess of Northumberland, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Percy,_Countess_of_Northumberland). Retrieved from Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org); accessed 8 February 2020.</ref>
Anthony’s (1500-1548) son, Henry (born c.1529 and grandson of Anthony Browne Sr.), allegedly married Katherine Percy (born c.1534) (per Ancestry.com). Her parents were Thomas Percy and Eleanor Harbottle. Henry Browne and Anne Percy (Elizabeth’s daughter), therefore, would have been first cousins.
Also, given that Katherine Percy's brother married Elizabeth Browne, of noble birth through the Anthony Browne family lineage (Montagu), the likelihood of two Percy siblings marrying into two separate Browne families – one of noble lineage, the other not (Christopher Browne II, merchant), is unlikely.
The original source for this marriage as listed in numerous Ancestry.com trees has not been located, despite extensive investigation. Additional research is needed, as the close familial relationship between the Browne and Percy families suggests a certain validity to Ancestry.com’s unverified claims.
There is scant biographical information regarding Henry Browne. The following sources of The Publications of the Surtees Society have been investigated without additional information being located:*Vol. 2 Wills and Inventories Illustrative of the History, Manners, Language and Atatistics, &c. of the Northern Counties of England, from the Eleventh Century Downwards. Part I (https://archive.org/details/publicationssur00socigoog);*Vol. 116 (1908) North Country Wills. York, Nottingham, Nurthumberland, Cumberland, Westmorland (https://books.google.com/books?id=R08JAAAAIAAJ);*The Nonconformist Register, of Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths (https://archive.org/stream/nonconformistreg00byuheyw#page/n9/mode/2up/search/Browne);*Andrews, G. (Ed.). (1860). Wills and inventories From the Registry at Durham, part II, (https://books.google.com/books?id=wMBJAAAAcAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_atb#v=snippet&q=morton&f=false). Publication of the Surtees Society. London: Mitchell and son. Retrieved from Google Books (https://books.google.com), accessed 30 November, 2019.
Additional research materials with negative results include:*Shannon, A. M. (2013). Projects of governance: Garrisons and the state of England, 1560's - 1630's (Doctoral dissertation), (https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/42724/Shannon-Andrea-PhD-HIST-%20December-2013.pdf?sequence=1), pp. 164, 165, 171-205. Retrieved from Dalhouse University (https://dalspace.library.dal.ca), accessed 8 February 2020.*Yorkshire genealogist. (1888). In J. Horsfall Turner (Ed.), Vol. I. (https://archive.org/details/yorkshiregenealo12turn/page/n4). Merged with Yorkshire notes and queries (Bingley, West Yorkshire), to become: Yorkshire county magazine. Bingley (England): Printed for the editor by T. Harrison. Retrieved from Internet Archilve (https://archive.org), accessed 8 February 2020*Wallis, J. (1769).The natural history and antiquities of Northumberland: and of so much of the county of Durham as lies between the rivers Tyne and Tweed; commonly called, North Bishoprick, (https://ia600207.us.archive.org/22/items/naturalhistoryan02walluoft/naturalhistoryan02walluoft.pdf), Vol. II., pp. 163-164 London: W. and W. Strahan. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 4 February 2020.*Thierry, A. (1847). History of the conquest of England by the Normans; its causes, and its consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, & on the continent, (https://archive.org/details/historyofconques01thieuoft/page/n8), Vol. I. London: David Bogue. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 8 February 2020.*Thierry, A. (1847). History of the conquest of England by the Normans; its causes, and its consequences, in England, Scotland, Ireland, & on the continent, (https://archive.org/details/historyconquest01thiegoog/page/n10), Vol. II. London: David Bogue. Retrieved from Internet Archive (https://archive.org); accessed 8 February 2020.
Family tree is a work in progress - To avoid the creation of unsourced profiles, parents, siblings, and additional children will be added to the header at a later date when current projects are completed.
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My Family History
Aft 1529 - Abt 1583 (< 52 years)