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While most Budd genealogies insist that John Budd of Rye, or his father, John Budde, married a Katherine/Catherine Browne/Brown; and while many insist that Catherine Browne's father was Sir Anthony Browne (selecting one out of many), there is no indication as to how this conclusion is arrived at. Searching from the Budd end does not show Catherine's parents with any certainty (sometimes, her father is suggested as Hackiliah Browne of Rye); and searching from the Browne side provides only the most inconclusive and doubtful of connections.
Pieceing together what I can on the Brownes, I get the following.
Thomas
7. JOHN BUDDE
John Budde bpt. Seale, Surrey, England 22FEB1579, d. Pirbright, Surrey, England MAY(?)1654, m. Catherine Browne (bpt. ca. 1578-1582), d/o Anthony Browne, Esq. (bpt. 1553, d. 1592), who was s/o Sir Anthony Browne, first Viscount Montague and Mary Dormer, d/o Sir William Dormer of Eyethorp, Buckinghamshire. Lived in London and Pirbright.
“Note: It is unlikely that this John Budde and Catherine Browne were actually married, but there is strong supporting evidence that she was the mother of our immigrant ancestor, John1 Budd.”
“The will of *John Budde of Pirbright (proved at Westminster on 10 May 1654) names only these two children, John1 and Katherine, and his two kinsmen, John Budd of Tongham and William Budd of Aldershott who were his nephews, sons of his brother William. A copy of the original will, may be obtained from the Public Record Office, Chancery Lane, London, England WC2A 1LR.”
Cowdray House, Midhurst, West Sussex, by Nigel Sadler
http://www.nsadler.demon.co.uk/archaeology/cowdray/cowdray.htm
“This section of my site features my fascination and research work into the ruins of one of England's great houses, that of Cowdray, outside the West Sussex village of Midhurst.
Started in the early 16th century on the site of an earlier building, this noble house became the home of the Browne's, Viscount Montague and a repository of some of the key artifacts from English history. Its heyday fell during the Tudor period and architecturally I believe it could be compared to that of many of the great palaces and country houses of that time.
Its destruction by fire in 1790 was a great loss, but romantic ruins remain to hint at its former glory.
http://www.nsadler.demon.co.uk/archaeology/cowdray/chapt1.htm
Midhurst, twelve miles north of Chichester in West Sussex, probably owes its foundation as a feudal town to its position on a crossing point of the River Rother, close to a north-south route through the South Downs. The Mediaeval town plan still survives in the eastern half, near the church.
A mile to the north of Midhurst is the remains of Easebourne Priory, founded in the thirteenth century. Cowdray is in the parish and many of its noble owners have their mausoleums in the parish Church of St. Magdalene and St. Deny's.
On Sir William FitzWilliam's death in 1542, the estate went to his half brother, Sir Anthony Browne and it is with this family that Cowdray remained until its destruction by fire in 1793.
One further note on the valuable contents of Cowdray The house is known to have had a very fine collection of paintings by many of the great artists of the period like Raphael, Rubens, Van Dyke, Inigo Jones, Gainsborough and Holbein. Also, it may safely be assumed many important pieces of furniture. More valuable than all the rest, was a collection of relics of the Norman Conquest, taken from Battle Abbey when the Montagues owned it. These included the sword of William the Conqueror, his coronation robe and the famous Roll of Battle Abbey, of which, fortunately, copies had been made.
The relics were at Cowdray because, following the dissolution of the Monasteries in 1536-39, Battle Abbey and its lands were given to Sir Anthony Browne as part of the family estates. In 1717 it was sold, but some of its relics were kept and brought back to Cowdray.
The second account concerns Sir Anthony Browne who held Cowdray between 1542-48. In 1538, Henry VIII had granted him the suppressed Battle Abbey and its lands and on taking over, Sir Anthony promptly pulled down the abbey church. It is said that when Sir Anthony was holding his first great feast in the Abbot's Hall at Battle, a monk made his way through the crowd and striding up the dais on which Sir Anthony sat, cursed him to his face. He foretold of the doom that would hang over the family following the destruction of church lands and ended by saying, "by fire and water, thy line shall come to an end and it shall perish out of this land."
For two-hundred-and fifty years and eight successive ownerships later, nothing disastrous had happened to Cowdray or its resident Browne family. Nothing that is, until the time of the eighth Viscount Montague. (The first Viscount was the successor to Sir Anthony Browne in 1548.)
First Viscount Montagu/e (Anthony Browne), 1528-1592
http://www.montaguemillennium.com/research/h_1592_anthony.htm
First Viscount Montagu. Important Catholic loyal to the Queen during the time of the Armada.
The name here is the title Montagu, not the surname. Created viscount on 2-September-1554.
As the Spanish Armada approached England, a `fifth column' uprising of English Catholics was widely expected. The Browne's played a critical role:
`The nobility were reminded of their duty to send lances and light horse for the defense of the Queen’s person... The nobles included some of known Catholic sympathies... One Catholic nobleman who was not on the list was Viscount Montague, who had heard of Portsdown beacon being fired as the Armada approached the Isle of Wight... and was already writing to the Privy Council for instructions about putting his horse and foot at the disposal of the Queen. With some embarrassment, next day the Privy Council asked this loyal Catholic to send his forces to Court in the charge of his son, in view of his age and infirmity.' Brags and Boasts, Whitehead.
The Brownes continued to play an important role in shaping English Catholicism as a `minority' religion:
`The 1560s were a time of uneasy peace when Catholics continued to participate in parish life without supporting the faith by law established. ... the staunchly Catholic family of Anthony Browne, Viscount Montague ... followed a pattern familiar across the nation. Slowly retreating into their private chapels, the Catholic gentry were beginning by the late 1560s to establish the pattern of worship that would characterize English Catholicism.' The Birth of the Elizabethan Age, Jones.
The Search for the “Lost” Brown(e)‘s, Viscounts Montagu.
http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~alan/Arundell/browne.gif
The family of Browne of Beechworth, co. Surrey, was founded by Sir Anthony Browne in the 14th century. His great grandson, Sir Anthony Browne, “standard-bearer for the whole realm of England and elsewhere”, married Lucy Nevill, daughter and co-heir of John Nevill, Marquess of Montagu.
Their grandson, Sir Anthony Browne, was created Viscount Montagu on the 2nd of September, 1554 by Queen Mary, with remainder to “heirs male of his body”.
Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire, by Jennifer O'Brien and David Herber.
http://www.britannia.com/history/ashbystl.html
On the morning of the 5th of November, before the news broke of the failure of the Gunpowder Plot, Robert Catesby, by prior arrangement, had a servant of Ambrose Rookwood fetch his son and the child of his sister Anne from Rushton to his mother's keeping at Ashby St. Ledgers. His sister was married to Sir Henry Browne, the uncle of Anthony, 2nd Viscount Montague. (Viscount Montague later came under suspicion, as a Catholic Lord who had stayed away from Parliament, and was thrown into the Tower, where he confessed to Catesby warning him to staying away, but giving no reason.)
http://www.nsadler.demon.co.uk/archaeology/cowdray/appendix.htm
Cowdray House, was owned by:
--------1492 John Bohun (earlier building)
1492-1529 37 years Sir David Owen (re-built house 1520-1529)
1529-1542 13 years Sir William FitzWilliam, later Earl of Southampton
1542 Sir William FitzWilliam died and the estates passed to his half-brother, Sir Anthony Browne
1542-1548 6 years Sir Anthony Browne K.G.
1548 On Sir Anthony's death, his son, also called Anthony, inherited Cowdray
1554 Queen Mary bestows the title of Viscount Montague on Sir Anthony Browne
1548-1592 34 years Sir Anthony Browne K.G., First Viscount Montague. (Sir Anthony Browne's son)
1592 First Viscount died and the Second Viscount Montague took over. He built the large bays on the northeast side of the court and drew up a book of household rules
1592-1629 37 years Anthony Maria Browne, Second Viscount Montague
http://www.tip.net.au/~mos/browne.htm
Line of descent at web site:
http://www.oedgs.com/browne.htm
BROWNE
Sir ANTHONY BROWNE, Knight of Bath in 1377, had two sons:
1. Sir RICHARD BROWNE
2. Sir STEPHEN BROWNE, Lord Mayor of London in 1439, unm.
1. Sir RICHARD BROWNE had one son:
11. Sir THOMAS BROWNE d. beheaded 20JUN1460, (elsewhere called the s/o Sir Stephen Browne, Lord Mayor of London, who supposedly had no children; and also called s/o Robert Browne, s/o Sir Anthony Browne), Treasurer of the Household King Henry VI. Owned the Castle of Beechworth, Surrey England by “jure uxoris” (right of marriage, or in right of wife), m. ca. 1431 ELEANOR FitzALAN, daughter and heir of Sir Thomas FitzAlan, Earl of Arundel (or brother of John FitzAlan, 14th Earl of Arundel), and Joan _____. Eleanor FitzAlan m 2nd Thomas Vaughn. Their children were:
111. Sir GEORGE BROWNE (beheaded 1483), succeeded to Beechworth Castle, m. ELIZABETH PASSION, from whom the line of the Brownes of Beechworth, baronets, and the Brownes of Walkout in Northampton, descend.
112. WILLIAM BROWNE
Notes on the Glanville & Browne Pedigrees, data provided by Mike Brown, Dartmoor Press, written by W. U. S. Glanville-Richards, published in an 1884 edition of the Western Antiquary.
http://www.dartmoorpress.clara.net/indexptavk.html
William Browne whose son finally settled at Tavistock (Sir B Burke’s LG). The name of his son as it appeared by Har. MSS. and Rawlinson’s MSS. 6164.287, and also by another MS. in Queen’s Coll. Oxon, was John Browne of Tavistock, who had William and Thomazine, and probably another daughter who married William (?) Grylls of Tavistock. Thomazine was, as before stated, the wife of John Glanville of Tavistock, and mother of Sir John Glanville, Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, whose fine monument is still to be seen in Tavistock Church.
113. Sir ANTHONY BROWNE, Standard Bearer of England 1485, Esquire for the Body, Governor of Queenborough Castle in Kent, knighted 1486, Constable of the Castle of Calais 1503, d. 1506, bur. Calais, France, m. 2nd LUCY NEVILLE (m. 1st Sir Thomas FitzWilliams of Aldwark, “Com. Ebara“ (Yorkshire?, Eboracum being Latin for York)), daughter and co-heir of John Neville, Marquis of Montague (or LUCY POLE, d/o Henry Pole, Lord Montague, s/o Sir Richard Pole, KG (d. NOV1504) and Margaret Plantagenet, Marquess of Salisbury “the Last of the Plantagenets” (b. 1469, d. beheaded Tower of London 27MAY1541.) They may be the same person, as Lucy Pole is supposed to be descended from the Nevilles.)
114. THOMAS BROWNE
115. Sir ROBERT BROWNE m. MARY MALLET, d/o Sir William Mallet, and had a son:
1151. Sir THOMAS BROWNE m. MARY METCALF
116. CATHERINE BROWNE m. HUMPHREY SACKVILLE, Esq., of Bucharest
113. Sir ANTHONY BROWNE (“fourth son of Sir Thomas Browne”) b. ca. 1443, d. 1506 (or 1505), bur. Calais, France, Standard Bearer of England 1485, Esquire for the Body, Governor of Queenborough Castle in Kent, knighted 1486, Constable of the Castle of Calais 1503, m. 2nd LUCY NEVILLE (bur. Tickhill, Yorkshire, ENG, m. 1st Sir Thomas FitzWilliams of Aldwark, “Com. Ebara“ (York County?)), daughter and co-heir of John Neville, Marquis of Montague and Isabel Ingoldisthorpe (d/o Sir Thomas Ingoldisthorpe of the Borough of Green in Cambridgeshire, or d/o Sir Edmund Ingoldisthorpe and Joan Tiptoft), (or LUCY POLE, d/o Henry Pole, Lord Montague, s/o Sir Richard Pole, KG (d. NOV1504) and Margaret Plantagenet, Marquess of Salisbury (b. 1469, d. 27MAY1541).) Their children were:
1131. Sir ANTHONY BROWNE b. 1509 (or 29JUN1500), d. 1548, bur, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Battle, Bexhill, East Sussex, ENG, Esquire of the Household 1524, Lieutenant of the Isle of Man 1526, Ambassador at the Court of France 1528 and 1533, Master of the Horse 1539, Knight of the Garter 1540, Justice in Eire, north of Trent 1546, Standard Bearer of England 1547, m. ALICE GAGE, d/o Sir John Gage, KG and Phillipe Guildford; m. 2nd Lady ELIZABETH FitzGERALD, d/o Gerald FitzGerald, ninth Earl of Kildare, and better known as the ‘Fair Geraldine’
1132. ELIZABETH BROWN m. HENRY SOMERSET, Earl of Worcester
1133. LUCY BROWNE m. Sir THOMAS CLIFFORD, third s/o Henry Clifford, Earl of Cumberland
1134. ANNE BROWNE (suggested by a site at:
http://www.pillagoda.freewire.co.uk/CAVALIER.htm
m. CHARLES BRANDON, Duke of Suffolk
1131. Sir ANTHONY BROWNE b. 1509 (or 29JUN1500), d. 1548 (or 1547 or 1568), bur, St. Mary the Virgin Church, Battle, Bexhill, East Sussex, ENG, Esquire of the Household 1524, Lieutenant of the Isle of Man 1526, Ambassador at the Court of France 1528 and 1533, Master of the Horse 1539, Knight of the Garter 1540, Justice in Eire, north of Trent 1546, Standard Bearer of England 1547, m. 1st ALICE GAGE, d/o Sir John Gage, KG, KB, PC (b. 1479, d. 18APR1556) and Phillipa Guildford (d/o Sir Richard Guildford); m. 2nd Lady ELIZABETH FitzGERALD, d/o Gerald FitzGerald, ninth Earl of Kildare, and better known as the ‘Fair Geraldine’.
His children were:
11311. Sir ANTHONY BROWN knighted 1547, Master of Horse 1554, created Viscount Montague 2SEP1554, ambassador to Rome, Lieutenant General at St. Quentin 1554, privy councillor, Knight of the Garter 1555, ambassador to Spain 1562, d. 1592, bur. Comdry (Cowdray?), Sussex Co., ENG, m. 1st JANE RADCLIFFE, d/o Robert Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex; m. 2nd MAGDALEN DACRE, d/o William Dacre of Gillesland, Lord of Greystoke
11312. WILLIAM BROWNE of Elsing, Southampton Co., m. ANN HASTINGS, d/o Henry Hastings. (Brownes of Elsing.)
11313. FRANCES BROWNE m. ANN GORING, d/o Sir William Goring of Burton, Sussex County, ENG
11314. HENRY BROWNE
11315. MARY BROWNE m. JOHN GREY, s/o the Marquis of Dorset
11316. MABEL BROWNE m. Gerald FitzGerald, Earl of Kildare, Ireland
11317. LUCY BROWNE m. THOMAS ROPER (b. ca. 1531, d. 21JAN1597 aet. 65, bur. St. Dunstan‘s Church, Canterbury, Kent, ENG)of Eltham, Kent Co., ENG, s/o of William and Margaret (More) Roper. Thomas Roper was First Secretary of the King’s Bench (interpretation of this or these offices difficult), and Margaret More was the d/o Saint Sir Thomas More.
11311. Sir ANTHONY BROWN b. 1528, d. 1592, bur. Easbourne Church, knighted 1547, Master of Horse 1554, created Viscount Montague 2SEP1554, ambassador to Rome, Lieutenant General at St. Quentin 1554, privy councillor, Knight of the Garter 1555, ambassador to Spain 1562, d. 1592, bur. Comdry, Sussex Co., ENG, m. 1st JANE RADCLIFFE, d/o Robert Radcliffe, Earl of Sussex and Lady Margaret Stanley (d/o Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby); m. 2nd 1558 MAGDALEN DACRE (b. 1538, d. 1608), d/o William Dacres of Gillesland, Lord of Greystoke.
Magdalen Dacre is said the be descended from Edward III by the following line:
Edward III King of England (b. 1312, d. 1377) m. 1328 Philippa of Hainault (b. 1312, d. 1377)
John 1st Duke of Lancaster (b. 1340, d. 1399) m. 1st 1359 Blanche of Lancaster (b. 1345, d. 1369)
Elizabeth of Lancaster (b. 1362, d. 1428) m. 1386 John Holand 1st Duke of Exeter ( d. 1400)
Constance Holand (d. 1437) m. 1413 John Grey (d. 1439)
Edmund Grey 1st Earl of Kent (b. 1416, d. 1490) m. 1458 Katherine Percy (b. 1423)
Elizabeth Grey (d. 1472) m. Robert Greystoke (d. 1483)
Elizabeth, Baroness of Greystoke (b. 1472, d. 1516) m. 1488 Thomas Dacre 2nd Baron Dacre (b. 1467, d. 1525)
William Dacre 3rd Baron Dacre (b. 1500, d. 1563) m. Elizabeth Talbot (d. 1552)
Magdalen Dacre
His children were:
1st
113111. ANTHONY BROWNE (1st) b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG 8JUN1545, bpt. 1553?, d. 1592 (apparently predeceased his father, and the title passed to his son, Anthony Browne), m. MARY DORMER, d/o Sir William Dormer of Elthorpe, Buckinghamshire, ENG. Sheriff of Surrey and Kent 1580.
113112. MARY BROWNE m. 1st HENRY WRIOTHESLEY, Earl of Southampton; m. 2nd Sir THOMAS HENEAGE; m. 3rd Sir WILLIAM HARVEY, 1st Baron of Ross (b. before 31JAN1599 (N.S.), d. JUN1642; m. 2nd Cordelia _____.) (Also supposedly m. 1620 ROBERT PETRE (d. 23OCT1638), 3rd Baron Petre, s/o William and Catherine (Somerset) Petre. The dates, however, seem to refute this, and she may have been d/o the 2nd Viscount.) One site suggests she was the model for Shakespeare’s Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet.)
113113. Sir WILLIAM BROWNE (missing from the compilation from which this was first composed, but indicated elsewhere. It is not certain if he was a child by the 1st or 2nd marriage.)
2nd
113114. Sir GEORGE BROWNE, ancestor of the Brownes of Wickham, Kent Co., ENG, m. MARY TYRWHIT. A son:
1131141. GEORGE BROWNE bur, St. Martin’s-in-the-Field, 9FEB1664 (N.S.) m. ELLINOR BLOUNT, is reputed to be an ancestor of the Empress Josephine of France.
113115. THOMAS BROWNE, unm.
113116. Sir HENRY BROWNE, ancestor of the Brownes of Kiddington, Oxfordshire, ENG, m. ANNE CATESBY, sister of Robert Catesby of the Gunpowder Plot 5NOV1605.
113117. Sir ANTHONY MARIA BROWNE (2nd) m. ANN BELL, d/o Sir ____ Bell of Norfolkshire. Lived in Effingham. No children.
113118. JANE BROWNE m. Sir FRANCIS BACON of Williey, Salopshire, ENG
113111. ANTHONY BROWNE (1st) Sheriff of Surrey and Kent 1580, d. 1592, m. MARY DORMER, d/o Sir William Dormer of Elthorpe, Buckinghamshire, ENG. Their children were:
1131111. ANTHONY BROWNE 2nd Viscount Montague, d. 28OCT1629, bur. Midhurst, Sussex Co., ENG, m. FEB1591? JANE SACKVILLE (or she might be the first wife of Anthony Maria Browne [113117]), d/o Thomas Sackville, 1st? Earl of Dorset (b. 1536, d. 19APR1608) and Cicely Baker
1131112. JOHN BROWNE m. ANN GIFFORD
1131113. WILLIAM BROWNE, died without children
1131114. DOROTHY BROWNE m. EDMOND LEE, of Stanton-Bury. Sadly, at this point, the composer of the web site confuses this family and that of their supposed daughter, Dorothy Lee m. Sir Thomas Temple, so badly that they are inextricable. It would seem that some descendants might be (surnames Lee and Temple interchangeable):
Sir THOMAS LEE, Baronet of Nova Scotia, Governor of Nova Scotia
DOROTHY LEE m. Sir JOHN TEMPLE (his first marriage
THOMAS TEMPLE d. 27MAR1674, Governor of Nova Scotia, no children.
HESTER LEE m. EDWARD PASCAL of Essex Co. and of Gray’s Inn. Their son, John Pascal (d. 1737), went to America and m. Elizabeth Taylor, d/o of Sir William Taylor of Dorchester (near Boston), MA
1131115. CATHERINE BROWNE m. Sir _____ TREGANIAN
1131111. ANTHONY BROWNE 2nd Viscount Montague, d. 28OCT1629, bur. Midhurst, Sussex Co., ENG, m. FEB1591? JANE SACKVILLE (or she might be the first wife of Anthony Maria Browne [113117]), d/o Thomas Sackville, 1st? Earl of Dorset (b. 1536, d. 19APR1608) and Cicely Baker. “Viscount Montague later came under suspicion, as a Catholic Lord who had stayed away from Parliament, and was thrown into the Tower, where he confessed to Catesby warning him to staying away, but giving no reason.”
Guy Fawkes was briefly (ca. 1593) one of his footmen.
This would appear to be the supposed father of CATHERINE BROWNE m. JOHN BUDDE, although the dates do not match:
John Budde bpt. Seale, Surrey, England 22FEB1579, d. Pirbright, Surrey, England MAY(?)1654, m. Catherine Browne (bpt. ca. 1578-1582), d/o Anthony Browne, Esq. (bpt. 1553, d. 1592), who was s/o Sir Anthony Browne, first Viscount Montague and Mary Dormer, d/o Sir William Dormer of Eyethorp, Buckinghamshire. Lived in London and Pirbright.
An LDS Family Group, supposedly for Anthony Maria Browne, but giving Anthony Browne’s death date, listing him as a s/o Anthony and Mary (dormer) Brown, with spouse, Jane Sackville, lists as their children:
11311111. FRANCIS BROWNE (1st) b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1592, d. young
11311112. MARY BROWNE b. 1593, d. 13NOV1692, m. 1st WILLIAM PAULET (b. ca. 1587, d. before 4AUG1621), s/o William and Lucy (Cecil) Paulet of Winchester, Hampshire, ENG; m. 2nd WILLIAM ARUNDELL (b. 1590, d. 15MAY1653, s/o Thomas and Mary (Wriothesley) Arundell of Horningsham, Wiltshire, ENG
11311113. ANTHONY BROWNE b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1594
11311114. FRANCIS BROWNE (2nd) b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1596, d. 24OCT1682, m. ELIZABETH SOMERSET, d/o Henry and Anne (Russell) Somerset
11311115. CATHERINE BROWNE b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1598, m. WILLIAM TYRWHITT
11311116. ANN BROWNE b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1600
11311117. LUCY BROWNE b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1604
11311118. FRANCES BROWNE b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1606, m. JOHN BLOMER
11311119. BARBARA BROWNE b. Cowdray, Sussex Co., ENG ca. 1608
http://www.bigenealogy.com/familychests/page14.htm
During these two centuries the estate had more than once changed hands, and in the early part of the sixteenth century it was owned by Sir William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton, by whom the building of 'the great house of Cowdray' was commenced, and at whose death, in 1543, it passed to his half-brother, Sir Anthony Browne, who may be regarded as the founder of the fortune-or the misfortunes-of the lords of Cowdray. Sir Anthony was Master of the Horse and Chief. Standard Bearer of England in the time of Henry VIII. He it was who married Anne of Cleves as the king's proxy, and who later on married, on his own account, and as his second wife, the Lady Elizabeth Fitzgerald, daughter of Gerald, ninth Earl of Kildare, and better known as the ‘Fair Geraldine’.
It was to this Sir Anthony Browne that Battle Abbey and other broad lands and noble: buildings were granted at the 'Dissolution.' It is to him that county is indebted for the destruction of the glorious church which the Conqueror built at Battle to commemorate his victory over the Saxons; and it was to him that fell the delicate task of apprising his royal master of his approaching end. Within three months of the surrender of Battle Abbey, Sir Anthony Browne took up his residence within its walls, and soon set to work in altering or demolishing various parts of the structure.
There is more than one account given of the ‘curse of fire and water' which was pronounced directly on him and his descendants, and to which we have alluded above; but the more generally received tradition is that when Sir Anthony was holding his first great feast, or house-warming, in the Abbots' Hall at Battle, a monk made his way through the crowd of guests, and, striding up to the dais on which Sir Anthony sat, cursed him to his face. He foretold the doom that would befall the posterity of Sir Anthony, and prophesied that the curse would cleave to his family until it should cease to exist. He concluded with the words, 'By fire and water thy line shall come to an end, and it shall perish out of the land.'
Henry completed the long list of honors and favors which he conferred upon Sir Anthony Browne by making him executor of his will and guardian to Edward VI. and Princess Elizabeth. Nor was Sir Anthony's son and successor less prominent in public affairs; but his fidelity to the Catholic faith was held by some to condone the crime of his father. He was created Viscount Montague by Queen Mary on the occasion of her marriage; but, as may be expected, on account of his religion, he was omitted by Elizabeth from the list of her Privy Councilors.
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