Browne, Anthony Maria (1573/4 - 1629)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 3
Troupes - 1
Venues - 2
Bibliographic Sources - 2
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Born / Died

Birth Date: 1574-02-01
Death Date: 1629-10-23

Notes

Imprisoned in the Fleet for opposing recusancy laws 1604; imprisoned in the Tower on suspicion of involvement in the Gunpowder Plot 15 Nov. 1605--20 Aug. 1606; subsequently under house arrest. Imprisoned in the Fleet for refusing to take the Oath of Allegiance 1611

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Sackville, Jane ( - 1651/2)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: 1591-2-3
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

From Sackville, Jane ( - 1651/2)

  1. Male offspring: Browne, Francis (b. 1610)

Primary Title

2nd Viscount Montagu

Titles

  • 2nd Viscount Montagu
    Assumed 1592-10-19
    Vacated 1629-10-23

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward, Surrey 1595-5-7 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Montague House, Surrey
    Patrimony
    Acquired: 1592-10-19
  • Battle Abbey, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: 1592-10-19
  • Cowdray Park, Sussex
    (Performance Venue)
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
    Acquired: 1592-10-19

Lands

  • Surrey
    Acquired: 1592-10-19
    Patrimony (via grandfather)
  • Sussex
    Acquired: 1592-10-19
    Patrimony (via grandfather)

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1593-1593 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Lord Montagu's Players
Performance 1594-1595 St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry , Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Montagu's Players
Performance 1595-1595 Town Hall, Bridgwater , Somerset Lord Montagu's Players

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Lord Montagu's Players Browne, Anthony Maria (1574 - 1629) Players 3

Owned Venues

Venue Name County Venue Type
Battle Abbey Sussex Private Residence
Cowdray House Sussex Private Residence

Bibliographic Sources

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The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. 1887–98 (8 vols); 1910–59 (13 vols). 6 vols. Gloucester: Alan Sutton, 1982.
McCann, Timothy. '"The Known Style of a Dedication is Flattery": Anthony Browne, 2nd Viscount Montague of Cowdray and his Sussex Flatterers.' Recusant History 19 (1988–9): 396–410.