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Browne, Anthony Maria (1573/4 - 1629)

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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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Offspring

Primary Title

  • 2nd Viscount Montagu

Titles

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

Details of Offices

Began
Steward, Surrey 1595 -5 -7

Details of Properties

Residence

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

Lands

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

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Town Hall, Bridgwater, Somerset Lord Montagu's Players
Performance - St Mary's Guildhall, Coventry, Coventry (city-county) in Warwickshire Lord Montagu's Players
Performance - 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 1
Lord Montagu's Players Browne, Anthony Maria (1574 - 1629) Players 1
Lord Montagu's Players Browne, Anthony Maria (1574 - 1629) Players 1

Owned Venues

Venue Name County 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.