Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
Powys-Lybbe Forbears - Person Sheet
NameGeorge Browne 
[158, pp. 12-14], [56, Surrey of 1662-8, pub Harleian 1910, Browne p. 17]
[158, pp. 12-14], [56, Surrey of 1662-8, pub Harleian 1910, Browne p. 17]Death1675
General2nd s. Ironmaster. JP. Of Buckland, Surrey.
FatherJohn Browne (ca1590-1655)
MotherMartha Tylden (-1644)
Notes for George Browne
His signature (or a facsimile thereof) is on the Visitation of Surrey, pub Harleian in 1899, p. 17.
In Burke's extinct baronets, 2nd edn, pub 1841) for Browne of Beechworth, page 78, it has a section on Sir Ambrose Browne who was created a baronet in 1727 (1627?) and died in 1661:
"... leaving issue, two sons, ADAM, his heir; and Ambrose who predeceased his father unmarried, with two daughters, the elder m. to John [sic] Brown, esq of Buckland ..."
The son ADAM died with an only dau and heiress Margaret who dsp in 1720. Her co-heir therefore was her aunt who had married George [or John] Browne of Buckland.
In Burke's Commoners Vol II, p. 540, pub 1836 odd, on the Poyntzes of Cowdray Park, it says of the same Sir Ambrose Browne who was bart in 1727 (1627 surely) and d. in 1661 that his elder daughter was married to George Browne esq of Buckland.
The conclusion to me is that Sir Wm Meux's wife Elizabeth Browne was the dau. of George Browne with a brother Ambrose. Whether this Beechwood castle Browne daughter married a George Browne of Buckland or possibly a father of George who was named John, also of Buckland, it seems fair conclusion to say that Elizabeth Browne was, somehow descended from the Brownes of Beechworth castle and move backwards from there.
Obviously I will keep going for more information.
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3rd Dec 2001: In "Buckland 1000-2000, AVillage History" by Dr C Ferns, pub 1999, pp 12-9, there seems to be a replication of an entry in a Surrey Visitation record of 1662 [ie follow that up!] which says:
1. Elizabeth, George's wife was 3rd dau. of Sir Ambrose Browne,
2. Geo and Eliz had 2 sons, Ambrose & John, and 2 daus., Elizabeth & Philippa.
3. Geo Browne had a son George by his 1st wife Anne, dau. of Walter Doble of Street, Sussex, arm.
All looking rather conclusive.
Buckland is near Dorking, by the way.
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Oct 2002: The Surrey visitation has been found and confirms all, having a signature of George Browne himself.
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From Adrian Channing on 30 Nov 2004:
Both the wives of George Browne (-1675)
(Anne Doble and Elizabeth Browne) seem to have had interests in Bayham manor
and abbey (site of) which has hitherto confused me.
Jennett Raymond was the heir (and presumably son in law) of George son of
George Browne by Anne Doble as is apparent from the A2A extract below.
I have also transcribed the PCC will of George Browne (-1675), and if it is
of interested I enclose a copy, but it is of no help regarding his daughters.
regards,
Adrian
Reference: 5M52/T7; Kingsdowne, etc: Deeds, settlements, recovery, etc., of
various lands; Creation dates: 1653-1709; Extent and Form: 5 documents
Scope and Content
Hampshire: Andover, Ashe, Baughurst, Burrowclere [Burghclere], Bromley,
Hannington, Hatherden, Highclere, Kingsclere, Oakley, Stratfieldsaye, Weston,
Witney, Wolfreton [Wolverton] Berkshire: Bradfield, Buckleberry, Burfeild,
Oakfield, Pulhamsted, Stanford Dingley, Ufton
(i) George Browne of Spilmonden, Horsmonden, Kent., Esq
(ii) Thomas Foley of London, Esq
(iii) Sr. Robt. Worseley of Appledercombe [Appuldurcombe], I. of W., Kt.,
bart
(iv) George Browne of Buckland, Surrey, Esq., son of (i)
(v) Jennett Raymond of Herwich, Thatcham, Berks., heir of (iv)
(vi) John Smith of Inner Temple, London, gent
(vii) George Wheeler of same place, gent
PRO; A2A; Hampshire Record Office_ Portal of Laverstoke.
PCC Will of George Browne of Buckland, Surrey undated will proved 7 Feb
1675/6
Summary:-
£10 to poor of Buckland
Wife Elizabeth to have manor of Shelwood, Surrey and the receipts of up to
2,000 trees from the manor of Moluerton[?], Hants according to indenture I to
pay debts, legacies and then to testators children
Sons:
George Browne the younger of Buckland (son and heir apparent) to have equity
under Indenture III
Ambrose to have manor of Buckland in the parishes of Buckland, Betchworth and
Polgate near Dorking as well as property in Leigh, Charlewood, Horley &
Newdigate Surrey
Indenture I.
Dated 13 Nov of 21th of current monarch between i) George Browne (testator)
and his wife Elizabeth; ii) Sir Robert Worsley of Appledercombe (A), IoW; Sir
Adam Browne bart of Betchworth, Surrey, Richard Worsley of A and Charles Brett
late of Wappingthorne, Sussex and iii) George Browne the younger of Buckland
(s&h of testator) and Jane Worsley a dau of the late Sir Henry Worsley of A
Indenture II (details as per indenture)
Dated 21 March 1654 made between 1) George Browne (testator, then of
Betchworth) 2) Sir Ambrose Browne Bart of Betchworth; his s&h Adam Browne and another
son Ambrose Browne iii) Elizabeth Browne dau of Sir Ambrose Browne and wife of
testator
Indenture III
Dated 4 June last the testator "rent-let" (pepper corn rent for 17 years and
George Browne junior advanced £1,000 to John Browne) to John Browne of
Spelmonden, Horsemonden, Kent 750 acres of woodland in parishes of Lamberhurst and
Faunt, Kent & Sussex, George Browne to be repaid (plus 6% interest) out of
timber receipts
[NB at one time the testator George Browne was of Spelmonden, and this John
Browne is perhaps the son of George's brother John]
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In Burke's extinct baronets, 2nd edn, pub 1841) for Browne of Beechworth, page 78, it has a section on Sir Ambrose Browne who was created a baronet in 1727 (1627?) and died in 1661:
"... leaving issue, two sons, ADAM, his heir; and Ambrose who predeceased his father unmarried, with two daughters, the elder m. to John [sic] Brown, esq of Buckland ..."
The son ADAM died with an only dau and heiress Margaret who dsp in 1720. Her co-heir therefore was her aunt who had married George [or John] Browne of Buckland.
In Burke's Commoners Vol II, p. 540, pub 1836 odd, on the Poyntzes of Cowdray Park, it says of the same Sir Ambrose Browne who was bart in 1727 (1627 surely) and d. in 1661 that his elder daughter was married to George Browne esq of Buckland.
The conclusion to me is that Sir Wm Meux's wife Elizabeth Browne was the dau. of George Browne with a brother Ambrose. Whether this Beechwood castle Browne daughter married a George Browne of Buckland or possibly a father of George who was named John, also of Buckland, it seems fair conclusion to say that Elizabeth Browne was, somehow descended from the Brownes of Beechworth castle and move backwards from there.
Obviously I will keep going for more information.
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3rd Dec 2001: In "Buckland 1000-2000, AVillage History" by Dr C Ferns, pub 1999, pp 12-9, there seems to be a replication of an entry in a Surrey Visitation record of 1662 [ie follow that up!] which says:
1. Elizabeth, George's wife was 3rd dau. of Sir Ambrose Browne,
2. Geo and Eliz had 2 sons, Ambrose & John, and 2 daus., Elizabeth & Philippa.
3. Geo Browne had a son George by his 1st wife Anne, dau. of Walter Doble of Street, Sussex, arm.
All looking rather conclusive.
Buckland is near Dorking, by the way.
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Oct 2002: The Surrey visitation has been found and confirms all, having a signature of George Browne himself.
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From Adrian Channing on 30 Nov 2004:
Both the wives of George Browne (-1675)
(Anne Doble and Elizabeth Browne) seem to have had interests in Bayham manor
and abbey (site of) which has hitherto confused me.
Jennett Raymond was the heir (and presumably son in law) of George son of
George Browne by Anne Doble as is apparent from the A2A extract below.
I have also transcribed the PCC will of George Browne (-1675), and if it is
of interested I enclose a copy, but it is of no help regarding his daughters.
regards,
Adrian
Reference: 5M52/T7; Kingsdowne, etc: Deeds, settlements, recovery, etc., of
various lands; Creation dates: 1653-1709; Extent and Form: 5 documents
Scope and Content
Hampshire: Andover, Ashe, Baughurst, Burrowclere [Burghclere], Bromley,
Hannington, Hatherden, Highclere, Kingsclere, Oakley, Stratfieldsaye, Weston,
Witney, Wolfreton [Wolverton] Berkshire: Bradfield, Buckleberry, Burfeild,
Oakfield, Pulhamsted, Stanford Dingley, Ufton
(i) George Browne of Spilmonden, Horsmonden, Kent., Esq
(ii) Thomas Foley of London, Esq
(iii) Sr. Robt. Worseley of Appledercombe [Appuldurcombe], I. of W., Kt.,
bart
(iv) George Browne of Buckland, Surrey, Esq., son of (i)
(v) Jennett Raymond of Herwich, Thatcham, Berks., heir of (iv)
(vi) John Smith of Inner Temple, London, gent
(vii) George Wheeler of same place, gent
PRO; A2A; Hampshire Record Office_ Portal of Laverstoke.
PCC Will of George Browne of Buckland, Surrey undated will proved 7 Feb
1675/6
Summary:-
£10 to poor of Buckland
Wife Elizabeth to have manor of Shelwood, Surrey and the receipts of up to
2,000 trees from the manor of Moluerton[?], Hants according to indenture I to
pay debts, legacies and then to testators children
Sons:
George Browne the younger of Buckland (son and heir apparent) to have equity
under Indenture III
Ambrose to have manor of Buckland in the parishes of Buckland, Betchworth and
Polgate near Dorking as well as property in Leigh, Charlewood, Horley &
Newdigate Surrey
Indenture I.
Dated 13 Nov of 21th of current monarch between i) George Browne (testator)
and his wife Elizabeth; ii) Sir Robert Worsley of Appledercombe (A), IoW; Sir
Adam Browne bart of Betchworth, Surrey, Richard Worsley of A and Charles Brett
late of Wappingthorne, Sussex and iii) George Browne the younger of Buckland
(s&h of testator) and Jane Worsley a dau of the late Sir Henry Worsley of A
Indenture II (details as per indenture)
Dated 21 March 1654 made between 1) George Browne (testator, then of
Betchworth) 2) Sir Ambrose Browne Bart of Betchworth; his s&h Adam Browne and another
son Ambrose Browne iii) Elizabeth Browne dau of Sir Ambrose Browne and wife of
testator
Indenture III
Dated 4 June last the testator "rent-let" (pepper corn rent for 17 years and
George Browne junior advanced £1,000 to John Browne) to John Browne of
Spelmonden, Horsemonden, Kent 750 acres of woodland in parishes of Lamberhurst and
Faunt, Kent & Sussex, George Browne to be repaid (plus 6% interest) out of
timber receipts
[NB at one time the testator George Browne was of Spelmonden, and this John
Browne is perhaps the son of George's brother John]
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Will notes for George Browne
(From Adrian Channing on 30th Nov 2004.)
In the name of God Amen I George Browne of / Buckland in the ^*[in margin:
*Countie]^ of Surrey esq^r^ being of sound memorie doe make this my last Will and / Testament in manner and forme following First and principally I most humbly surrender / upp my soule unto my God the creator of the same humbly and earnestly praying his / eternall majestie to pardon my synns and iniquities and that for Jesus sake hee / would grant mee eternall life and salvation My bodie I leave to be buried in / such place as my deare wife shall appoint decently and privately without / unnecessary expensive funerall charges And as to my worldly estate where- / with it hath pleased god to bless mee I doe dispose of the same in manner following / First I doe give unto the poore of the said parish of Buckland tenn pounds of / lawfull money of England to be payd within one month after my decease and to be / distributed by the overseer for the poore of the said parish of Buckland, to such / of the said poore as my deare wife Elizabeth Browne shall nominate and appoint / And to hereas I have lately purchased one feild called the Longtramley conttyning / by estimation two acres and an halfe adjoyning unto the highway leading from / Polgate to Dorking for the terme of nyne hundred years or more or less yet to come / or some such terms The which said feild is lying intermixt with the domesnes / of the manor of Buckland I doe hereby give and devise the said feild and all / my terme estate and interest therein to my sonne Ambrose Browne his / executors adm'traters and assignes Item I give and devise unto my loving wife / Elizabeth Browne and her heires the seiginories and services and whatsoever / I have power to devise of or concerning my mannor or lordshipp of Shelwood in / the countie of Surrey, to have and to hold the said seiginories services and / premises soe devised to my said wife unto her the said Elizabeth Browne my / wife her heires and assignes forever To the inyent onely and upon this trust / that shee the said Elizabeth Browne my wife her heires or assignes shall / make all or soe many as shee shall think fit of the Copihold Messuages lands / tenements and hereditments of or belonging to the said mannor to be holden / at fine certaine And shall and may have free libertie power and authoritie / to take such fines or make such compositions as shee or they shall think fit for / the making all or any of the said Copihold messuages lands tenements or / hereditments within or belonging to the said mannor of Shelwood to be Fine / certaine and all or any other duties and services thereonto belonging at / certainties and the monyes thereby raised to imploy towards the payment of my / debts, And if shee shall think fit to raise more than shall descharge my said / debts, the same to be for the benefit of my children, and to be disposed of as / my said dear wife shall think fit Item I give and devise unto my dear wife / Elizabeth Browne her executors adm'straters and assignes all the libertie / power and interest for
the felling cutting-down grubbing-upp and carying away / of two thousand
timber=trees or other trees which shall not be disposed of by / mee in my life
time standing or being upon the mannor of Moluerton[?] in the / countie of
Southampton reserved to mee in and by the promise of certaine / tripartite
indentures bearing date the thirtieth day of November in the one / and twentith yeare of his nowe majesties reigne made between mee the said / George Browne and Elizabeth my wife of the first part Sr Robert Worsley / of Appledercombe in the Isle of Wight and countie of Southampton knight and / Baronet Sr. Adam Browne of Betchworth-castle in the countie of Surrey / baronet Richard Worsley of Applledercombe aforsaid esq^r.^ and Charles Brett / late of Wappingthorne in the countie of Sussex esq^r.^ of the second part and / / George Browne the younger of Buckland aforesaid sonne and heire / apparant of mee the said George Browne and Jane Worsley one of the / daughters of S^r^ Henry Worsley late of Appledercombe aforsaid in the said / Isle of Wight and countie of Southampton Baronet deceased of ^ [in margin the]^ third part / and the monyes to be raised by the felling and sale of the said two thousand / timber trees or other treess or soe many of them as shall be standing at the / tyme of my decease to be impleyed towards the payment of any debts and / payment of legacies And if there shall be any overplus the same to be and / remaind to the use and benefit of my children as my deare wife shall / think fit in her discretion to dispose by the same Item I give and devise / unto my said sonne Ambrose Browne and his heires and assiynes / forever all that my mannor or lordshipp of Buckland with the rights / members and appurtenaners thereof whatsoever in the countie of Surrey / and all quit-rents & other rents thereunto belonging And alsoe all my / Messuages or tenements lands hereditaments and premisses whatsoever with / their and every of there Appurtenances scituate lying and being in the / parishes of Buckland Betchworth and Polgate in the countie of Surrey / And alsoe all that my scite capitall Mesauage or tenement barnes buildings / lands and premisses scituate lying and being at Leigh alias Lay in the countie / of Surrey and alsoe all other my Messuages lands tenements and hereditements / whatsoever in the parishes of Leigh alias Ley Charlewood Horley & Newdigate / or any of them in the said countie of Surrey and the Reversion and reversions / thereof to have and to hold the said Mannor of Buckland and all the said / Messuages lands tenements and herditaments before mentioned with their and / every of their appurterances unto the said Ambrose Browne my Sonne his / heires and assiynes forever to and for such and the same use and uses as the / said mannor of Buckland in and by a certaine tripartite indenture bearing / date the one and twentieth day of March in the yeare of our lord one thousand / six hundred fiftie and foure made betweene mee the said George Browne by the / name of George
Browne of Betchworth-castle in the parish of Dorking in the / countie of Surrey esq^r^ of the first part S^r^ Ambrose Browne of Betchworth / castle aforsaid Baronet and Adam Browne sone and heire apparent of / the said S^r^ Ambrose Browne and Ambrose Browne one other of the sonnes / of the said S^r^ Ambrose Browne of the second part and Elizabeth Browne wife / of mee the said George Browne and youngest daughter of the said S^r^ Ambrose / Browne of the third part is amongst other things lymmitted or mentions to / be lymitted in such manner as in the said indenture be expressed and declared / Item whereas I the said George Browne by my indenture bearing date the / fourth day of June last past for the consideration of one thousand pounds therein / mentioned did devise grant and to Farme-let unto John Browne of Spelmonden / in the parish of Horsmonden in the countie of Kent esq^r^ all that peece or / parcell of wood called Hookwood conteyning in all by estimation sixteene acres / more or lesse And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called Brookes / conteyning in all by estimation foureteen acres more or lesse and alsoe all / that other peece or parcell of wood called Grange Wood contayning in all by / estimation eleaven acres more or lesse and alsoe all that other peece or / parcell of wood called Stanlet-wood conteyning in all by estimation seaven and / fortie acres more or lesse And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood / called Slaes[?]-wood conteyning in all by estimation seaventie two acres more or / less And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called Barthlomew- / copps conteyning in all by estimation eight and twentie acres more or lesse / and alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called Abbeys-wood conteyn- / / ing in all by estimation nynetie and two acres more or lesse and alsoe / all that other peece or parcell of wood called Gewes[?]-wood and Beyman's-coppes / conteyning in all by estimation seaventie foure acres more or lesse and alsoe all / that other peece or parcell of wood called the great coppice conteyning in all by / estimation one hundred fortie and one acres more or less and alsoe all that / other peece or parcell of wood called the forge wood conteyning in all by estima- / tion sixtie one acres more or lesse And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood / called the Parks-coppice conteyning in all by estimation foure acres more or lesse / And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called King's wood conteyning in / all by estimation nynetie and one acres more or
lesse and alsoe all that other / peece or parcell of wood called Strood-wood
conteyning in all by estimation seaven / teene acres more or less and alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called / Reare wood conteyning in all by estimation foure score and two acres more or lesse / Or by whatsoever name or names the said severall parcelle of wood are called or / knowne, and which doe in the whole together conteynd seaven hundred and fiftie / acres more or lesse and doe lye-together on the West side of the lands of Robert / Filmer esq^r^ there and are in the severall parishes of Lamberhurst and Faunt in the / said countie of Kent and Sussex And allwayse passages priarledyes[?] & advantages / whatsoever to the same premisses belonging or in any wise apperteyning / (excepting as thereby is excepted) To have and to hold all and singular the said / severall peeces or parcells of wood-land and premises and every of them with their / and every of their appurtenances (except as therein is excepted) unto the said John / Browne his executor administrator and asignee from the feast of S^t^ Michael the / Archangell last past before the date of the said indenture for the terme of / seaventeene years from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended / under the [ac: word erased] part of a pepper-corne if it then to be lawfully demanded, / nevertheless it was thereby agreed the said lease was made upon trust and / condition that the said John Browne the exsecutors adm'strators or assignes or any / of them should out of the profits of the
said coppice woods at the rate of five / shillings by the cord for every cord
of Wood which hee or they should fell or / cut-down or cause to be felled or
cut-down upon the said demised[?] premeses or any / part thereof satisfie pay and reimburse him selfe the full and whole summs of / one thousand pounds of lawfull money of England by the said John Browne to mee / the said George Browne before the sealing of this said indenture lent together with / all such interest as should be due for the same after the rate of six pounds per / cent for a yeare as in and by the same indentures amongst duiers[?] other coven^to^[?] / grants and agreements therein conteyned more at large it doth and may / appeare more my will and meaning is and I doe hereby give and devise the / said severall peeces and parcells of wood-land and premisses devised as afor said / during all the remainder of the said terms of seventeene years and my equity / of redemption and trust thereof after the said John Browne shall be satisfied / the said one thousand pounds with interest as aforsaid unto my sonne George / Browne his executors and assignes And I doe hereby nominate make constitute / ordaine and appoint Elizabeth my loving wife sole executrix of this my last
will / and testament to whome I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of
all my / goods chatells debts and credits whatsoever after my debts legacies
and funerall / expenses shall be fullie satisfied contented and payd In witness whereof to this / my last will and testament conteyning foure sheets and part of a sheet of / paper I have set my ^[in margin hand]^ to each of the said sheets and part of a sheet and to / the said part of a sheet [ac: repeated] and to the labell affixed on the topp of this my will / my seale the day and yeare first above written [ac: not written?] Geo Browne Signed sealed / published and declared in y^e^ p^r^ence of Rich. Woodman Thomas Norden Jo. Spencer.
Probatum fuit testamentum supeaseriptum apud London Septimo / die Mensis February Anno Domini (sthlo Anglia) millesimo sexentesimo / septuay esimo quinto coaim ... Elizabeth Browne relicta ....
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In the name of God Amen I George Browne of / Buckland in the ^*[in margin:
*Countie]^ of Surrey esq^r^ being of sound memorie doe make this my last Will and / Testament in manner and forme following First and principally I most humbly surrender / upp my soule unto my God the creator of the same humbly and earnestly praying his / eternall majestie to pardon my synns and iniquities and that for Jesus sake hee / would grant mee eternall life and salvation My bodie I leave to be buried in / such place as my deare wife shall appoint decently and privately without / unnecessary expensive funerall charges And as to my worldly estate where- / with it hath pleased god to bless mee I doe dispose of the same in manner following / First I doe give unto the poore of the said parish of Buckland tenn pounds of / lawfull money of England to be payd within one month after my decease and to be / distributed by the overseer for the poore of the said parish of Buckland, to such / of the said poore as my deare wife Elizabeth Browne shall nominate and appoint / And to hereas I have lately purchased one feild called the Longtramley conttyning / by estimation two acres and an halfe adjoyning unto the highway leading from / Polgate to Dorking for the terme of nyne hundred years or more or less yet to come / or some such terms The which said feild is lying intermixt with the domesnes / of the manor of Buckland I doe hereby give and devise the said feild and all / my terme estate and interest therein to my sonne Ambrose Browne his / executors adm'traters and assignes Item I give and devise unto my loving wife / Elizabeth Browne and her heires the seiginories and services and whatsoever / I have power to devise of or concerning my mannor or lordshipp of Shelwood in / the countie of Surrey, to have and to hold the said seiginories services and / premises soe devised to my said wife unto her the said Elizabeth Browne my / wife her heires and assignes forever To the inyent onely and upon this trust / that shee the said Elizabeth Browne my wife her heires or assignes shall / make all or soe many as shee shall think fit of the Copihold Messuages lands / tenements and hereditments of or belonging to the said mannor to be holden / at fine certaine And shall and may have free libertie power and authoritie / to take such fines or make such compositions as shee or they shall think fit for / the making all or any of the said Copihold messuages lands tenements or / hereditments within or belonging to the said mannor of Shelwood to be Fine / certaine and all or any other duties and services thereonto belonging at / certainties and the monyes thereby raised to imploy towards the payment of my / debts, And if shee shall think fit to raise more than shall descharge my said / debts, the same to be for the benefit of my children, and to be disposed of as / my said dear wife shall think fit Item I give and devise unto my dear wife / Elizabeth Browne her executors adm'straters and assignes all the libertie / power and interest for
the felling cutting-down grubbing-upp and carying away / of two thousand
timber=trees or other trees which shall not be disposed of by / mee in my life
time standing or being upon the mannor of Moluerton[?] in the / countie of
Southampton reserved to mee in and by the promise of certaine / tripartite
indentures bearing date the thirtieth day of November in the one / and twentith yeare of his nowe majesties reigne made between mee the said / George Browne and Elizabeth my wife of the first part Sr Robert Worsley / of Appledercombe in the Isle of Wight and countie of Southampton knight and / Baronet Sr. Adam Browne of Betchworth-castle in the countie of Surrey / baronet Richard Worsley of Applledercombe aforsaid esq^r.^ and Charles Brett / late of Wappingthorne in the countie of Sussex esq^r.^ of the second part and / / George Browne the younger of Buckland aforesaid sonne and heire / apparant of mee the said George Browne and Jane Worsley one of the / daughters of S^r^ Henry Worsley late of Appledercombe aforsaid in the said / Isle of Wight and countie of Southampton Baronet deceased of ^ [in margin the]^ third part / and the monyes to be raised by the felling and sale of the said two thousand / timber trees or other treess or soe many of them as shall be standing at the / tyme of my decease to be impleyed towards the payment of any debts and / payment of legacies And if there shall be any overplus the same to be and / remaind to the use and benefit of my children as my deare wife shall / think fit in her discretion to dispose by the same Item I give and devise / unto my said sonne Ambrose Browne and his heires and assiynes / forever all that my mannor or lordshipp of Buckland with the rights / members and appurtenaners thereof whatsoever in the countie of Surrey / and all quit-rents & other rents thereunto belonging And alsoe all my / Messuages or tenements lands hereditaments and premisses whatsoever with / their and every of there Appurtenances scituate lying and being in the / parishes of Buckland Betchworth and Polgate in the countie of Surrey / And alsoe all that my scite capitall Mesauage or tenement barnes buildings / lands and premisses scituate lying and being at Leigh alias Lay in the countie / of Surrey and alsoe all other my Messuages lands tenements and hereditements / whatsoever in the parishes of Leigh alias Ley Charlewood Horley & Newdigate / or any of them in the said countie of Surrey and the Reversion and reversions / thereof to have and to hold the said Mannor of Buckland and all the said / Messuages lands tenements and herditaments before mentioned with their and / every of their appurterances unto the said Ambrose Browne my Sonne his / heires and assiynes forever to and for such and the same use and uses as the / said mannor of Buckland in and by a certaine tripartite indenture bearing / date the one and twentieth day of March in the yeare of our lord one thousand / six hundred fiftie and foure made betweene mee the said George Browne by the / name of George
Browne of Betchworth-castle in the parish of Dorking in the / countie of Surrey esq^r^ of the first part S^r^ Ambrose Browne of Betchworth / castle aforsaid Baronet and Adam Browne sone and heire apparent of / the said S^r^ Ambrose Browne and Ambrose Browne one other of the sonnes / of the said S^r^ Ambrose Browne of the second part and Elizabeth Browne wife / of mee the said George Browne and youngest daughter of the said S^r^ Ambrose / Browne of the third part is amongst other things lymmitted or mentions to / be lymitted in such manner as in the said indenture be expressed and declared / Item whereas I the said George Browne by my indenture bearing date the / fourth day of June last past for the consideration of one thousand pounds therein / mentioned did devise grant and to Farme-let unto John Browne of Spelmonden / in the parish of Horsmonden in the countie of Kent esq^r^ all that peece or / parcell of wood called Hookwood conteyning in all by estimation sixteene acres / more or lesse And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called Brookes / conteyning in all by estimation foureteen acres more or lesse and alsoe all / that other peece or parcell of wood called Grange Wood contayning in all by / estimation eleaven acres more or lesse and alsoe all that other peece or / parcell of wood called Stanlet-wood conteyning in all by estimation seaven and / fortie acres more or lesse And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood / called Slaes[?]-wood conteyning in all by estimation seaventie two acres more or / less And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called Barthlomew- / copps conteyning in all by estimation eight and twentie acres more or lesse / and alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called Abbeys-wood conteyn- / / ing in all by estimation nynetie and two acres more or lesse and alsoe / all that other peece or parcell of wood called Gewes[?]-wood and Beyman's-coppes / conteyning in all by estimation seaventie foure acres more or lesse and alsoe all / that other peece or parcell of wood called the great coppice conteyning in all by / estimation one hundred fortie and one acres more or less and alsoe all that / other peece or parcell of wood called the forge wood conteyning in all by estima- / tion sixtie one acres more or lesse And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood / called the Parks-coppice conteyning in all by estimation foure acres more or lesse / And alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called King's wood conteyning in / all by estimation nynetie and one acres more or
lesse and alsoe all that other / peece or parcell of wood called Strood-wood
conteyning in all by estimation seaven / teene acres more or less and alsoe all that other peece or parcell of wood called / Reare wood conteyning in all by estimation foure score and two acres more or lesse / Or by whatsoever name or names the said severall parcelle of wood are called or / knowne, and which doe in the whole together conteynd seaven hundred and fiftie / acres more or lesse and doe lye-together on the West side of the lands of Robert / Filmer esq^r^ there and are in the severall parishes of Lamberhurst and Faunt in the / said countie of Kent and Sussex And allwayse passages priarledyes[?] & advantages / whatsoever to the same premisses belonging or in any wise apperteyning / (excepting as thereby is excepted) To have and to hold all and singular the said / severall peeces or parcells of wood-land and premises and every of them with their / and every of their appurtenances (except as therein is excepted) unto the said John / Browne his executor administrator and asignee from the feast of S^t^ Michael the / Archangell last past before the date of the said indenture for the terme of / seaventeene years from thence next ensuing and fully to be compleat and ended / under the [ac: word erased] part of a pepper-corne if it then to be lawfully demanded, / nevertheless it was thereby agreed the said lease was made upon trust and / condition that the said John Browne the exsecutors adm'strators or assignes or any / of them should out of the profits of the
said coppice woods at the rate of five / shillings by the cord for every cord
of Wood which hee or they should fell or / cut-down or cause to be felled or
cut-down upon the said demised[?] premeses or any / part thereof satisfie pay and reimburse him selfe the full and whole summs of / one thousand pounds of lawfull money of England by the said John Browne to mee / the said George Browne before the sealing of this said indenture lent together with / all such interest as should be due for the same after the rate of six pounds per / cent for a yeare as in and by the same indentures amongst duiers[?] other coven^to^[?] / grants and agreements therein conteyned more at large it doth and may / appeare more my will and meaning is and I doe hereby give and devise the / said severall peeces and parcells of wood-land and premisses devised as afor said / during all the remainder of the said terms of seventeene years and my equity / of redemption and trust thereof after the said John Browne shall be satisfied / the said one thousand pounds with interest as aforsaid unto my sonne George / Browne his executors and assignes And I doe hereby nominate make constitute / ordaine and appoint Elizabeth my loving wife sole executrix of this my last
will / and testament to whome I give and bequeath all the rest and residue of
all my / goods chatells debts and credits whatsoever after my debts legacies
and funerall / expenses shall be fullie satisfied contented and payd In witness whereof to this / my last will and testament conteyning foure sheets and part of a sheet of / paper I have set my ^[in margin hand]^ to each of the said sheets and part of a sheet and to / the said part of a sheet [ac: repeated] and to the labell affixed on the topp of this my will / my seale the day and yeare first above written [ac: not written?] Geo Browne Signed sealed / published and declared in y^e^ p^r^ence of Rich. Woodman Thomas Norden Jo. Spencer.
Probatum fuit testamentum supeaseriptum apud London Septimo / die Mensis February Anno Domini (sthlo Anglia) millesimo sexentesimo / septuay esimo quinto coaim ... Elizabeth Browne relicta ....
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