English clergyman (1601–1643)
Jonathan Browne (1601 – 19 December 1643) was an Anglican clergyman, Dean of Hereford from 1637 until his death.[ 1]
Browne was educated at Gloucester Hall, Oxford , matriculating on 13 October 1620, aged 19, and graduating BCL (1625), DCL (1630).[ 2]
He held the following church preferments:[ 2]
He died on 19 December 1643,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Family
On 20 January 1631, Browne married Anne Lovelace née Barne,[ 7] Sir William Barne , widow of Sir William Lovelace, mother by her first marriage of Richard Lovelace the poet and Francis Lovelace , colonial Governor of New York.
Browne's daughter Anne married Herbert Croft , who succeeded Browne as Dean of Hereford, then became Bishop of Hereford .
Browne's grandson (Croft and Anne's son) was Sir Herbert Croft Bt MP [ 8]
References
^ Horn, Joyce M. (ed.). "Deans of Hereford". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 . Vol. 13. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Browne, Jonathan" Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714 Wikisource .^ Pearce, Ernest Harold (1913). Sion College and Library 343 . Retrieved 6 October 2019 .^ a b Horn, Joyce M. (ed.). Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 . Retrieved 6 October 2019 . ^ Havergal, Francis T. (1869). Antiquarian Memorials of Hereford 40 . Retrieved 6 October 2019 . ^ Oxford Wills; Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1645
^ Dorman, John Frederick, ed. (2005). Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607–1624/5 ISBN 9780806317632 . Retrieved 6 October 2019 . ^ "Croft, Sir Herbert, 1st Bt" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 6 October 2019 .
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