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Not who you're looking for? Others named Thomas Browne: English polymath and author (1605–1682) · English politician · priest and academic · Master of Pembroke 1694–1706

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Sir Thomas Browne (140220 July 1460) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Browne's tenure as Chancellor occurred during the Great Bullion Famine and the Great Slump in England. He was executed for treason on 20 July 1460. Career Thomas Browne was the son and heir of Robert Browne and a nephew of Stephen Browne MP. In 1434 he was sworn to the peace in Kent, and made a Justice of Peace there from 1436 to 24 December 1450. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1439. He was Member of Parliament for Dover in the 1439-40 Parliament, for Kent in 1445–6, and for Wallingford in 1449–50. He attended the Parliaments of 1447 and February 1449, though this appears to have been as Under-Treasurer rather than as an elected MP. He served as Treasurer of the Household to Henry VI. He was knighted 1449/1451. During the reign of King Henry VI, his highest post was that of Under Treasurer to Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle at the Exchequer, which he held between February 1447 and July 1449. He was later Justice of Peace for Surrey from 20 July 1454 until his death.

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Notable quotes

“When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are spoken under the rose.”
— Pseudodoxia Epidemica Book 5, Ch. 22, sect. 6
“Thus is man that great and true Amphibium, whose nature is disposed to live not only like other creatures in diverse elements, but in divided and distinguished worlds.”
— Section 34
“I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.”
— Section 3
“I am in no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company, yet in one dream I can compose a whole Comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.”
— Section 11
“What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.”
— Chapter V. Cf Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars: "Tiberius," Ch 70
“The created World is but a small Parenthesis in Eternity.”
— Part III, Section XXIX

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Thomas Browne: English polymath and author (1605–1682) · English politician · priest and academic · Master of Pembroke 1694–1706

Notable quotes

“When we desire to confine our words, we commonly say they are spoken under the rose.”
— Pseudodoxia Epidemica Book 5, Ch. 22, sect. 6
“Thus is man that great and true Amphibium, whose nature is disposed to live not only like other creatures in diverse elements, but in divided and distinguished worlds.”
— Section 34
“I intend no Monopoly, but a Community in Learning; I study not for my own sake only, but for theirs that study not for themselves.”
— Section 3
“I am in no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company, yet in one dream I can compose a whole Comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.”
— Section 11
“What song the Syrens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puzzling questions, are not beyond all conjecture.”
— Chapter V. Cf Suetonius, Lives of the Twelve Caesars: "Tiberius," Ch 70
“The created World is but a small Parenthesis in Eternity.”
— Part III, Section XXIX

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Sir Thomas Browne (140220 July 1460) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Browne's tenure as Chancellor occurred during the Great Bullion Famine and the Great Slump in England. He was executed for treason on 20 July 1460.

Overview

Sir Thomas Browne (140220 July 1460) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer. Browne's tenure as Chancellor occurred during the Great Bullion Famine and the Great Slump in England. He was executed for treason on 20 July 1460. Career Thomas Browne was the son and heir of Robert Browne and a nephew of Stephen Browne MP. In 1434 he was sworn to the peace in Kent, and made a Justice of Peace there from 1436 to 24 December 1450. He was High Sheriff of Kent in 1439. He was Member of Parliament for Dover in the 1439-40 Parliament, for Kent in 1445–6, and for Wallingford in 1449–50. He attended the Parliaments of 1447 and February 1449, though this appears to have been as Under-Treasurer rather than as an elected MP. He served as Treasurer of the Household to Henry VI. He was knighted 1449/1451. During the reign of King Henry VI, his highest post was that of Under Treasurer to Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle at the Exchequer, which he held between February 1447 and July 1449. He was later Justice of Peace for Surrey from 20 July 1454 until his death.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Thomas Browne across IJR

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Thomas BrowneThe English politician with nowhere else to be today.Thomas BrowneRumors confirmed: surprisingly easy to talk to.Thomas BrowneRumors confirmed: surprisingly easy to talk to.

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