John Browne 1608-1691

John BROWNE 1608-91

Biographical Note

Son of Thomas Browne (d.1621); of Bury St Edmunds. Entered the Middle Temple in 1628 but was not called to the bar. Appointed Clerk of the Parliaments in 1638. He married twice, first to Temperance, daughter of Sir Thomas Crew, and then to Elizabeth, daughter of John Packer, with whom he had two daughters.

Books

Noted for his collection of music manuscripts.

Sources

• Ashbee, A. Instrumental music from the library of John Browne, Music and letters 58 (1977), 43-59.
• Pinto, D. Pious pleasures in early Stuart London, Royal Musical Association Research Chronicle 41 (2008), 1-24.
• Sainty, J. C. "Browne, John (c. 1608–1691), parliamentary official." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.