Sir Anthony Browne was the son of Sir Thomas Browne, Sheriff of Kent and his wife Eleanor FitzAlan, the daughter of Sir Thomas FitzAlan

Thomas FitzAlan

Sir Thomas FitzAlan , of Beechwood Castle in Kent, was a medieval English knight.He was born to John Fitzalan, 2nd Lord Arundel and Elizabeth le Despenser and was a grandson of John Fitzalan and Eleanor Maltravers . Sir Thomas married Joan Moyns, and they were parents to Eleanor Fitzalan...

 of Beechwood at Betchworth.

He is to be associated with the Brownes of Betchworth

Betchworth

Betchworth is a village and civil parish in the Mole Valley district of Surrey, England. The village lies on the north bank of the River Mole, off the A25 road, about three miles east of Dorking and three miles west of Reigate. The village lay within the Reigate hundred.It was home to the now...

 in Surrey.

He married Lucy Nevill, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu

John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu

John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu KG was a Yorkist leader in the Wars of the Roses, best-known for eliminating Lancastrian resistance in the north of England during the early part of the reign of Edward IV of England....

.

Anthony held many titles. He was Standard Bearer of England

Standard Bearer of England

The Standard Bearer of England was once an important office within the English army, especially during the times when Kings were still present on the battlefield...

, Governor of Queenborough Castle, and Constable of Calais.

He died at Calais

Calais

Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....

.

Children

• A son, Sir Anthony Browne
  Sir Anthony Browne (d.1548)
  Sir Anthony Browne was an English courtier and Knight of the Shire.He was the son of Sir Anthony Browne, Standard Bearer of England and Governor of Queenborough Castle, by his wife Lucy Nevill, daughter of John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and widow of Sir Thomas Fitzwilliam...
  
  ; a courtier to Henry VIII
  Henry VIII of England
  Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was Lord, and later King, of Ireland, as well as continuing the nominal claim by the English monarchs to the Kingdom of France...
  
  
• A daughter, Anne, who married Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
  Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk
  Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk, 1st Viscount Lisle, KG was the son of Sir William Brandon and Elizabeth Bruyn. Through his third wife Mary Tudor he was brother-in-law to Henry VIII. His father was the standard-bearer of Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond and was slain by Richard III in person at...
  
  .
• A daughter, Elizabeth Browne
  Elizabeth Somerset, Countess of Worcester (died 1565)
  Elizabeth Somerset, countess of Worcester was a lady-in-waiting to Anne Boleyn and the main informant against her. She may have been a mistress of King Henry VIII....
  
  , who married Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester
  Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester
  Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester was an English nobleman, son of Charles Somerset, 1st Earl of Worcester and Elizabeth Herbert, 3rd Baroness Herbert. On his father's death on 15 April 1526, he succeeded as the second Earl of Worcester...
  
  . She was the main witness against Anne Boleyn
  Anne Boleyn
  Anne Boleyn ;c.1501/1507 – 19 May 1536) was Queen of England from 1533 to 1536 as the second wife of Henry VIII of England and Marquess of Pembroke in her own right. Henry's marriage to Anne, and her subsequent execution, made her a key figure in the political and religious upheaval that was the...
  
  and there were rumours that she had previously been a mistress of Henry VIII's.
• A daughter, Lucy who married Sir Thomas Clifford