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John Browne, Gent, by Mark Antony Lower, F.S.A., published 1857 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 9, notes & queries, p.369) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2094] & The Keep [LIB/500228] & S.A.S. library   View Online

The Brighton Chain Pier: in memoriam. Its history from 1823 to 1896, with a biographical notice of Sir Samuel Brown, its designer and constructor, by John George Bishop, published 1896 (xxv + 75 pp, published by the author) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12322] & R.I.B.A. Library & East Sussex Libraries   View Online

Master Brown, by Catherine Pullein, published 1928 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. II no. 4, article, pp.153-156) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9327] & The Keep [LIB/500138]

The Rev. E. L. Browne, March 1st, 1856 - March 25th, 1933. Headmaster, St. Andrew's School, Eastbourne, 1890-1933, by Saint Andrew's School (Eastbourne), published 1933 (31 pp + 8 leaves of plattes, Eastbourne: V.V. Sumfield, printer) accessible at: British Library

Memoir of the Rev. E. L. Browne, M.A., Headmaster of St Andrew's School, Eastbourne, by Rev. F. B. R. Browne, published 1934

Vincent Brown: A Note on a Sussex Novelist, by H. M. Walbrook, published 1937 in Sussex County Magazine (vol. XI no. 2, article, pp.101-102) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2316][Lib 9332] & The Keep [LIB/500182]

Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montague: the Influence in County Politics of an Elizabethan Catholic Nobleman, by Roger B. Manning, published 1968 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 106, article, pp.103-112) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 2191] & The Keep [LIB/500323] & S.A.S. library

A contemporary description of John Brown's gun-founding furnace at Barden, Kent (1646), edited by P. Marshall, Scottish History Society, published Summer 1972 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No 4, article, pp.15-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

John Brown was probably the most prominent of the 17th century Wealden gun founders; he held the post of "His Majesty's Founder" in 1640, producing pieces at Brenchley and Horsmonden, as well as at Barden. In the 1660s, the family was to widen its interests still further, working Cowden, Hamsell, and Hawkhurst Furnaces in 1664, and leasing Imbham's Furnace (Surrey) in 1665.

Pedigree: Some Clerical Connections of William Browne, Vicar of Horley 1561-1613, published September 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 6, article, p.191) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Casting of Bronze Guns in the Weald in the Seventeenth Century, by R. Towes, published 1977 in Wealden Iron Research Group (First Series No. 11, article, pp.15-20) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506558]   Download PDF

The castings of bronze guns at Brenchley, in the Weald of Kent, has been overlooked in the many excellent accounts of Wealden gun founding. Yet the Browne family of gun founders were casting bronze guns there from 1634 to (approximately) 1670, and John Browne in 1638 cast the 102 bronze guns for the famous 'Sovereign of the Seas' - the show-piece of Charles I's ship-money Navy, the first English three-decker, with a distinguished record in the Dutch Wars of the Commonwealth.

The Recovered Courthope Manuscripts: Transcriptions, by R. G. Houghton, published 1983 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 3, article, pp.12-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16400] & The Keep [LIB/506559]   Download PDF

A number of documents, many relating to Wealden ironworks of the 17th century, have recently been rediscovered, having been missing for some thirty years. The period covered by the documents is that of the Second and Third Dutch Wars, from around 1664 to the mid 1670s. Among them are letters, memoranda and documents relating to gun casting at Horsmonden, Hawkhurst, Ashburnham, Barden and Imbham, including copies of contracts. The letters were written by King Charles II's gunfounder, George Browne, to his business associate Alexander Courthope. There is also a family connection, since Alexander Courthope married the widow of George Browne's brother John.
The following two letters were written against a background of rising indignation in England against the Dutch over trading disputes in the East Indies, North America and West Africa. Already in 1664, there was virtually a state of war between the two countries in these areas. Early in the year, the Dutch had been expelled from several important trading centres on the West African coast, only for them to be recaptured in the autumn. In August, New Amsterdam (shortly to be renamed New York) was taken from the Dutch by an expedition under Captain Nicholls.

Anthony Browne, 2nd Viscount Montague and his Sussex Flatterers, by Timothy J McCann, published 1989 (article) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 11212/p396-410]

The Known Style of a Dedication is Flattery': Anthony Browne, 2nd Viscount Montague of Cowdray and his Sussex flatterers, by Timothy J. McCann, published 1989 in Recusant History (vol. 19, n. 4, article, pp.396-410)

On the Alleged Murder of his Chaplain by Henry Browne, 5th Viscount Montague of Cowdray, by Timothy J. McCann, published 1993 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 131, article, pp.126-128) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 12210] & The Keep [LIB/500300] & S.A.S. library

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 2, by Brian Roser, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, pp.49-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Harriet Brown was convicted in 1826 of larceny and awarded seven years transportation.

The Ordnance Records: Thomas Browne, by Ruth R. Brown, published 2004 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 24, article, pp.16-25, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506571]   Download PDF

John Browne, Gunfounder to the Stuarts, by Ruth Brown, published 2005 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 25, article, pp.38-61, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506572]   Download PDF

John Browne, the son of Thomas Browne, Queen Elizabeth's gunfounder, claimed in his will to have been born at Chiddingstone in Kent, where his father, Thomas Browne, owned the Red House from 1593 to 1597 and had been living in the parish at an earlier date. We know little of his education except that he wrote in 1621 'at the request of the ordnance officers, and the East India Company, I was put to the trade, that I continue if my father failed' (CSPD, James I, vol 5, 639).
In August 1615, he was granted the office of Gunstone Maker for life (CSPD James I, vol 2, 301). From this period he appears to have been actively involved in running the iron business which his father had built up.

John Browne, Gunfounder to the Stuarts - Part 2: Bronze and Iron Guns 1630-45, by Ruth Brown, published 2006 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 26, article, pp.31-50, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506573]   Download PDF

John Browne, Gunfounder to the Stuarts - Part 3, by Ruth Brown, published 2008 in Wealden Iron Research Group (Second Series No. 28, article, pp.23-33, ISSN: 0266-4402) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/506575]   Download PDF

Capability Brown in Sussex, a Collection of Research Papers on Lancelot 'Capability' Brown's work in Sussex , by Sussex Gardens Trust, published 2016 (Sussex Gardens Trust) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown was born in 1716 and during his lifetime he changed the face of eighteenth century England, designing country estates and mansions, moving hills and making flowing lakes and serpentine rivers, a magical world of green.
Over the past year, SGT volunteers have researched many of the sites in Sussex associated with 'Capability' Brown and the Trust is proud to announce the publication the fruits of their labours in 'Capability' Brown in Sussex, a collection of research papers.