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Adm. pens. (age 18) at ST JOHN'S, Oct. 11, 1774. S. of Richard, clerk, of Downham, Norfolk. B. July 18, 1757. School, King's Lynn. ' Matric. Michs. 1775; B.A. 1779. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Sept. 19, 1779; priest, Sept. 23, 1781; C. of Downham Market, Norfolk, 1779. R. of Elsing, 1781-1820. Assumed, by Royal Licence, the name and arms of Browne, Aug. 13, 1798, in compliance with the will of his kinswoman, Mary Greene, widow of Thomas Greene, of Elsing, and dau. and heiress of Thomas Browne, Esq., formerly Lord of the Manor of Elsing. Married, June 26, 1786, at St Margaret's church, King's Lynn, Frances, only dau. of Thomas Berney. Died Mar. 11, 1821. Father of the next. (St John's Coll. Adm., IV. 233.)