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From Jason Lee Edwards (https://brownlowfamilyorigins.com/henry-brownlow-of-biggin/)
Based on the scant available evidence, Henry Brownlow was probably born sometime around the year 1490. Although his origins remain elusive, he was definitely located at Biggin in Derbyshire by the 1520s. In the eighteenth year of Henry VIII (1526/7), Henry Brownlow sued William Hall concerning “a commison and evidence of title to lands called the Hallfeld.” The land was located at “Byggyng” near Duffield, Derbyshire.[1] Undoubtedly, the issue with the Halls continued for quite some time as William Hall sued Henry Brownlow in the twenty-eighth year of Henry VIII (1536/7) for “forcible entry and tortuous possession of lands and paster” in Hallfeld.[2]
Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire
Henry Brownlow made his will in 1539, and he requested his “Body to be beryed in the church … att kyrkyreton.” From his will, we know his wife’s name was Margaret. She outlived Henry Brownlow and later married Robert Hetheley. Henry Brownlow died in 1539, sometime before October 2 when his estate was inventoried. Based on his will, he was the father of:
1. Robert Brownlow was born about 1508. He died about 1570 in Horsley, Derbyshire. He married Maud.
2. Alan Brownlow was born about 1510. He died about 1549 in London.
3. Thomas Brownlow of Duffield was born about 1512. He died after 1585.
4. William Brownlow of Kirk Ireton was born about 1515. He died in October 1597 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire. He was buried on 1 November 1597 in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire. He married Elizabeth. She died in 1601 in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire.
5. Mayor John Brownlow of Nottingham was born about 1517. He died in September 1592 in Nottingham, England. John Brownlow and Anne Roper were married about 1542. Anne Roper, daughter of Thomas Roper and Partridge, was born about 1522. She died in 1589 in Nottingham, England. She was buried in St. Mary’s, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. John Brownlow Anne Arthur were married on 4 August 1589 in St. Mary’s, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. Anne Arthur, daughter of Arthur, died in 1623 in Nottingham, England.
6. Elizabeth Brownlow
7. Elyn Brownlow
8. Margaret Brownlow died in December 1586 in Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire. She was buried on 6 December 1586 in Holy Trinity Church, Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire. She married Roger Storer.
[1] Ducatus Lancastriae, pars tertia, p.31. The suit refers to him as Henry Bromley.
[2] Ducatus Lancastriae Vol. VI, p144
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