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Browne, Thomas, c.1535-1585
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c.1535-1585
History
born c.1535 ; ed. Eton Coll. and King’s Coll.Cambridge, adm.scholar 13 Aug 1550 ; BA 1554/5 ; MA 1558 ; BD 1569 ; Fellow, King’s Coll. 1553-64 ; ordained deacon 18 Oct 1561 (London) ; University Preacher, Cambridge 1562 ; Rector of Dunton Waylett, Essex, from 18 Apr 1564 ; Head Master, Westminster School Jan 1565 – Mar 1568/9 ; Prebendary of Westminster from 20 Apr 1566, Sub-Dean ; Rector of St.Leonard, Foster Lane, London 11 Jul 1567-74 ; Rector of Chelsea, Middlesex, from 7 Jun 1574 ; his play, Thebais, A Tragedy, probably translated from Seneca, is supposed to have been written for performance at Cambridge in the late 1550s or early 1560s, but no text of it survives; author, several occasional poems ; m. ; d. 2 May 1585. Buried South Cloister, Westminster Abbey. ODNB.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1994