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William Browne (other)
William Browne may refer to: Government and politics *William Browne (Mayor of the Calais Staple) (1410–1489), Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais, France *Sir William Browne (died 1514), Lord Mayor of London *Sir William Browne (died 1507), List of Lord Mayors of London, Lord Mayor of London *William Browne (MP for Haslemere), English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622 *William Browne (MP for Kerry) (1791–1876), Irish politician in the UK Parliament *William James Browne (1815–1894), pastoralist and politician in South Australia *William Browne (New South Wales politician) (1842–1916), Australian politician *William M. Browne (1827–1883), soldier and cabinet member of the Confederate States of America *William Alfred Browne (1831–after 1897), British civil servant *William Joseph Browne (1897–1989), Newfoundland and Canadian politician *William Browne (Irish politician) (fl. 1930s), Irish Fianna Fáil politician *William Brown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Browne (Mayor Of The Calais Staple)
Sir William Browne (1410 – 14 April 1489) was Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais, France; and founder of Browne's Hospital, a medieval almshouse and listed building in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England. Career Browne was a rich wool merchant. He was alderman of Stamford, in 1435, 1444, 1449, 1460, 1466, and 1470. In 1465, he funded and built the steeple of Stamford's All Saints' Church, the church having been erected by his father. Browne served as sheriff of Rutland in 1467, 1475, 1483, and 1486, and probably also of Lincolnshire in 1478. In 1485, he was authorised by letters patent of Richard III to found and endow an almshouse. Four years later, after Browne's death and that of his wife, Margaret, the management of the Hospital passed to her brother, Thomas Stokke, Canon of York and Rector of Easton-on-the-Hill. Stokke obtained new letters patent from Henry VII in 1493. Browne's Hospital ("Old Bead House") was completed in that year and dedicated the followin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |