Jonathan Browne (1601 – 19 December 1643) was an Anglican clergyman,

Dean of Hereford The Dean of Hereford is the head (''primus inter pares'' – first among equals) and chair of the chapter of canons, the ruling body of Hereford Cathedral. The dean and chapter are based at the ''Cathedral Church of Blessed Virgin Mary and St Eth ...

from 1637 until his death. Browne was educated at

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, matriculating on 13 October 1620, aged 19, and graduating BCL (1625), DCL (1630). He held the following church preferments: * Rector of

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(1621) * Rector of St Faith's, London (1628) * Rector of

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, Hertfordshire (1630) * President of

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(1636–1637) * Canon of

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(1636) *

(1636–1643) * Canon of

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(1639–1643) He died on 19 December 1643, and was buried at Hertingfordbury, without any memorial. His will (undated and unregistered) was proved on 8 April 1645.

Family

On 20 January 1631, Browne married Anne Lovelace née Barne, daughter of Sir William Barne, widow of Sir William Lovelace, mother by her first marriage of Richard Lovelace the poet and

Francis Lovelace Francis Lovelace (c. 1621–1675) was an English Royalist and the second Governor of New York colony. Early life Lovelace was born circa 1621. He was the third son of Sir William Lovelace (1584–1627) and his wife Anne Barne of Lovelace Plac ...

, colonial Governor of New York. Browne's daughter Anne married Herbert Croft, who succeeded Browne as Dean of Hereford, then became

Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the Hereford, City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Hereford Cathedr ...

. Browne's grandson (Croft and Anne's son) was Sir Herbert Croft .

References

1601 births 1643 deaths Alumni of Gloucester Hall, Oxford Deans of Hereford Canons of Westminster 17th-century English Anglican priests {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub