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Betchworth Brockham, Surrey is in Brockham, Surrey.
Betchworth Castle, Betchworth Brockham, Surrey, South-East England, British Isles
In 1402 Thomas Browne was born at Betchworth Castle.
Around 1433 William Browne was born to Thomas Browne (age 31) and Eleanor Fitzalan at Betchworth Castle.
In 1440 George Browne was born to Thomas Browne (age 38) and Eleanor Fitzalan at Betchworth Castle.
On 29th June 1443 Anthony Browne was born to Thomas Browne (age 41) and Eleanor Fitzalan at Betchworth Castle.
John Evelyn's Diary. 15th October 1654. To Betchworth Castle, to Sir Ambrose Browne, and other gentlemen of my sweet and native country.
John Evelyn's Diary. 18th August 1658. To Sir Ambrose Browne, at Betchworth Castle, in that tempestuous wind which threw down my greatest trees at Sayes Court [Map], and did so much mischief all over England. It continued the whole night; and, till three in the afternoon of the next day, in the southwest, and destroyed all our winter fruit.
West Betchworth, Betchworth Brockham, Surrey, South-East England, British Isles
Around 1504 Henry Browne was born to Matthew Browne (age 28) and Frideswide Guildford (age 22) at West Betchworth.
In 1535 Thomas Browne was born to Henry Browne (age 31) at West Betchworth.
In 1549 Henry Browne (age 45) died at West Betchworth.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 9th February 1597 Thomas Browne (age 62) died at West Betchworth.