Background
Browne was the son of John Browne of Frampton, Dorset.
Browne was the son of John Browne of Frampton, Dorset.
Magdalen College; University College.
He matriculated at Magdalen College, Oxford, on 13 October 1598, aged 15 and was awarded Bachelor of Arts from University College, Oxford, on 12 May 1602, He was called to the bar at Middle Temple in 1609. He was of Symondsbury, Dorset, and Taunton Castle, Somerset. In 1626 he was elected Member of Parliament for Taunton.
He was Lent reader at Middle Temple in 1628.
He was re-elected Member of Parliament for Taunton in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years.
Addled Parliament; 2nd Parliament of King Charles I]
In 1614, he was elected Member of Parliament for Lyme Regis in the Addled Parliament.