Tradition. All the above are XVIIth century, and are traditionally associated with the Ashburnham family, and hang in the north chapel of the church (Fig. 1762). Crest. Out of a ducal coronet or an ash tree ppr. (Ashburnham.) Cf. "Sussex Arch. Soc." (illustration), Vol. xxxvii, p. 169; Harrison, "Notes on Sussex Churches," p. 39; Burrell Collection, Add. MSS., 5670, fo. 68, 69 (Brit. Mus.), containing a drawing of the chapel showing the armour. BATTLE. (St. Mary.) In 1888 at the Londesborough sale there was sold: Lot 430: "Heaulme, temp. Maximilian. From Battle Abbey Church." £75 12s. 0d. Purchaser, "Higgs." Lot 431: "Helmet, with crest attached, said to be that of Sir Anthony Browne." £17 17s. 0d. Purchaser, "Harding."
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Fig. 1762. Ashburnham The following extract may be quoted from: "Sussex Archaeological Collections," vi, p. 54—"Funeral Pageant of Sir Anthony Browne," by the Rev. E. Turner. Dodsworth's MSS., Bodleian Library.
Sir Anthony Browne, Kt., standard-bearer to Henry VIII—ob. 6 May 1548, buried at Battle, Sussex, where there is a monument to him.
The expenses are thus recorded:
"The Paynters Charge.
ffurst—The Standard, xxxiijs. iiijd.
Item—The Banner of Armes, xxxiijs. iiijd.
" —iiij Gwydons & Pennons, iiijli.
