A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Browne, Humphrey
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BROWNE, HUMPHREY.
Judge.
d. 1562.
There is no mention of his admission, but he was Reader at the Middle Temple in 1516, and again in 1521. He was the younger brother of Sir Wistan Browne, referred to in the previous notice. He was elevated to the Bench as a Judge of the Common Pleas in 1542, having been previously (1531) made a Serjeant-at-Law, and King's Serjeant (1536). He was one of those who witnessed the signature to the deed of Edward VI., altering the succession.