15-522: William Browne may refer to: Government and politics [ edit ] William Browne (Mayor of the Calais Staple) (1410–1489), Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais, France Sir William Browne (died 1514) , Lord Mayor of London Sir William Browne (died 1507), Lord Mayor of London William Browne (judge) (1737–1802), Justice of
30-499: A station, a stage, generally a town or mart where certain wares were brought on sale, and hence called 'staple wares', or simply 'staples.' The original idea, therefore, appears to be, not so much a staple or fixed place, as a post or raised platform approached by steps , and arranged for a convenient sale of goods. From 1314, the Crown required all wool for export to be traded at a designated market, called ' The Staple '. This allowed
45-433: Is Denis Browne, though he is sometimes incorrectly referred to as "William Browne") William D. Browne (fl. 1940s), U.S. Army officer who discovered Nazi membership files William Washington Browne (1849–1897), former slave and Union soldier See also [ edit ] William Brown (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with
60-582: The Calais Staple) Sir William Browne (1410 – 14 April 1489) was Lord Mayor and Merchant of the Staple of Calais , France; and founder of Browne's Hospital , a medieval almshouse and listed building in Stamford , Lincolnshire , England. Browne was a rich wool merchant. He was alderman of Stamford, in 1435, 1444, 1449, 1460, 1466, and 1470. In 1465, he funded and built the steeple of Stamford's All Saints' Church ,
75-1532: The Confederate States of America William Alfred Browne (1831–1904), British civil servant William Joseph Browne (1897–1989), Newfoundland and Canadian politician William Browne (Irish politician) (fl. 1930s), Irish Fianna Fáil politician William Browne (Queensland politician) (1846–1904), gold miner and member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly Sports [ edit ] William Browne (cricketer) (1898–1980), Australian cricketer Willie Browne (1936–2004), Irish football player Horsey Browne (William F. Browne, 1903–1931), Irish rugby player Other people [ edit ] William Browne (poet) (c. 1590–c. 1645), English poet William Browne (physician) (1692–1774), English physician William George Browne (1768–1813), British traveller William Phineas Browne (1804–1869), American lawyer and coal mining pioneer William A. F. Browne (1805–1885), British psychiatrist William F. Browne (died 1867), American military photographer William James Browne (1815–1894), grazier, pastoralist and politician in South Australia William Rowan Browne (1884–1975), Australian geologist William Denis Browne (1888–1915), British composer, pianist, organist and music critic (last name
90-423: The Crown to monitor the trade and levy tax on exports. The staple was first fixed at Antwerp then successively moved to Saint-Omer , Bruges , Brussels , Louvain , Mechelen and Calais . In 1353 the staple was fixed at Westminster which drew so much business it was raised to the dignity of a town, in 1378 it was removed to Staple Inn , Holborn where it continued. After Calais was conquered in 1347 by
105-663: The English crown, both as a source of revenue, and through its role in the defence of Calais against the French. As domestic cloth production increased, raw wool exports were less important, diminishing the power of the Merchants. In 1558, with the loss of Calais to the French, the staple was transferred to Bruges where the Merchant Staplers continued to enjoy their monopoly on exports. However, in 1614, export of raw wool
120-457: The English, Calais was the staple from 1363, after that right had been assigned in turns to Bruges and Antwerp in the first half of the 14th century. A group of twenty-six traders was incorporated as the Company of the Staple at Calais . In exchange for its cooperation in the payment of taxes, the company was granted a total monopoly on wool exports from England. The company was important to
135-884: The Massachusetts Superior Court of Judicature William Browne (MP for Haslemere) , English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1622 William Browne (burgess) (1630-1705), Virginia colonial planter, officer and politician William Browne (MP for Kerry) (1791–1876), Irish politician in the UK Parliament William James Browne (1815–1894), pastoralist and politician in South Australia William Browne (New South Wales politician) (1842–1916), Australian politician William M. Browne (1827–1883), soldier and cabinet member of
150-625: The Staple The Company of Merchants of the Staple of England , the Merchants of the Staple, also known as the Merchant Staplers, is an English company incorporated by Royal Charter in 1319 (and so the oldest mercantile corporation in England) dealing in wool , skins, lead and tin which controlled the export of wool to the continent during the late medieval period. The company of the staple may perhaps trace its ancestry back as far as 1282 or even further. In medieval Latin documents
165-597: The church having been erected by his father. Browne served as sheriff of Rutland in 1467, 1475, 1483, and 1486, and probably also of Lincolnshire in 1478. In 1485, he was authorised by letters patent of Richard III to found and endow an almshouse. Four years later, after Browne's death and that of his wife, Margaret, the management of the Hospital passed to her brother, Thomas Stokke, Canon of York and Rector of Easton-on-the-Hill . Stokke obtained new letters patent from Henry VII in 1493. Browne's Hospital ("Old Bead House")
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#1732772912478180-502: The common expression for staple is stabile emporium , a staple (fixed) market, where such wares had to be brought; hence the assumed derivation of staple from stabile . But the word is current in various allied meanings in the Germanic languages, as in O. Eng. stapol , stapul , a prop or post, from stapa , a step; Dutch stapel , a pile; Low Ger. stapel , a heap, a warehouse; whence also O. Fr. estaple , estape (N. Fr. étape ),
195-468: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_Browne&oldid=1248787060 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages William Browne (Mayor of
210-834: Was banned entirely during the Cockayne Project under the direction of William Cockayne and wool was traded only in domestic staples. The project failed however, because the States-General of the Netherlands banned the import of cloth from England. In 1617 the English lifted their ban, but the Dutch ban remained in place. The Merchant Staplers continued to exist, but only in local markets. The Company still exists, based in Yorkshire, and makes charitable contributions through bursaries and awards to charities involved in
225-684: Was completed in that year and dedicated the following year. He descended from the family of Brownes of Rutland. His parents were John (d. 1442) and Margaret (d. 1460) Browne. There was at least one sibling, a younger brother, John Browne. William Browne married Dame Margaret Stock (or Stokke, or Stokes) (d. 28 October 1489), heiress of the manor house of Warmington . They had at least two children, daughters Agnes and Elizabeth (c. 1441–1511) who married Sir John Elmes and lived at Lilford Hall . Browne and his wife both died in 1489, and were buried in All Saints' Church's south chapel. Merchants of
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