Yet more on John Browne

Here is more on the line of John from sources found on Google Books
Browne
Of these the most considerable, that of the viscounts of Montague was an offset of the famous house of La Ferte who held the barony of Le Ferte near Evreaux in Normandy. Richard de le Ferte, accompanied Robert of Normandy to Palestine in 1096 and youngest son Gamel, surnamed le Brun, settled in Cumberland where he had baronial grants from Waldeve FitzGospatric and his descendants long flourished, the name gradually changing to Broyne, Broun, and Browne. Anthony, youngest son of Robert le Broun, knight of the shire of Cumberland 1317-1339, settled in London, became a rich merchant and was created Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Richard II as reward for having lent him a very large sum of money, then generously cancelling the bond. He left two sons, Sir Robert and Sir Stephen. Sir Stephen would become Lord Mayor of London
Sir Robert Browne
Sir Thomas Browne of Beechworth, Surrey, knight, treasurer of the houshold to Henry VI and married Ellen Fitz Allan, daughter of Thomas, 3rd son of Lord Matrevere
William m mary Mallet, dau. of Sir William Mallet
This William had the son who reportedly went to Tavistock.
I haven't yet included this in my tree.
Another interesting note is that William and John had an uncle, called Brute(nickname, Christian name unknown) Brown, a master on Sir Francis Drake's who died off the coast of Porto Rico in a battle with the Spanish. He would have been a brother to their father Thomas, a seaman. John and the Samuel who were in New England were associated with shipping.