Sir Thomas Browne (1402 – 20 July 1460) was a Member of Parliament and Chancellor of the Exchequer.
[1] During the reign of King Henry VI, his highest post was that of Under Treasurer to Marmaduke Lumley, Bishop of Carlisle at the Exchequer, which he held between February 1447 and July 1449.
[1] Browne remained loyal to Henry VI and Lancastrian forces as England became increasingly politically unstable, especially from 1453 after Henry's mental breakdowns, as tensions mounted between Queen Margaret and Richard, Duke of York over control of the incapacitated King's government resulted with civil war in 1455.
[1] He was the Duke of Exeter's right-hand man in 1460, unwavering to the Lancastrian cause when Yorkist Earls (Warwick, Salisbury, and Edward) arrived in England.
[1] Browne assisted the effort by collecting men and broke the blockade during the siege of the Tower of London (1460).