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Browne Willis
Browne Willis (16 September 1682 – 5 February 1760) was a British antiquary, writer, numismatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1708.
Willis was born at Blandford St Mary, Dorset, the eldest son of Thomas Willis of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and his wife Alice Browne, daughter of Robert Browne of Frampton, Dorset. He was grandson of Dr Thomas Willis, the physician. He was educated at Beachampton School under the care of Abraham Freestone, and later at Westminster School. He attended Christ Church, Oxford and entered the Inner Temple in 1700.
In 1707 he married Katherine Eliot, the daughter of Daniel Eliot.
He joined the recently reformed Society of Antiquaries in 1717–18.
In 1705, Willis was elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham. He held the seat until 1708.
His published works are:
Between 1724 and 1730, Browne Willis built St. Martin's Church on the site of the old Chantry Chapel of St. Margaret and St. Catherine at Fenny Stratford. He erected the church as a memorial to his grandfather Dr. Thomas Willis, a famous physician who lived in St. Martin's Lane in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and died on St. Martin's Day, 11 November 1675.
Browne Willis arranged for a sermon to be preached in his memory at St. Martin's Church every St. Martin's Day, for which a fee was payable. He celebrated the occasion with a dinner for local clergy and gentry. The firing of the "Fenny Poppers", six small cannon, dates from this period, although there is no record of their first use. In 1740 Browne Willis bought a house in Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford and the rent from this was used to pay for the sermon and gunpowder for the Fenny Poppers. The traditions were continued after Willis's death in 1760.
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Browne Willis
Browne Willis (16 September 1682 – 5 February 1760) was a British antiquary, writer, numismatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1708.
Willis was born at Blandford St Mary, Dorset, the eldest son of Thomas Willis of Bletchley, Buckinghamshire and his wife Alice Browne, daughter of Robert Browne of Frampton, Dorset. He was grandson of Dr Thomas Willis, the physician. He was educated at Beachampton School under the care of Abraham Freestone, and later at Westminster School. He attended Christ Church, Oxford and entered the Inner Temple in 1700.
In 1707 he married Katherine Eliot, the daughter of Daniel Eliot.
He joined the recently reformed Society of Antiquaries in 1717–18.
In 1705, Willis was elected Member of Parliament for Buckingham. He held the seat until 1708.
His published works are:
Between 1724 and 1730, Browne Willis built St. Martin's Church on the site of the old Chantry Chapel of St. Margaret and St. Catherine at Fenny Stratford. He erected the church as a memorial to his grandfather Dr. Thomas Willis, a famous physician who lived in St. Martin's Lane in the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London and died on St. Martin's Day, 11 November 1675.
Browne Willis arranged for a sermon to be preached in his memory at St. Martin's Church every St. Martin's Day, for which a fee was payable. He celebrated the occasion with a dinner for local clergy and gentry. The firing of the "Fenny Poppers", six small cannon, dates from this period, although there is no record of their first use. In 1740 Browne Willis bought a house in Aylesbury Street, Fenny Stratford and the rent from this was used to pay for the sermon and gunpowder for the Fenny Poppers. The traditions were continued after Willis's death in 1760.