Anthony Browne 's recorded royal service began in 1518 , when he was appointed surveyor and master of hunting for the Yorkshire castles and Lordships of Hatfield , Thorne and Conisbrough . He was in an embassy to hand over Tournai to King Francis I of France . Thomas Howard , Earl of Surrey , knighted him on 1 July 1522 . In 1525 , he was made lieutenant of the Isle of Man . He was ambassador to France in 1527 , reporting home in increasingly anti-French terms . By 1528 , Anthony Browne married Alice Gage , daughter of Sir John Gage and Philippa Guildford , and by her had seven sons and three daughters including : During the uprisings in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire in 1536 , known as the Pilgrimage of Grace , King Henry VIII of England sent Browne to contend with the Catholic protesters inorder to test his loyalty . Browne executed the task and maintained the King 's trust from then on . Browne was elected to Parliament as Knight of the Shire for Surrey in 1539 and re-elected in 1542 , 1545 , and 1547 . He was also appointed Master of the Horse for life in 1539 . In January 1540 , when King Henry VIII came to Rochester to meet his future fourth wife , Anne of Cleves , he first sent Browne , as his Master of Horse , into her chamber . Browne later declared that he was never more dismayed in his life , " lamenting in his heart to see the Lady so far unlike that which was reported " . King Henry VIII confided his own disappointment the next day to Browne as they returned to Greenwich by barge
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
Anthony Browne (died 1548)