Thomas Throckmorton (died 1615)

Thomas Throckmorton (1533 – 13 March 1614[1] (or March 1618)[2] ) was an English politician, a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Warwickshire in 1558 and Warwick in 1559.[2] He spent much of his life undergoing fines and long periods of imprisonment for recusancy.[2] He resided primarily at Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire.[2]

Family

Throckmorton was the son of Sir Robert Throckmorton (c. 1513 – 1581) and Muriel Berkeley (fl. 1516 – c. 1541). Thomas married, c. 1556, Margaret (or Mary) Whorwood (1533 – 28 April 1607), by whom he had one son, John, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Margaret, Eleanor, and Meriel. John Throckmorton was father of, among others, Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (1599–1650),[1] who was Thomas' heir at his death.[2]

Gunpowder Plot

According to a Warwickshire website, Thomas Throckmorton went abroad before the Gunpowder Plot (1605),[3] but he let Coughton Court to one of the conspirators, Sir Everard Digby.[2][3] Throckmorton was not implicated in the plot, but fines for recusancy, previously waived, were reimposed.[2]

Disambiguation

Thomas Throckmorton is the name of various historical figures.[4] One is Thomas Throckmorton, the eldest son of Anthony Throckmorton, a Mercer of St. Martin's Lane, Westminster and Chastleton, Oxfordshire; Thomas married Julian, the widow of Thomas Wye of Lypiatt and had no children.

References
  1. "Thomas Throckmorton". The Peerage. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  2. "THROCKMORTON, John (c.1555-1615), of Lypiatt, Glos". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  3. "The Throckmorton Family of Coughton Court". Heritage & Culture Warwickshire. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  4. "THROCKMORTON Genealogy". WikiTree. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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