Sir
William
"1st Baronet Throckmorton of Tortworth"
Throckmorton
Bt
Born in Tortworth, Gloucestershire, England
Ancestors 
Brother of
Mary (Throckmorton) Scudamore, Elizabeth (Throckmorton) Dale and Alice (Throckmorton) Trotman
Husband of
Sarah (Hall) Throckmorton
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Cicely (Baynham) Throckmorton
— married
24 Sep 1602 in Newland, Gloucestershire, England
Descendants 
Father of
Mary Throckmorton, Baynham Throckmorton Bt, Elizabeth Throckmorton, Nicholas Throckmorton, Mary Throckmorton, William Throckmorton and Hannah Throckmorton
Died
at about age 49
in Newland, Gloucestershire, England [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
William Throckmorton was the only son and heir of Thomas Throckmorton and Elizabeth Berkeley of Tortworth.
William matriculated to Oxford (New College), 10 Oct 1594, aged about 15. [1]
He married firstly Cicely Baynham, eldest daughter and coheir of of Thomas Baynham of Newland, Gloucestershire and his wife Mary Winter.[2] Their marriage took place on 24 September 1602 in an out malt room in the house of Thomas Bayneham in Newland by John Carelesse, curate of Morton Jeffries, Herefordshire. The irregular character of this marriage led to a case in the diocesan consistory court in 1607. [3] The case noted that by Oct 1607 William and Cicely had two daughters (Mary and Elizabeth) and a son (Baynham) and that the marriage had taken place with the consent of the bride's father.
In Jan 1603, aged about 23 and only a few months after his first marriage, William was involved as a deponent in an immorality case involving the use of charms and rules (spells) to win at cards and "how a man might make any woman lie with him". [4]
According to a memorial stone in the church at Newland they had surviving children:[5]
- Baynham
- Thomas
- William
- Nicholas
- Anne
- Elizabeth
When Cicely's father Thomas Baynahm died in 1611,both she and her husband William were named in his will.[6] Cicely received a bequest of money and William had all debts forgiven, stock in an ironworks worth £800, and half of all other "goods, cattle, chattels, plate, jewels, ready money, household stuff and debts". He was also made one of the executors of the will. Two of their children were named in the will; grandchildren Ann and Elizabeth Throckmorton as well as a godchild Thomas Throckmorton. William's uncle Anthony Throckmorton was also a minor beneficiary.
William was Knighted, and created a Baronet on 29 Jun 1611. [1]
After her death in 1614[7] he is believed to have married twice more; secondly to Alice Morgan and then thirdly to Sarah Hall. John Smythe in his Lives of the Berkeleys refers to them as "his maides". [8]
Another child Hannah, noted as the sister of Sir Baynham Throckmorton, is probably the daughter of either his second or third wife. [9] It is also possible that daughter Ann and daughter Hannah are the same person. In the absence of firmer sources it is difficult to say.
Sir William Throckmorton was one of the principal stockholder in the Virginia Colony's Berkeley Plantation. In 1619 he joined with John Smyth, Richard Berkeley and George Thorpe in sending a ship with 36 men to Virginia, intending to found a new town there. The venture ended in disaster. [10]
He died in his 50th year, on 18 July and was buried 20 July 1628, at Newland, Gloucestershire. [11]
A monument in the church at Newland, Gloucestershire reads: William Throgmorton, of Tortworth, Knt and Bart who married Cecily, eldest daughter and coheir of Thomas Baynham, Esq and left by her Baynham, Thomas, William, Nicholas, Anne and Elizabeth. He died the 18th day of July, 1628, about the 50th year of his age. [12]
An Inquisition Post Mortem was held at the Castle of Gloucester on 20 Apr 1631 which reported that Sir William Throckmorton had died on 18 July 1628 and that his heir was Baynham Trockmorton, Bt aged above 22. [13]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Thoren-Tozer," in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford: University of Oxford, 1891), 1478-1501. British History Online, accessed September 24, 2022, [BHO
- ↑ Frith, Brian Edit. Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester, Bigland, Ralph ( 1791-1899) Part 3 Naunton - Twining pg 919.
- ↑ (Gloucestershire Archives, GDR vol. 100, p.359) Office promoted against Sir William Throckmorton, knight, & Cicely Bayneham, his wife: Matrimonial, 9 Oct 1607, 1607 Gloucestershire Archives
- ↑ Gloucestershire Archives CASE: Wayt & Howell v Wylmott: (Immorality): 11 January 1602/3, 1603 Gloucestershire Archives
- ↑ Frith, Brian Edit. Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester, Bigland, Ralph ( 1791-1899) Part 3 Naunton - Twining pg 920.
- ↑ Will of Thomas Baynham THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES PROB 11/119/664 PDF
- ↑
Burial:
"Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813"
Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P338 in 1/1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 4732 #2084025 (accessed 20 September 2022)
The Lady Cicely Throckmorton burial in Nov 1614 in Tortworth, Gloucestershire, England. - ↑ The Berkeley manuscripts. The lives of the Berkeleys, lords of the honour, castle and manor of Berkeley, in the county of Gloucester, from 1066 to 1618;: Smyth, John pg 180 Internet Archive
- ↑ Green, E. (1906). "Pedigree of the family of Johnson of Pinchbeck, co. Lincoln." Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 1(4), p. 283. W. Bruce Bannerman, Ed. London: Mitchell, Hughes & Clark. Internet Archive.
- ↑ Broadway, Jan. "Throckmorton family (per. c. 1500–1682), gentry." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 24 Sep. 2022. ODNB requires subscription
- ↑
Burial:
"Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813"
Gloucestershire Archives; Gloucester, Gloucestershire; Gloucestershire Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P227 in 1/1
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 4732 #16372678 (accessed 24 September 2022)
Willim Throkmorton burial on 20 1628 in Newland, Gloucestershire, England. - ↑ Frith, Brian Edit. Historical, Monumental and Genealogical Collections Relative to the County of Gloucester, Bigland, Ralph ( 1791-1899) Part 3 Naunton - Twining pg 920.
- ↑ Abstracts of Gloucestershire Inquisitiones Post Mortem Returned Into the Court of Chancery: William Phillimore Watts Phillimore, George S. Fry, Great Britain Court of Chancery pg 168 Internet Archive
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Sir Thomas Dale-1292 (c. 1570 England - 1619 India) arrived with the 4th Jamestown supply mission in 1611. He stay in Virginia until 1616 and was acting Governor for a period of time. His parents are not known. He married Elizabeth Throckmorton in 1611 in England prior to traveling to Virginia.
A Nicholas Dale-576 (1604-c.1646-will written/1648-year his wife re-married) of York Co., VA owned land in what is now Middlesex Co., VA that later bordered my 7th great grandfather’s 400 acres Patrick purchased in 1663. Nicholas Dale’s parents are not known; however he did name a son Thomas Dale. Nicholas Dale could have been related to Sir Thomas Dale-1292.
James Bonner also owned land adjoining Patrick Miller’s land. Robert Miller who died in Old Elizabeth City Co., VA in 1693 appears to have lived about 6 miles from James Miller who died in 1656 in York Co., VA. I am not sure what the family connections were between Patrick Miller (my 7th great grandfather); Robert Miller; and James Miller. The Kemps and Elliott’s intermarried and the Elliott’s were involved with two Miller wills; and the Elliott’s owned land at the official tobacco inspection port called Kemps Warehouse where my 5th great grandfather, Christopher Miller (c.1708-c.1757) owned land adjoining Robert Elliott’s land.: 7/27/1659: James Bonner (at about age 30; b- c. 1629) swore that Mr. Thomas Prettyman 2 to 3 days prior to his death left his entire estate to Mr. Matthew Kempe. This Thomas Prettyman very well could have been the Thomas Prettyman husband of Aphia (unknown) Prettyman that married Robert Miller of Old Elizabeth City Co., VA after Thomas Prettyman’s death. Robert Miller left his estate to Aphia and her two children, Thomas Prettyman [Jr.] and his sister Ephica/Aphia Prettyman in Robert Miller’s will in 1693. It is possible that the Mr. Thomas Prettyman that died circa 1659 was the father of the Thomas Prettyman that married Aphia (unknown) Prettyman/Miller; given it had been up to 34 years between 1659 when Mr. Thomas Prettyman died and when Robert Miller wrote his will circa 1693. The short road down from the Colonial tobacco warehouse in Urbanna, VA now called Virginia Street was called Prettyman’s Rolling Road, which indicates the Prettyman’s involved with the early Virginia tobacco trade as my Miller’s were involved in the tobacco Virginia trade in the 1600’s and 1700’s.
In 1613 Sir Thomas Dale established the colony Bermuda Hundred were the James River joins the Appomattox River.
Elizabeth Throckmorton’s grandfather was Sir. Richard Berkeley-289 of Gloucestershire, England (1531-1604). Another grand child of Sir. Richard Berkeley-289 was Richard Berkeley-149, Esq. of Gloucestershire, England (c.1578-1661). Sir. Richard Berkeley-149’s mother was Meriell Throgmorton-4; which is also spelled Throckmorton. Meriell Throgmorton’s parents are not noted on WikiTree; however I noticed a Robert Throckmorton-58 (c.1510-1581) married a Muriel Berkeley-46 on 11/10/1527 in Yate, Gloucestershire, England. One of Robert Throckmorton & Muriel Berkeley’s son’s could have had a daughter named Muriel/Meriell Throgmorton/Throckmorton (given name to honor grandmother, Muriel Berkeley) that would have been the correct age to have been the mother of Sir Richard Berkeley-149. Sir. Richard Berkeley-149 and other’s financed the 1619 Virginia colony called Berkeleys Hundred about 35 miles up the James River from Jamestown “in hopes of profits from growing tobacco”. Bermuda Hundred was about 7 miles further up the James River from Berkeley’s Hundred. The Throckmorton’s and Trotman’s were also noted in some Berkeleys Hundred documents. There was a "J. Miller" on the 2nd ship to arrive at Berkeleys Hundred in 1620. I have not been able to determine who this J. Miller was or if he was connected to my Miller's; however his mostly likely names were John Miller or James Miller since these given names were fairly common in this time frame.
From Wikipedia: "Berkeley Hundred was a land grant in 1618 of the Virginia Company of London to Sir William Throckmorton, Sir George Yeardley, George Thorpe, Richard Berkeley, and John Smyth (1567–1641) of Nibley. Smyth was also the historian of the Berkeley group, collecting over 60 documents relating to the settlement of Virginia between 1613 and 1634 which have survived to modern times."
Note: Sir. William Throckmorton above is Sir William Throckmorton-444 (1579-1628; both Gloucestershire, England). He is the brother of Elizabeth Throckmorton who was the wife of Sir Thomas Dale-1292. The Trotman’s were also small contributors to the Berkeley Hundred colony.
A cousin Edward Trotman “whose daughter is in Virginia” is mentioned in a Throckmorton Trotman’s 1663 London, England will. His given name of Throckmorton likely indicates his mother or grandmother was a Throckmorton based on the naming patterns of the time; however I have not been able to define his ancestors. He was from the Gloucestershire, England Trotman family (some of whom were merchants in London). I feel the daughter of Edward Trotman was Mary (Trotman) Miller, wife of James Miller (c.1617 unknown location - 1656 York Co., VA). James Miller appears to be the brother or other close relative of my 7th great grandfather, Patrick Miller (1620 Scotland - c. 1675 Middlesex Co., VA). James & Mary named a son Edward (after her father, Edward Trotman?) and some of their descendants were also given the name of Nicholas (male given name often used in the Gloucestshire, England Trotman family). Also James Miller & Mary Trotman's son, Edward Miller was the estate administrator for a Trotman in Isle of Wight Co., VA who had died without a will. A Nicholas Trot; Trotter; ? (transcriber could not make out the name on the old will) was a witness to James Miller’s 1656 York Co., VA will. Several people involved with James Miller’s 1656 will were involved with the tobacco trade as my known Miller’s were involved in this trade. A number of the merchant Trotman’s around Gloucestershire, England married cousins; just like apparently the Throckmorton’s and Berkeley’s intermarried their cousins.
(Listed as Sir William Throgmorton, Knight)