Robert Throckmorton Knt. (abt. 1510 - 1581)

Born about 1510 in Coughton, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Muriel (Berkeley) Throckmorton — married 10 Nov 1527 in Yate, Gloucestershire.

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1581 at about age 71 in Coughton, Warwickshire, England

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Robert Throckmorton Knt. was born in England.

Biography

SEE the article about Sir Robert Throckmorton at [Wikipedia]. Eldest son and heir and brother of Anthony, Clement, George, John , Kenelm and Nicholas. Married twice (Elizabeth Hussey's second husband) and had a small army of children to both wives.

ALSO SEE the biography at The History of Parliament website that deals especially with the political history of [Robert Throckmorton].

1553: Appointed constable of Warwick Castle.

1553: Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire,

1553 and 1555-1558: Served as Knight of the Shire (MP) for Warwickshire

1564: Was a Catholic and judged an ‘adversary of true religion.’

Family

Married first ca. 1527 at Yate, Gloucestershire, England, Muriel, daughter of Thomas 5th Lord Berkeley and Eleanor, daughter of Sir Marmaduke Constable, Knt., of Flamborough.

Children by Muriel Berkeley:

• Elizabeth Throckmorton, b. Abt. 1535, Haseley, Warwick, Warwickshire, England, d. date unknown; m. Sir John Goodwin (d.1596/7) of Winchendon, Buckinghamshire
• Catherine Throckmorton, b. 1532, of Coughton Ct, Coughton, Warwickshire, England, d. February 12, 1580/81, Feckenham, Worcestershire, England, m. Henry Norwood
• Thomas Throckmorton, m. ca. 1556, Mary Whorwood. Was executor of his father's estate
• Ann Throckmorton, m. Ralph Sheldon, of Beoly, co. Worcester
• Eleanor Throckmorton (d. bef. 2 Dec 1648), mar. after 31 Jan 1591/2 Sir Henry Jerningham, 1st Bt., of Cossey Hall, co. Norfolk
• Meriel Throckmorton, mar. Sir Henry Berkeley, of Stoke Gifford
• Mary Throckmorton (d. unm.) OR m. Sir Edward Arden of Park Hall, who was executed at Smithfield 20 December 1583

Married second ca. 1542, Elizabeth (Hussey) Constable, daughter of John Hussey, 1st Baron Hussey, by his second wife Lady Anne Grey, and widow of Walter Hungerford.

Children by Elizabeth Hussey:

• Muriel Throckmorton, mar. Sir Thomas Tresham, of Rushton, co. Northampton
• Anne Throckmorton, mar. Sir William Catesby, of Ashby Legers, co. Northampton
• Elizabeth Throckmorton, mar. Sir Anthony Tyringham, of Tyringham, co. Buckingham, Sheriff of Buckinghamshire (d. 1614)
• Temperance Throckmorton, mar. Sir Randle Brereton, of Malpas, co. Chester (d. 1611), and had issue

He was buried in St Peter's Church, Coughton, Warwickshire, England. An alabaster and marble tomb was erected to his memory.

Sources

• The Visitations of Oxfordshire 1566, 1574, 1634 etc., edited by William Henry Turner, London, 1874, p.120.
• Visitations of Buckinghamshire 1634, p.216.
• The Visitation of Warwickshire 1619 by William Camden, Clarencieux King of Arms, edited by John Fetherston, FSA., London 1877, p.88.
• The Visitation of Yorkshire in 1563 & 1564 by William Flower, Norroy King of Arms, edited by Charles Best Norcliffe, M.A., of Langton, London, 1881, p.168n.
• The Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, by Messrs., John & John Bernard Burke, London, 1841, p.532.
• Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica edited by Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., F.S.A., London, 1868, p.223.
• The Sheldons by E.A.B.Barnard, MA., FSA., FRHistS., Cambridge University Press, 1936, p.28-9.
• Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage edited by Peter Townend, 105th edition, London, 1970, p.2643.
• The Peerage.com Author: Darryl Lundy Note: The is a website of Darryl Lundy who has spent over 14 years researching the British Royal families and Peerage.
• Wikipedia, the Online Encyclopedia URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
• The History of Parliament, British Political, Social & Local History URL: http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1509-1558/member/throckmorton-robert-1513-81
• Cracroft's Peerage, The Complete Guide to the British Peerage & Baronetage Editor: Patrick Cracroft-Brennan URL: http://www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk
• Throckmorton, Charles Wickliffe. A Genealogical and Historical Account of the Throckmorton Family in England and the United States (Old Dominion Press, Inc., Richmond, Va., 1930) Page 116