Katherine (Vaux) Throckmorton (abt. 1488 - abt. 1571)

Born about 1488 in Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England

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Died about 1571 at about age 83 in Coughton, Warwickshire, England

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Biography

Katherine (Vaux) Throckmorton was born in England.

Anna Catherine was born about 1488. Anna Catherine Vaux ... She passed away about 1571. ^[1] Katherine Vaux was the daughter of Nicholas, 1st baron Vaux of Harrowden (c.1460-May 14, 1523) and Elizabeth FitzHugh.

She married Sir George Throckmorton of Coughton, Warwickshire (d. August 6, 1552). Their nineteen children included Robert (c.1510-February 12, 1581), Kenelm (c.1512-c1587), Sir Nicholas (1515/16-1571), Clement (c.1516-1573), John (d. May 22, 1580), Elizabeth, Anthony, Mary, Anne (c.1532-December 21, 1553), George, Catherine, Margaret, and several others who died young.

The couple spent years rebuilding their house at Coughton. In 1535, Sir George wrote to Thomas Cromwell that he and his wife had lived in Buckinghamshire for most of that year because "the great part" of Coughton was "taken down."

A devout Catholic, Katherine ruled over the household at Coughton long after her eldest son succeeded to the property. Portrait: portrait, date unknown (formerly called Katherine Vaux but now National Trust names her an unknown lady; brass in Coughton church showing her with her eight sons and eleven daughters.

Sources

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• Richardson, Douglas. Royal Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, in 5 vols. (Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013): vol. IV p. 2998.
• the Wikipedia article for her father, Nicholas Vaux, 1st Baron Vaux of Harrowden.

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Katherine (Vaux) Throckmorton appears in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail from Gateway Ancestor John Oxenbridge to Magna Carta Surety Baron William de Mowbray (vol. III, pages 289-294 OXENBRIDGE) that has not yet been developed by the Magna Carta project. This trail is set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

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