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NameSir George Throckmorton 
[203, Carew page], [54, His own article], [56, Surrey of 1530-1620, pub Harleian 1899, Carew, p. 214], [123, Vol II, pp. 230-1], [56, Hunts of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, Throckmorton, p. 123]
[203, Carew page], [54, His own article], [56, Surrey of 1530-1620, pub Harleian 1899, Carew, p. 214], [123, Vol II, pp. 230-1], [56, Hunts of 1613, pub Camden Soc 1849, Throckmorton, p. 123]Birthbef 1489
Death6 Aug 1552
BurialCoughton, Warks
GeneralOf Coughton, Warks. Sheriff of Warks & Leics.
FatherSir Robert Throckmorton (-1520)
MotherKatherine Marow
Spouses
Notes for Sir George Throckmorton
He may also have had a son Clement who m. Katherine Neville, dau. of Sir Ed Neville of the Abergavenny family.
DNB Main notes for Sir George Throckmorton
Throckmorton, Sir George ante 1489-1552
Name: Throckmorton, Sir George
Dates: ante 1489-1552
Active Date: 1529
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: MP
Place of
Education: Middle Temple
Burial: In the church at Coughton
Spouse: Catharine, daughter of Sir Nicholas Vaux, first Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Sources: Coughton Court MSS; J. S. Brewer and J. Gairdner (eds...
Contributor: Jennifer Loach
Article
Throckmorton, Sir George ante 1489-1552, MP, was the eldest son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton, Warwickshire, and his wife Catherine Marrow. He had at least two other brothers. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1505, and by 1512 had married Catharine, daughter of Sir Nicholas Vaux, first Baron Vaux of Harrowden [q.v.], courtier and soldier, whose family link with the Parrs was of subsequent advantage. In 1518 Throckmorton's father, one of Henry VII's courtiers, died on his way to the Holy Land, and George succeeded to a considerable estate, which he was to enlarge further.
Although he was active in the local government of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and, more briefly, Buckinghamshire, Throckmorton's chief claim to fame is as one of the few who openly attacked Henry VIII over the divorce of Catherine of Aragon [q.v.]. After one speech in the House of Commons, where he sat as knight of the shire for Warwickshire, Throckmorton was summoned before the king himself. There he boldly repeated a story he had heard about Henry's relations with the sister of Anne Boleyn [q.v.] and her mother. Henry, taken aback, replied weakly that he had not had carnal relations with Anne's mother. Nor with her sister, firmly interposed Thomas Cromwell (later Earl of Essex, q.v.). Throckmorton and several other conservative country gentlemen used to meet in the Queen's Head Tavern in Fleet Street to discuss parliamentary affairs, and they probably formed the nearest thing the Reformation Parliament saw to an opposition group. Certainly Cromwell regarded them with some anxiety, and in 1533 he made Throckmorton promise that he would `stay at home and meddle little with politics'.
Late in 1536 Throckmorton was arrested for showing an unwise interest in the grievances of the northern rebels. He was questioned about his earlier activities, and told his interrogators that he had been encouraged in his attack on royal policies by Catherine's confessor, Father William Peto, and by John Fisher, bishop of Rochester [qq.v.], who had given him a tract he had written about papal primacy. Throckmorton said that after he had spoken in the House against the Act in Restraint of Appeals, he had been praised by Fisher and two other clerics, Nicholas Wilson and Richard Reynolds [qq.v.], who told him that he need not persevere with such speeches if they seemed to have no effect, but that his example might be of value to others. Throckmorton also claimed that Sir Thomas More [q.v.] had once sent for him and promised that if he continued `in the same way' and was not afraid, he would `deserve great reward from God'.
Soon released, Throckmorton was rearrested a few months later because of the involvement of his younger brother, Michael, with Cardinal Reginald Pole [q.v.]: once again no charge was sustained. The fall of Cromwell in 1540 improved Throckmorton's position, and he was able to see his family of eight sons and eleven daughters well established. His sons shared their father's independence of mind. Some, including the eldest, Robert, were to be famous for recusancy, whilst others, like Clement, were convinced Puritans; Nicholas [q.v.] was indicted and acquitted of treason in 1554.
Throckmorton and his father were enthusiastic builders who erected an impressive stone gatehouse at Coughton, with polygonal turrets, large windows, and a battlemented skyline. However, Sir George's plan of making the remainder of the timber-framed house `suitable' to the gatehouse was not fulfilled. He died 6 August 1552 and was buried in the church at Coughton.
Sources
Coughton Court MSS; J. S. Brewer and J. Gairdner (eds.), Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, 1509-47, 1862-1910; W. Dugdale, Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656; S. T. Bindoff, The House of Commons 1509-1558, 1982.
Contributor: Jennifer Loach
published 1993
Name: Throckmorton, Sir George
Dates: ante 1489-1552
Active Date: 1529
Gender: Male
Field of Interest: Politics, Government and Political Movements
Occupation: MP
Place of
Education: Middle Temple
Burial: In the church at Coughton
Spouse: Catharine, daughter of Sir Nicholas Vaux, first Baron Vaux of Harrowden
Sources: Coughton Court MSS; J. S. Brewer and J. Gairdner (eds...
Contributor: Jennifer Loach
Article
Throckmorton, Sir George ante 1489-1552, MP, was the eldest son of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton, Warwickshire, and his wife Catherine Marrow. He had at least two other brothers. He was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1505, and by 1512 had married Catharine, daughter of Sir Nicholas Vaux, first Baron Vaux of Harrowden [q.v.], courtier and soldier, whose family link with the Parrs was of subsequent advantage. In 1518 Throckmorton's father, one of Henry VII's courtiers, died on his way to the Holy Land, and George succeeded to a considerable estate, which he was to enlarge further.
Although he was active in the local government of Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and, more briefly, Buckinghamshire, Throckmorton's chief claim to fame is as one of the few who openly attacked Henry VIII over the divorce of Catherine of Aragon [q.v.]. After one speech in the House of Commons, where he sat as knight of the shire for Warwickshire, Throckmorton was summoned before the king himself. There he boldly repeated a story he had heard about Henry's relations with the sister of Anne Boleyn [q.v.] and her mother. Henry, taken aback, replied weakly that he had not had carnal relations with Anne's mother. Nor with her sister, firmly interposed Thomas Cromwell (later Earl of Essex, q.v.). Throckmorton and several other conservative country gentlemen used to meet in the Queen's Head Tavern in Fleet Street to discuss parliamentary affairs, and they probably formed the nearest thing the Reformation Parliament saw to an opposition group. Certainly Cromwell regarded them with some anxiety, and in 1533 he made Throckmorton promise that he would `stay at home and meddle little with politics'.
Late in 1536 Throckmorton was arrested for showing an unwise interest in the grievances of the northern rebels. He was questioned about his earlier activities, and told his interrogators that he had been encouraged in his attack on royal policies by Catherine's confessor, Father William Peto, and by John Fisher, bishop of Rochester [qq.v.], who had given him a tract he had written about papal primacy. Throckmorton said that after he had spoken in the House against the Act in Restraint of Appeals, he had been praised by Fisher and two other clerics, Nicholas Wilson and Richard Reynolds [qq.v.], who told him that he need not persevere with such speeches if they seemed to have no effect, but that his example might be of value to others. Throckmorton also claimed that Sir Thomas More [q.v.] had once sent for him and promised that if he continued `in the same way' and was not afraid, he would `deserve great reward from God'.
Soon released, Throckmorton was rearrested a few months later because of the involvement of his younger brother, Michael, with Cardinal Reginald Pole [q.v.]: once again no charge was sustained. The fall of Cromwell in 1540 improved Throckmorton's position, and he was able to see his family of eight sons and eleven daughters well established. His sons shared their father's independence of mind. Some, including the eldest, Robert, were to be famous for recusancy, whilst others, like Clement, were convinced Puritans; Nicholas [q.v.] was indicted and acquitted of treason in 1554.
Throckmorton and his father were enthusiastic builders who erected an impressive stone gatehouse at Coughton, with polygonal turrets, large windows, and a battlemented skyline. However, Sir George's plan of making the remainder of the timber-framed house `suitable' to the gatehouse was not fulfilled. He died 6 August 1552 and was buried in the church at Coughton.
Sources
Coughton Court MSS; J. S. Brewer and J. Gairdner (eds.), Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII, 1509-47, 1862-1910; W. Dugdale, Antiquities of Warwickshire, 1656; S. T. Bindoff, The House of Commons 1509-1558, 1982.
Contributor: Jennifer Loach
published 1993