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Thomas Throckmorton (1533 – March 1618[1] ) was an English politician, a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Warwickshire in 1558 and Warwick in 1559.[1] He spent much of his life undergoing fines and long periods of imprisonment for recusancy.[1] He resided primarily at Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire.[1]
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), who was Thomas' heir at his death.[1]
According to a Warwickshire website, Thomas Throckmorton went abroad before the Gunpowder Plot (1605),[2][unreliable source?] but he let Coughton Court to one of the conspirators, Sir Everard Digby.[1][2] Throckmorton was not implicated in the plot, but fines for recusancy, previously waived, were reimposed.[1]
Thomas Throckmorton is the name of various historical figures. He is 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. They did not have any children.[citation needed]
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