THROCKMORTON, Sir Nicholas

1515 - 1569  (54 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	THROCKMORTON, Nicholas
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	1515	Coughton, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Feb 1569	Coughton, Warwickshire, England
  Burial	21 Feb 1569	London, Middlesex, England
  WAC	16 Jan 1942	SLAKE
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  Father	THROCKMORTON, Sir George ,   b. Bef 1480, Coughton, Warwickshire, England Coughton, Warwickshire, Englandd. 6 Aug 1552, Coughton, Warwickshire, England (Age > 72 years)
  Mother	VAUX, Anna Catherine ,   b. 1488, Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England Harrowden, Northamptonshire, Englandd. 14 Apr 1569, Alcester, Warwickshire, England (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1511	Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England
  Notes	MARRIAGE: REFN119689 [spelman.FTW] REFN119689
  Family ID	F15101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CAREW, Anne ,   b. Abt 1515, Carew Manor, Beddington Park, Sutton, Surrey, England Carew Manor, Beddington Park, Sutton, Surrey, Englandd. 3 Nov 1587, Carew Manor, Beddington Park, Sutton, Surrey, England (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1541	Beddington, Surrey, England
  Family ID	F19079	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Born 1515/16, fourth son of Sir George Throckmorton, and brother ofAnthony, Clement, George, John, Kenelm and Robert. Married by 1553, Anne,dau. of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington, Surrey, by whom he had tensons, inc. Arthur and Nicholas; and three daughters. Knighted Jan/May1551. Page, household of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond by 1532-6;servant, household of William, Baron Parr, later Earl of Essex andMarquess of Northampton by 1543; sewer, household of Queen CatherineParrby 1544-7 or 8; gent. privy chamber by 1549-53; under treasurer, Tower IImint 25 Dec. 1549-24 Jun 1552; keeper, Brigstock park, Northants. 14 Sep1553-d.; j.p. Northants. 1558/59-d.; ambassador to France 1563-4, toScotland 1565, 1567; chamberlain, the Exchequer 21 Jun 1564-d.; chiefbutler, Eng. and Wales 28 Nov 1565-d. Aged 35 at Gardiner's trial in Jan1551, Foxe, Acts and Mons. vi. 148, and 46 in 1562. As ‘a brother fourth and far from hope of land’ Nicholas Throckmortonbegan his career in the service of Henry VIII's illegitimate son the Dukeof Richmond, presumably with the help of his uncle Sir William Parr, whowas Richmond's chamberlain. In 1532 he accompanied Richmond to France forthe meeting of the King with Francois I at Calais and stayed on therewith his master for nearly a year, learning French ‘though nothingreadily’. After Richmond's death in 1536 Throckmorton's prospects wereslender until his mother persuaded Parr's nephew and namesake to take himinto service: it was under the younger Parr that he served on theScottish border in 1543. He had obtained a small annuity from Pipewellabbey before the Dissolution, and when his cousin Catherine Parr marriedthe King he and his brother Clement received appointments in herhousehold. In 1544 he returned to France, this time as a captain in thearmy which took Boulogne. His election to the Parliament of the followingyear he doubtless owed to the Queen, who was the principal landowner inthe neighbourhood of Maldon. It was also through her favour that in 1546he was granted a lease of two Hertfordshire manors. At court he movedincreasingly in Protestant circles, becoming acquainted with Anne Askewwhom he visited in prison. In 1547 Throckmorton fought under the Protector Somerset's command inScotland and for bringing the news of Pinkie to Edward VI he received anannuity of Ð100. According to a family tradition he gained the youngKing's affection, and his knighting early in 1551 shortly before going onan embassy to France was the occasion for one of the King's rareoutbursts of high spirits. In the first Parliament of the reign he satfor Devizes, which formed part of Queen Catherine's jointure and whichhad returned his brother Clement to the previous Parliament. Catherine'sdeath in Sep 1548, and the subsequent downfall of her husband AdmiralSeymour, did not harm Throckmorton, who had openly disapproved ofSeymour's conduct and stood closer to his own master, now Marquess ofNorthampton. He also appears not to have been compromised by the fall ofSomerset; on the contrary, his appointment in the privy chamber and hisunder treasurership of the mint look like a reward forhis part in thatepisode. The Commons Journal does not mention Throckmorton, but he waslater to remind Nicholas Hare and William Stanford that he had heard themexpound to the House ‘the ambiguities and doubts of [the treason] lawsincerely, and without affectations’; he presumably assisted in thepassage of the private Act confirming the legality of Northampton'ssecond marriage (5 and 6 Edw. VI, no. 30), and another likely to haveinterested him was the Act for the restoration in blood of Francis Carew,who was perhaps already his brother-in-law (2 and 3 Edw. VI, no. 42). InJun 1552 Throckmorton, in company with a number of other officials there,gave up his appointment at the mint, for which he was shortly afterwardsrecompensed by a further annuity of Ð100. His acceptability to theNorthumberland regime is borne out by the inclusion of his name in theCouncil letter recommending selected gentlemen for return to theParliament of Mar 1553: he was put forward as knight of the shire forNorthampton and was duly elected. Throckmorton's conduct during the succession crisis is not easy todetermine. He signed the device settling the crown upon Lady Jane Grey,and when during her brief reign she agreed to be godmother to EdwardUnderhill's son Anne Throckmortonacted as her deputy. On the other hand,he is supposed to have sent word of the King's death to Mary, and when hechallenged Sir Thomas Tresham's proclamation of Mary at Northampton itmay have been on the ground that Tresham was not sheriff. There was certainly no immediate sign of disfavour: on 24 Jul he wasappointed to conduct the Queen on her progress to London, and on 14 Sephe was granted the keepership of the parks at Brigstock,Northamptonshire, forfeited by the Marquessof Northampton's attainder.In the Parliament of Oct 1553 he and his brother John sat for Old Sarum,presumably on the nomination of their kinsman William Herbert, 1st Earlof Pembroke. During this Parliament the Act legalising Northampton'ssecond marriage was repealed (1 Mary st. 2, no. 30): neither brother isknown to have opposed this measure, which had the Queen's approval, butSir Nicholas Throckmorton joined the opposition to the reintroduction ofCatholicism, being noted onthe list of Members as having ‘stood for thetrue religion’. Some months later he recalled hearing Sir RichardSouthwell speak against the Spanish marriage in the Commons, where ‘I didsee the whole consent of the realm against it, and I, a hearer, but nospeaker’. Even if Throckmorton did not speak against the marriage of the Queen withFelipe of Spain in the House, he was thought to be active against itoutside and to have conspired with Sir Thomas Wyatt to prevent it. On 1Jan 1554 he was bound overin a recognizance of Ð2,000 to be of goodconduct, and on the following 20 Feb, after the failure of Wyatt'srebellion, he was committed to the Tower. On 17 Apr he was indicted oftreason at Guildhall and brought to trial on a charge of beingthe‘principal deviser, procurer and contriver of the late rebellion: andthat Wyatt was but his minister’. To the discomfiture of the crown he putup such a masterly defence that he was acquitted, but in the expectationthat a further charge could be brought against him he was not releaseduntil 18 Jan 1555, when he retired to his home in Northamptonshire. Onthe discovery of the Dudley conspiracy he feared that he would again besuspected, and on 20 Jun 1556 he fled to France. Heprotested hisinnocence to the English ambassador and gave some colour to this by notmixing with refugees known to have supported the conspiracy. During theautumn the Queen allowed his wife to send him some money, and on 1 May1557 she pardoned him and restored to him the property confiscated on hisflight. Later in the year he served under the Earl of Pembroke at thebattle of St. Quentin. On his return to England he started acorrespondence with Princess Elizabeth, and on the death of Queen Mary hepresumed to advise her successor on ministerial appointments. Elizabeth shared Sir Richard Morison's belief that Throckmorton was a‘Machiavellist’, and although her reign saw his fortunes take an upwardturn he never attained high position and his prospects were again cloudedin 1569 by his suspected complicity with Thomas Howard, 4th Duke ofNorfolk. He died in London on 12 Feb 1571 and was buried in the church of St.Catherine Cree, Aldgate. Sources: R. G. Strong, Tudor and Jacobean Portraits A. L. Rowse, Ralegh and the Throckmortons D. M. Loades, Two Tudor Conspiracies From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998. Sources: Ancestral file 31 Mar 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998. [spelman.FTW] REFN: 21547 English diplomat. He fought at Pinkie (1547), was knighted in 1547 , and became ambassador to France and Scotland. In 1569 he was imprisoned for promoting the scheme to marry Mary, Queen of Scots, to the Duke of Norfolk , but soon released. For two days after the death of Edward VI, the Duke of N orthumberland kept the news secret while he put the next stages of his plan i nto action. Urgent messages were sent to both princesses, Mary and Elizabeth, bidding themto come to London to see their brother before he died. Always wa ry, Elizabeth suspected danger and stayed safely where she was, pleading il l-health. However, Mary did as she was told and set out. Only the timely arri val of a secret message, sent by Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, saved her from fa lling into Northumberland's trap. His daughter, Elizabeth Throckmorton, marrie d Sir Walter Raleigh. His nephew, Francis Throckmorton (1554--84) was execute d for planning a conspiracy to overthrow Elizabeth I. REFN: 21547 English diplomat. He fought at Pinkie (1547), was knighted i n 1 547, and became ambassador to France and Scotland. In 1569 he was im pr isoned for promoting the scheme to marry Mary, Queen of Scots, to the D u ke of Norfolk, but soon released. For two days after the death of Edwa r d VI, the Duke of Northumberland kept the news secret while he put the n e xt stages of his plan into action. Urgent messages were sent to both p r incesses, Mary and Elizabeth, bidding them to come to London to see th e ir brother before he died. Always wary, Elizabeth suspected danger and s t ayed safely where she was, pleading ill-health. However, Mary did as s h e was told and set out. Only the timely arrival of a secret message, s e nt by Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, saved her from falling into Northumbe r land's trap. His daughter, Elizabeth Throckmorton, married Sir Walter R a leigh. His nephew, Francis Throckmorton (1554--84) was executed for pl a nning a conspiracy to overthrow Elizabeth I. Name Suffix: Knight Ancestral File Number: MG6R-3W For two days after the death of Edward VI, the Duke of Northumberlandkept the news secret while he put the next stages of his plan intoaction. Urgent messages were sent to both princesses, Mary andElizabeth, bidding them to come to London to see their brother beforehe died. Always wary, Elizabeth suspected danger and stayed safelywhere she was, pleading ill-health. However, Mary did as she was toldand set out. Only the timely arrival of a secret message, sent by SirNicholas Throckmorton, saved her from falling into Northumberland'strap. Ancestral File Number: GLC5-FR Seal to Parents: @I23267@