Anthony Throckmorton
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Origins Anthony Throckmorton (Throgmorton) (1528 – 1592/93) was the son of Sir George Throckmorton of Coughtonbr>and
his wife Katherine Vaux, the eldest daughter of Nicholas Vaux of Harrowden by his first wife
Elizabeth FitzHugh Elizabeth FitzHugh (1455/65 – before 10 July 1507) was an English noblewoman. She is best known for being the grandmother of Katherine Parr, sixth queen consort to Henry VIII, and her siblings Anne Herbert, Countess of Pembroke, and William Par ...
. He was a member of
Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: representing the electorate, making laws, and overseeing the government via hearings and inquiries. Th ...
for
Cricklade Cricklade is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in north Wiltshire, England, midway between Swindon and Cirencester. It is the first downstream town on the Thames. The parish population at the 2011 census was 4,227. History Cricklade ...
in the parliament of 1563.THROCKMORTON, Anthony (d.1592/3), of London and Box, Wilts.
''The History of Parliament''. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
He was a Roman Catholic and a
recusant Recusancy (from la, recusare, translation=to refuse) was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation. The 1558 Recusancy Acts passed in the reign ...
. Marriage and issue Anthony Throckmorton married Katherine Willington in Barchester, Warwickshire, England circa 1554. Anthony by his wife had at least four sons and five daughters as follows: Sons * Thomas Throckmorton (born 1555–1598). * John Throckmorton, (born 1555). * George Throckmorton, (born 1567–1612). * Robert Throckmorton, (born 1569–1577). Daughters * Anne Throckmorton * Mary Throckmorton (born 1556–1643), who married John Stratford of Farmcote, Gloucestershire.
House of Stratford The House of Stratford () is a British aristocratic family, originating in Stratford-on-Avon between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. The family has produced multiple titles, including Earl of Aldborough, Viscount Amiens, Baron Balti ...
  * Catherine Throckmorton (born 1558–1614). * Margaret Throckmorton (born 1571). * Elizabeth Throckmorton (born 1573–1636).


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Members of Parliament for Cricklade English MPs 1563–1567 1590s deaths 1528 births Year of death uncertain Recusants Mercers 16th-century English businesspeople {{1563-England-MP-stub