Sir John Throckmorton (d. 1624) was an English soldier, Lieutenant-Governor of Flushing or
Vlissingen
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and the Rammekens fortress. He was a son of John Throckmorton, and grandson of Sir Richard Throckmorton of
Higham Ferrers
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.
Career
He was deputy Governor of Flushing, now Vlissingen, one of the
Cautionary Towns
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, for
Viscount Lisle
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. The seaways around Vlissingen remained Dutch territorial waters during the English occupation. He was knighted by the king at Whitehall on February 16, 1606.
He wrote many letters to Lisle describing the business of the garrison and political news which he discussed with travelling diplomats including
Robert Anstruther and
Stephen Lesieur
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Career
Lesieur was born in Geneva, came to England in 1575, and was first employed as a servant of Sir Philip Sidn ...
. He joked with Lisle that providing a dowry for his daughter Philippa Sidney on her marriage to
Sir John Hobart would leave him out of pocket.
Throckmorton reported the arrival of the Venetian ambassador
Antonio Foscarini
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at Vlissingen in May 1612, on his way to Brussels. Throckmorton said he was "an honest proper man, for he speaketh well of us (the English), and seemeth not to be much affected to the Spaniards". Throckmorton was uncertain how much ceremony he should to diplomats, and arranged a "fair guard" of soldiers at the gate of the fort for Foscarini.
Throckmorton's wife Dorothy was chosen after the
in February 1613, to attend
Elizabeth
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on her journey to
Heidelberg
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.
In September 1613 he reported that Henry Howard, a son of the
Earl of Suffolk
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had travelled to
Veere
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History
The name ''Veere'' ...
to fight a duel with the
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over issues concerning his sister
Frances Howard, but the courtier Henry Gibb prevented the combat. Throckmorton felt that the laws of England ought to prevent such duels being fought abroad.
Throckmorton was concerned by an arms dealer Antonis Antonison, nicknamed "Moy" or handsome, who was smuggling cannon made in Cardiff against custom restrictions and selling them to the
Dutch East India Company
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.
In May 1614 the sergeant-major Sir Michael Everard hit him. An English captain George Wood caused trouble in June 1614 by demanding that ships of other nations should salute the English flag, despite the sea roads being Dutch waters.
In February 1615 he spoke to Anne Herbert, the widow of
Sir William Stanley's son, and her four daughters, who were travelling by coach from
Veere
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History
The name ''Veere'' ...
to
Antwerp
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Mechelin and return to England with the
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who was at
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with her physician
Matthew Lister
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. In July 1615 he visited England and
Penshurst Place
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. Viscount Lisle was at court serving
Anne of Denmark
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, and his wife
Barbara entertained Throckmorton at Penshurst. He was back at Flushing in August.
John Throckmorton died at the
siege of Breda in 1624.
Marriage and family
John Throckmorton married twice. His first wife was Dorothy Saunder, daughter of
Edmund Saunder of Firle and
Philippa Gage. She died in childbirth at Vlissingen in November 1614. Their children included:
* Philippa Throckmorton, who married Sir Ferdinando Carey (1590–1638), a son of
Sir Edmund Carey. Their daughters were
Philadelphia Carey, Baroness Wentworth and Elisabeth Carey who married Francis Staunton and whose daughter
Philippina Staunton was painted by
Caspar Netscher
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Life
According to ...
.
* Nicholas Throckmorton, who also joined Lisle's company of soldiers in 1614. Thereafter he was part of
Prince Maurits's guards at The Hague. In 1624 he eloped with Barbara Duyck, the daughter of the grand pensionary of Holland
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. The pair got married in the end. After Nicholas Throckmorton died, Barbara married the English diplomat
Dudley Carleton.
Throckmorton's second wife was Anne Sotherton, daughter of
John Sotherton
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Life
He was the son of John Sother ...
(1562–1631), a
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. They married in June 1615. Their children included:
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* Sir William Throckmorton, Knight Marshal
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The Knig ...
to Charles II
* Francis Throckmorton of Burnebutts in Watton, Yorkshire
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, who married Hannah Manby
References
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1624 deaths
English soldiers
17th-century English soldiers