Sir Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (1599–1650) was created a

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, of Coughton, co. Warwick, on 1 September 1642.

Origins

He was the eldest son of John Throckmorton Esq. (1580-1614/15) by Agnes Wilford. John's grandfather was Sir Robert Throckmorton, KG (1513-1581), of

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, Warwickshire, and of

Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire Weston Underwood is a village and civil parishParishes in Milton Keynes
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, who unlike his brothers during the

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, one of whom, Job Throckmorton, became a

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, adhered to the Roman Catholic faith, which religion was persisted in by his descendants until the 20th century.

Marriage

He married twice: *Firstly to Dorothy Fortescue, daughter of

Francis Fortescue Sir Francis Fortescue (ca. 1563–1624), KB was an English politician. Life Francis was the eldest surviving son of John Fortescue of Salden at Mursley and his wife, Cecily Ashfield. His brothers were William Fortescue and Thomas Fortesc ...

of Salden, Buckinghamshire, and granddaughter of

John Fortescue of Salden Sir John Fortescue (ca. 1531 or 153323 December 1607) of Salden Manor, near Mursley, Buckinghamshire, was the seventh Chancellor of the Exchequer of England, serving from 1589 until 1603. Origins Fortescue was the son of Adrian Fortescue, wh ...

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. *Secondly to Mary Smyth, daughter of Sir Francis Smyth (died 1629) of

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and Queensborough in Leicestershire and of

Wootton Wawen Wootton Wawen is a village and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. The village is on the A3400 in mid-western Warwickshire, about from Birmingham, about south of Henley-in-Arden and about north of Strat ...

in Warwickshire, by Anne Markham. Mary was sister to Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington (1598–1665).

Progeny

By his second wife Mary Smyth he had the following issue: *Anne Throckmorton *

Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet (1641–1680), of Coughton Court, Warwickshire and Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, was a member of a prominent English family of Roman Catholic dissenters. Origins Francis was born in 1641, the son of Sir ...

(1641-1680)

Death

He died on 16 January 1650 and was buried at Coughton Court.

Sources

thePeerage.com, Throckmorton

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Throckmorton, Robert, 1st Baronet 1599 births 1650 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England

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17th-century English people