Sir William Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (1579–1628) was an English landowner and investor in the settlement of Virginia. He was the son of Sir Thomas (1539–1607) and Ellen, daughter of

Sir Richard Berkeley Sir Richard Berkeley (15311604) of Stoke Gifford, Gloucestershire was MP for Gloucestershire in 1604. He had previously served as Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1564, and as Deputy Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. He was knighted by Queen Elizabe ...

of Stoke Gifford. He matriculated at University College, Oxford, in 1594. Having inherited his father's combative nature, he fought a duel with Walter Walsh of Little Sodbury. Shortly after inheriting his estate he had his manors of Tortworth, Charfield, and Cromhall Ligon valued for sale. He sold Tortworth in 1608 and moved to Clearwell in Newland, which he had acquired through his marriage to Cicely (b. 1586), daughter and co-heir of Sir

Thomas Baynham Thomas Baynham (1536-1611) was Lord of the Manor of Clearwell, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. He served as Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1582 and 1602. He died on 2 October 1611, aged 75, and was buried at Newland, Gloucestershire. Ori ...

. Smyth describes him as devouring his patrimony 'by riot & improvidence'. Despite financial difficulties which led to the sale of other manors, he paid to become a baronet in 1611. In 1619 he joined with John Smyth, Richard Berkeley and George Thorpe in sending a ship with 36 men to Virginia, intending to found a new town there at

Berkeley Hundred Berkeley Hundred was a Virginia Colony, founded in 1619, which comprised about eight thousand acres (32 km²) on the north bank of the James River. It was near Herring Creek in an area which is now known as Charles City County, Virginia. It w ...

. The venture ended in disaster with an Indian massacre in 1622. He was buried at Newland. By his first wife he had three children, who survived to adulthood: *

Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet Sir Baynham Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet (1606 – 28 May 1664), of Clearwell, Gloucestershire, supported the Royalist cause during the English Civil War and was a Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire from 1661 until his death on 28 May 1664. ...

*Sir Nicholas Throckmorton (1614–1664), who was knighted during the civil war for his support of Charles I. He married Alice (1621–1670), daughter and co-heir of Richard Gough of Hewlesfield. Their son William became the 4th baronet. *Elizabeth (d. 1676) After Cicely's death he married Alice Morgan and Sarah Hale/Hall (d. 1636), whom Smyth described as his maids. When Sarah wrote her will she had four children, of whom only a daughter Mary is identified by the surname Throckmorton.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Throckmorton, William Baronets in the Baronetage of England Throckmorton family 1579 births 1628 deaths