Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet
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Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet (1641–1680), of
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, Warwickshire and
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, was a member of a prominent English family of
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Origins

Francis was born in 1641, the son of
Sir Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet Sir Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (1599–1650) was created a baronet, 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 Ro ...
(d.1650) by his second wife Mary Smyth, daughter of Sir Francis Smyth (d.1629) of Ashby Folville and Queensborough, Leicestershire and
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, Warwickshire, by Anne Markham. His uncle was Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington.


Marriage

He married Anne Monson (d.1728), daughter of John Monson, a Catholic and eldest son of Admiral Sir William Monson (1569–1643) of Kinnersley Manor,
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, Surrey and Croft and Skegness in Lincolnshire. Anne sold Kinnersley in 1666.
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Death and burial

He died on 7 November 1680 and was buried at
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. His will was granted probate in 1681.


Private life

He and Anne had the following children: *Mary Throckmorton, married Martin Wollascot. *Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet (1662-1720/1) * Anne Throckmorton (1664-1734), Abbess 1720-1728 of the English Augustinian Convent of Notre-Dame-de-Sion, Paris. *George Throckmorton (1671-1705), had a religious life, a Jansenist dévot Sir Francis and his wife, Anne, separated in 1677 and she went to live in a convent in Paris.


Sources


thePeerage.com


References

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