Sir Thomas Throckmorton (1539-1607) was an English landowner and local politician. He was the son of Thomas Throckmorton (d. 1568) by Margaret (d. 1578), one of the six coheirs of Thomas Whittington of Pauntley, Gloucestershire. By 1567 he had married Elizabeth (d. c. 1571), daughter of Sir Edward Rogers of Cannington, Som. by whom he had no children. He subsequently married 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. Ellen was a recusant and the marriage was stormy. Thomas inherited a considerable estate and succeeded his father in being a leader of local society. He was a JP, served twice as sheriff (1560–61 and 1587–8), was MP for Gloucestershire in 1589, and was a member of the

Council of the Marches The Court of the Council in the Dominion and Principality of Wales, and the Marches of the same, commonly called the Council of Wales and the Marches () or the Council of the Marches, was a regional administrative body based in Ludlow Castle wi ...

. He was knighted in 1587. He had an overbearing and bellicose nature, being described by John Smyth of Nibley as 'that powerful and plottinge gent'. He was bound over to keep the peace towards Sir Thomas Proctor in 1580, accused of provoking a riot against Nicholas Poyntz in 1589, summoned before the

Privy Council A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...

in 1590, and in a 1602 Star Chamber case was fined 2000 marks and disabled from bearing office. He was buried at Tortworth, where he had presumably commissioned his own tomb. He had two children, who lived to adulthood: *

Sir William Throckmorton, 1st Baronet 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 of Stoke Gifford. He matriculated at Un ...

*Elizabeth married

Sir Thomas Dale Sir Thomas Dale ( 1570 − 19 August 1619) was an English naval commander and deputy-governor of the Virginia Colony in 1611 and from 1614 to 1616. Governor Dale is best remembered for the energy and the extreme rigour of his administration in ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Throckmorton, Thomas 1539 births 1607 deaths English MPs 1589 High Sheriffs of Gloucestershire Politicians from Gloucestershire