Throckmorton, John (1524 - 1580)

Born / Died

Birth Date: by 1524
Death Date: 1580-05-22

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. Type: marriage
    Union began: n.d.
    Union ended: n.d.

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed 1565
    Vacated 1580-05-22

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
MP, Leicestershire 1545 n.d.
MP, Cornwall 1547 n.d.
Council Attorney, Marches of Wales 1550 1554
Steward, Worcestershire 1552 1580-05-22
MP, Warwickshire 1552/3-3 n.d.
MP, Wiltshire 1553-10 n.d.
Recorder, Coventry 1553 1580-05-22
JP, Warwickshire 1554 n.d.
MP, Coventry 1554-11 n.d.
MP, Coventry 1555 n.d.
Under-steward, Westminster 1557 n.d.
Council Member, Marches of Wales 1558 1580-05-22
Justice, Montgomeryshire 1558 1579
Justice, Cheshire 1558 1579
Justice, Denbighshire 1558 1579
MP, Coventry 1558 n.d.
JP, Marches of Wales 1558/9 n.d.
JP, Wales 1558/9 n.d.
MP, Coventry 1559 n.d.
Recorder, Worcestershire 1559 1580-05-22
Recorder, Shropshire by 1560 n.d.
Recorder, Shropshire by 1560 n.d.
Council Vice-president, Marches of Wales 1565 1569

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Feckenham, Worcestershire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1566-1566 Booth Hall, Shrewsbury , Shropshire Justice Throckmorton's Minstrel
Performance 1560-1561 Boothall, Gloucester , Gloucestershire Justice Throckmorton's Minstrels

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Justice Throckmorton's Minstrel Throckmorton, John (1524 - 1580) Entertainers/Minstrels 1
Justice Throckmorton's Minstrels Throckmorton, John (1524 - 1580) Entertainers/Minstrels 1

Bibliographic Sources

Bindoff, S.T. The History of Parliament: The House of Commons, 1509–1558. 3 vols. London: Secker & Warburg, 1982.
Marshall, Peter and Geoffrey Scott, eds . Catholic Gentry in English Society: The Throckmortons of Coughton from Reformation to Emancipation. Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. Surrey: Ashgate, 2009.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 01/05/2005 (http://www.oxforddnb.com)