Throckmorton, George (1489 - 1552)

Biographical Overview

Parents

Titles - 1
Properties - 5
Total events naming patron - 2
Troupes - 1
Bibliographic Sources - 3
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Born / Died

Birth Date: ca. 1489
Death Date: 1552-08-06

Notes

Imprisoned in the Tower by Jan. 1536; released by 25 Jan. 1537; imprisoned by 16 Oct. 1537; released by Nov. 1539

Marriages/Other Unions

  1. , (n.d.)
    Type: marriage
    Union began: by 1512
    Union ended: n.d.

Offspring

Mother unknown

  1. Male offspring: Throckmorton, Robert (1513 - 1581)
  2. Male offspring: Throckmorton, John (1524 - 1580) (patron)

Primary Title

Knight

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed Before 1516
    Vacated 1552-08-06

Details of Offices

Began Ended Notes
Steward, Worcestershire 1511/12-2-4 n.d.
JP, Buckinghamshire 1525 1532
Sheriff, Warwickshire 1525-11 1527
Sheriff, Leicestershire 1525-11 1527
High Steward, Worcestershire 1527 1538
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1528 n.d.
Steward of the Bishop of Worcester's Lands, Worcester Diocese 1528 1540 Lands in Worcestershire and Warwickshire
MP, Warwickshire 1529 n.d.
JP, Warwickshire 1531 1532
Steward, various manors, Warwickshire 1531-7-4 n.d.
Sheriff, Warwickshire 1533 1534
Sheriff, Leicestershire 1533 1534
JP, Warwickshire 1537 n.d.
Sheriff, Worcestershire 1539 1544
JP, Warwickshire 1542 n.d.
JP, Gloucestershire 1547 n.d.

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Coughton, Warwickshire

Lands

  • Bedfordshire
  • Herefordshire
  • Warwickshire
  • Worcestershire

Events Naming Patron

Event Date Location Troupe
Performance 1528-1528 Grimley Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire Sir George Throckmorton's Minstrel
Performance 1533-1533 Battenhall Manor, near Worcester , Worcestershire Sir George Throckmorton's Minstrel

Patronized Troupes

Troupe Name Patron Troupe Type # of events
Sir George Throckmorton's Minstrel Throckmorton, George (1489 - 1552) Entertainers/Minstrels 2

Bibliographic Sources

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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)