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Throckmorton, John (1524 - 1580)

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Born / Died

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

Parents

Marriages/Other Unions

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

Siblings

Male

  • Throckmorton, Robert (1513 - 1580/1)
  • Throckmorton, Kenelm (1514 - 1587)
  • Throckmorton, Clement (1515 - 1573)
  • Throckmorton, Nicholas (1515/6 - 1571)
  • Throckmorton, Anthony ( - 1592/3)
  • Throckmorton, George (1523 - 1573)

Titles

  • Knight
    Assumed: 1565
    Vacated: 1580-05-22

Details of Offices

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

Details of Properties

Residence

  • Feckenham, Worcestershire

Event Naming Patron

Event Type Date Location Troupe
Performance - Booth Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Justice Throckmorton's Minstrel
Performance - 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

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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. Surrey: Ashgate, 2009
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.