Family and Education
b. by 1489, 1st s. of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton by Catherine, da. of William Marrow of London. educ. M. Temple, adm. 1 May 1505. m. by 1512, Catherine, da. of Sir Nicholas Vaux, 1st Lord Vaux of Harrowden, 8s. inc. Anthony, Clement, George, John I, Kenelm, Nicholas and Robert 11da. suc. fa. 1519. Kntd. 1523.Date of birth estimated from first commission. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 87; C142/33/14, 43, 46, 47.
Offices Held

J.p. Warws. 1510 – d., Bucks. 1525 – 32, Worcs. 1531 – 44; esquire of the body by 1511, knight by 1533; commr. subsidy, Warws. 1512, 1523, Worcs. 1512, 1514, Bucks. 1524, loan, Warws. 1542, benevolence, Warws. and Coventry 1544/45, musters, Warws. 1546, relief, Warws., Worcs. and Coventry 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Warws., Worcs. and Coventry 1553; other commissions 1523 – d., steward or keeper, Brandon, Warws. 1512 – d., Yardley, Worcs. 1512, Berkswell, Claverdon, Lighthorne, Moreton, Warws. by 1513 – 45, Harlington, Newton Closenfield, Bucks. 1514 – d., Evesham abbey 1527, Halton and Haseley, Warws. 1529, Tamworth, Warws. 1530 – 44, Maxstoke, Wroxall, Warws. 1535 – d., Balsall, Warws. 1539 – d.; King’s spear by 1513; sheriff, Warws. and Leics. 1526 – 27, 1543 – 44, Worcs. 1542 – 43; steward, lands of bpric. of Worcester in Warws. and Worcs. 1528 – 40, for Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, unknown property by 1548; custos rot. Warws. in 1547.LP Hen. VIII, i-v, vii, viii, xii, xvii, xx, xxi; CPR, 1547–8, p. 90; 1550–3, pp. 396–7; 1553, pp. 360–1; Statutes, iii. 85, 86, 112; Coughton Ct. mss boxes 1–33, no. App. 188; box 59; Worcs. RO, 009:1, BA2636/177 92509; 178 92517 ex inf. C. Dyer; E163/12/17, nos. 38, 51, 54.

Main residence: Coughton, Warws.
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Commons 1509-1558
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THROCKMORTON, Sir George (by 1489-1552)

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