Born before 1489 in Worcestershire, he was the eldest son and heir of Sir Robert Throckmorton of Coughton Court, a soldier, courtier and Councillor to King Henry VII, by his wife Catherine Marrow, a daughter of Sir William Marowe (or Marrow), Lord Mayor of London. The Throckmorton family (originally de Throckmorton) took its surname from the manor of Throckmorton in the parish of Fladbury, Worcestershire, which from the 12th century they held under the overlordship of the Bishop of Worcester. They acquired the manor of Coughton by marriage in the early 15th century.
Elizabeth Throckmorton, who married thrice, firstly to Sir John Gifford, secondly to William Lygon and thirdly to George Peyto.[5]
Mary Throckmorton (born c.1530),[citation needed] who married Sir John Huband;[5]
Katherine Throckmorton, whose husband's first name was Thomas;[5]
Anne Throckmorton (c. 1532-21 Dec 1553),[citation needed] who married John Digby;[5]
Margaret Throckmorton (b. circa 1536),[citation needed] who married firstly a member of the Catesby family, and secondly Brian Cave[5] (c. 1532-21 Dec 1553), of Ingarsby, and had issue.[9][10]
Katherine Throckmorton (c. 1532-21 Dec 1553),[citation needed] who married firstly Thomas Winter, and secondly Thomas Smith.[5]
S. M. Thorpe, biography of Throckmorton, Sir George (by 1489-1552), of Coughton, Warws., published in History of Parliament: House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982 [1]
Notes
^Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. pg 161-2.
^Henry Colburn. A genealogical and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of the British Empire, Volume 42, Part 1. 1880. pg 229.
^Meredith B. Colket Jr, Edward N. Dunlap. The English Ancestry of Anne Marbury Hutchinson and Katherine Marbury Scott. The Magee Press, Philadelphia. pg 52.
References
Richardson, Douglas (2011). Everingham, Kimball G. (ed.). Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Vol. III (2nd ed.). Salt Lake City. pp. 291–2. ISBN978-1449966393.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)