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Sir George Throckmorton, of Coughton

Tomb of Sir George Throckmorton and Catherine Vaux, Coughton church.
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From [Dugdale, 1730]. Scan from Leslie Blennerhassett.

Sir George Throckmorton,
of Coughton, Warwickshire,
born before 1489.
See wikipedia and wikitree and historyofparliamentonline.
He mar before 1512 to Catherine Vaux [born est c.1490, descendant of Edward III].
Catherine was aunt of Catherine Parr (born 1512), who would later become Queen of England.
Sir George succ 1519.
High Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1526 (They were joint roles at this time. Later separated.)
The Tudor gatehouse in the centre of Coughton Court was constructed by him c.1530.
He opposed Henry VIII's break with Rome in 1531.
He was imprisoned in the Tower of London in 1536 on suspicion of plotting. He was released.
His wife's niece Catherine Parr became Queen of England in 1543.
He was High Sheriff of Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1543.
He died 6 Aug 1552.
Catherine died 1571, age est c.81 yrs.
They were both bur in Coughton church.
They had issue:

1. Sir Robert Throckmorton,
   of Coughton, before 1513.
   Two of his grandsons were part of the Catholic Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
   Ancestor of Throckmorton, Baronets, of Coughton.
   This branch was noted for sticking to their Catholic beliefs through the Penal Times, all the way to Catholic Emancipation in the 19th century.

   
   

2. Clement Throckmorton,
   born before 1515,
   of Haseley, Warwickshire.

   
   

3. Sir Nicholas Throckmorton,
   the diplomat, born 1515.

   
   

4. Sir John Throckmorton.
   Father of Francis Throckmorton, the Catholic plotter.

1. Anne Throckmorton.
   She mar John Digby.
   She died 1553.
   They had issue:
   1. Agnes Digby,
      born 1540s to 1553.
      Not to be confused with an earlier Agnes Digby, dau of John Digby, who married Sir John Villiers (died 1506).

   
   

2. Catherine Throckmorton.
   She mar Robert Wintour and had issue.
   Two of her grandsons were part of the Catholic Gunpowder Plot of 1605.

Tomb of Sir George Throckmorton and Catherine Vaux, Coughton church.
See full size. Posted 2022 to Wikitree.

Portrait of an unknown lady. Dated 1576.
This portrait was once said to be Catherine Parr (died 1548), and then said to be her aunt Catherine Vaux, Lady Throckmorton (died 1571). Would have to be posthumous portrait of either.
Purchased by National Trust, Coughton Court, in 1993. Would be because of the Throckmorton label.
But now classified as an unknown lady.
See full size. From artuk. Also at National Trust.