Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet
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File:SirFrancisThrockmorton2ndBtLely.png (1618–1680), on the staircase at Coughton Court, Warwickshire. Throckmorton Collection, Coughton Court, now owned by the National Trust, NTPL ref: 153572]]
Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet (1641–1680), of Coughton Court, Warwickshire and Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire, was a member of a prominent English family of Roman Catholic dissenters.
Early life
Francis was born in 1641, the son of Sir Robert Throckmorton, 1st Baronet (d.1650) by his second wife Mary Smyth, daughter of Sir Francis Smyth (d.1629) of Ashby Folville and Queensborough, Leicestershire and Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, by Anne Markham. His uncle was Charles Smyth, 1st Viscount Carrington.
Career
Personal life
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File:AnnMonsonByLely.png (1618–1680). Throckmorton Collection, Coughton Court (property of the National Trust) NTPL ref: 89045]]
He married Anne Monson (d.1728), daughter of John Monson, a Catholic and eldest son of Admiral Sir William Monson (1569–1643) of Kinnersley Manor, Horley, Surrey and Croft and Skegness in Lincolnshire. Anne sold Kinnersley in 1666.History of Parliament, [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/monson-sir-william-1567-1643 House of Commons, 1558–1603, Sir William Monson] He and Anne had the following children:
- Mary Throckmorton, who married Martin Wollascot.
- Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet (1662-1720/1), who married Mary Yate, daughter of Sir Charles Yate, 3rd Baronet of Buckland.
- Anne Throckmorton (1664-1734), Abbess 1720-1728 of the English Augustinian Convent of Notre-Dame-de-Sion, Paris.
- George Throckmorton (1671-1705), had a religious life, a Jansenist dévot
Sir Francis and his wife, Anne, separated in 1677 and she went to live in a convent in Paris. Sir Francis died on 7 November 1680 and was buried at Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire. His will was granted probate in 1681.
Sources
- [http://thepeerage.com/p14658.htm#i146573 thePeerage.com]
References
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