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Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France 1515–1571 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 Feb 1515

Birth Location: Paulerspury, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England

Death Date: 12 Feb 1571

Death Location: London, City of London, Greater London, England

Father: Sir Body

Mother: Anna Baroness

Spouse(s): Dame Stokes)

Children(s): Sir Throckmorton, Elizabeth honour, Sir Throckmorton

In 1515, Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France entered the world in Paulerspury, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir George Throckmorton Knight Of Coughton Warwickshire Sheriff Of Warwickshire And Leicestershire High Steward Of Evesham Abbey Esquire To The Body And Anna Catherine Vaux Baroness. Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France married Dame Anne Carew Throckmorten Stokes, and had children including Elizabeth Bess Throckmorton Gentlewoman Of The Privy Chamber To Queen Elizabeth I Of England Raleigh Her Maid Of Honour, Sir Arthur Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas Carew Alias Throckmorton. Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France passed away in 1571 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Biography

  • In 1515, Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France entered the world in Paulerspury, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England, born to Sir George Throckmorton Knight Of Coughton Warwickshire Sheriff Of Warwickshire And Leicestershire High Steward Of Evesham Abbey Esquire To The Body And Anna Catherine Vaux Baroness.
  • Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France married Dame Anne Carew Throckmorten Stokes, and had children including Elizabeth Bess Throckmorton Gentlewoman Of The Privy Chamber To Queen Elizabeth I Of England Raleigh Her Maid Of Honour, Sir Arthur Throckmorton, Sir Nicholas Carew Alias Throckmorton.
  • Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France passed away in 1571 in London, City of London, Greater London, England.

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Sir France's Ancestors

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Sir France
1515–1571
Birth Place: Paulerspury, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Parents
Sir George Throckmorton, Knight of Coughton, Warwickshire. Sheriff of Warwickshire and Leicestershire, High Steward of Evesham Abbey, Esquire to the Body
1480–1552
Coughton, Stratford-on-Avon District, Warwickshire, England
Anna (Catherine Vaux,) Baroness
1488–1571
Great Harrowden, Wellingborough Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Grandparents
Sir (Robert Throckmorton, Knight of the Bath, Henry VII's Counsellor, on route Crusade to the Holy) Land
1451–1518
Coughton Court, Warwickshire, England,
Lady (Katherine Marrow, Lady of) London
1460–1503
Coughton, Warwickshire, England
Nicholas Vaux
1460–1523
Harrowden, Northamptonshire, England
Elizabeth FitzHugh
1465–1513
Ravensworth, Yorkshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Lord Throckmorton
1412–1472
Margaret Olney
1426–
Sir London
1420–1463
Lady Rich
1429–1460
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sir England
1380–1445
Eleanor Spinney
1385–1467
William Marrow
1380–1450
Johanna Marrow
1395–

Sir France's Descendants

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Sir (Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to) France (18 Feb 1515–12 Feb 1571) m. Dame (Anne Carew ( Throckmorten) () Stokes) (1520–3 Nov 1587)
  1. 1. Sir (Arthur) Throckmorton 1557–1626
  2. 2. Elizabeth ("Bess" Throckmorton, Gentlewoman of the Privy Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I of England, ( Raleigh), her maid of) honour 1565–1647 m. Sir (Walter Raleigh, Explorer of North America, Oriel College, Oxford; fought French Wars of Religion & Spanish) Armada 1552–1618
    1. 1. George (Raleigh) Rawleigh 1585–1597
    2. 2. Walter Raleigh 1593–1616
    3. 3. Dameraii (Raleigh, When discovered by Queen Elizabeth, his mother & him were both thrown into the Tower of London, died in) infancy 1592–1592
    4. 4. Carew (Raleigh, an English) politician 1605–1666 m. Philippa Weston 1607–1674
      1. 1. Carew Raleigh 1654–
      2. 2. Philip Raleigh 1652–1705
      3. 3. Walter Raleigh 1650–1690
  3. 3. Sir (Nicholas Carew alias) Throckmorton 1562–1643 m. Mary Moore 1582–1633
    1. 1. Sir (Francis) Carew 1602–1649

Sir France's Timeline

2 Records

1515
18 Feb 1515
Birth of Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France in Paulerspury, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
Paulerspury, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
1571
12 Feb 1571
Age 56
Death of Sir Nicholas Wyatt Throckmorton, Ambassador to France in Coughton, Warwickshire, England
Coughton, Warwickshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 Feb 1515
    Event Place: Paulerspury, South Northamptonshire Borough, Northamptonshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 19; Page: 810
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Feb 1571
    Event Place: Coughton, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22, London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 19; Page: 810
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: London, City of London, Greater London, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

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