Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet explained

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

On 16 January 1650, he succeeded his father as the 2nd Baronet Throckmorton, of Coughton.[1]

Personal life

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.[2] He and Anne had the following children:[1]

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.[1]

Sources

References

  1. George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, pages 197-198.
  2. [History of Parliament]