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Sir Throckmorton,


Died
  
1680

Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet

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.

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Origins

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.

Marriage

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.

Death & burial

He died on 7 November 1680 and was buried at Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire. His will was granted probate in 1681.

Progeny

He had the following progeny by Anne Monson:

  • Mary Throckmorton, married Martin Wollascot.
  • Sir Robert Throckmorton, 3rd Baronet (1662-1720/1)
  • Anne Throckmorton (1664-1734), Abbess 1720-1728 of the English Augustinian Convent of Notre-Dame-de-Sion, Paris. Her portrait was painted by Nicolas de Largillière (d.1746), as was that of her niece Elizabeth Trockmorton (d.1760), a canoness, and her nephew Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet(1702-1791).
  • George Throckmorton (1671-1705), died without progeny.

    • References

    Sir Francis Throckmorton, 2nd Baronet Wikipedia
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