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Thomas Throckmorton (died 1568)

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Thomas Throckmorton (died 1568) was an English politician.

He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Heytesbury in 1547 and Westbury in 1555. He died in 1568 and was buried at Tortworth.[1]

Thomas Throckmorton was knighted on 2 October 1553, during the coronation of Mary I of England, at Westminster Palace.[2]

His daughter Anne married Sir John Tracy (died 1591) of Toddington, Gloucestershire, and was the mother of John Tracy, 1st Viscount Tracy.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "THROCKMORTON, Thomas I (by 1516-68), of Corse Court, Corse and Tortworth, Glos. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.
  2. ^ W. A. Shaw, The Knights of England, 2 (London, 1906), pp. 68
  3. ^ 'TRACY, Sir John I (d. 1591), of Toddington, Glos', History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603, ed. P.W. Hasler, 1981