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Throckmorton family, baronets, of Coughton Court

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Date: 1100-2000
History:

The Throckmorton family, originally from Worcestershire, acquired estates in Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire in the 15th century through two marriages. Sir John Throckmorton (d. 1445) married Eleanor Spiney of Coughton (Warwickshire). Their son Thomas married Margaret, daughter and heir of Sir Robert Olney of Weston Underwood (Buckinghamshire). Robert Throckmorton (d. 1650) was created a baronet in 1642.

Sir Robert Throckmorton, 2nd Bt (1662-1721), married Mary Yate of Buckland (Berkshire), who brought the Buckland estate and property in Worcestershire (Chaddesley Corbett) into the Throckmorton family. George Throckmorton (d. 1767) married Anna Paston of Horton (Gloucestershire), who through her mother, daughter and heir of John Courtenay of Molland (Devon), inherited property in Devon and Somerset. The Sampford Brett (Somerset) estate, however, was sold in the mid-19th century.

Estates in 1883: Warwicks 7,618 acres, Devon 6,589 acres, Worcs 3,618 acres, Berks 3,008 acres, Bucks 1,552 acres, total 22,385 acres worth £27,092 a year.
Places:
  • Bampton, Oxfordshire
  • Buckland, Berkshire
  • Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire
  • Coughton Court, Warwickshire
  • Martinhoe, Devon
  • Molland, Devon
  • Sampford Brett, Somerset
  • Throckmorton, Worcestershire
  • Weston Underwood, Buckinghamshire
Sources of authority: Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, Guide to Principal Estate and Family Collections L-W, 1999.
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/F87634 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/F4815 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
12th cent-20th cent: Warwicks (Coughton), Berks (Buckland), Bucks (Weston Underwood) and Worcs (Chaddesley Corbett, etc) deeds, family and estate papers, with misc deeds for Devon, Oxon, etc
Warwickshire County Record Office
CR 1998
NRA 741 Throckmorton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103a]
2
18th cent-19th cent: Warwicks (Coughton) and Worcs (Chaddesley Corbett, etc) estate papers, with misc papers (2 items) for the Berks and Bampton (Oxon) estates
Warwickshire County Record Office
CR 2323
NRA 741 Throckmorton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103b]
3
13th cent-19th cent: Warwicks, Worcs, Berks (Buckland), Bucks (Weston Underwood), Devon (Molland, etc) and Somerset (Sampford Brett) deeds, family and estate papers
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
DR 5
NRA 28045 Throckmorton

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103c]
4
1600-1633: Worcs (Throckmorton) manorial court rolls
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
DR 282
NRA 4523 Shakespeare misc

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103d]
5
16th cent-20th cent: Berks (Buckland) deeds and estate papers 16th-20th cent and Weston Underwood (Bucks) estate accounts 1698-1748, with accounts of the Giffard family of Chillington 1718-58
Royal Berkshire Archives
D/EWe
NRA 11515

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103f]
6
1396-1397, 1487-1586: Devon (Martinhoe and Molland) manorial records 1487-1570 and Sampford Brett (Somerset) manorial records 1584-86, with some for Warwicks 1396-97
Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)
248M
NRA 4613 Devon RO

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103g]
7
1659-1862: Somerset (Sampford Brett) deeds and papers
Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)
DD\TK
NRA 4331

See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103e]
8
15th cent: Buckland missal
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
MS Don. b. 5
See HMC Principal family and estate collections L-W, 1999 [103h]