See also:

• THROCKMORTON (or THROGMORTON), FRANCIS, 4
• THROCKMORTON (or THROGMORTON), SIR

THROCKMORTON (or THROGMORTON), See also:

• SIR

SIR  See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

NICHOLAS (1515-1571), See also:

• ENGLISH

English diplomatist and politician, was the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth of eight sons of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• THROCKMORTON (or THROGMORTON), FRANCIS, 4
• THROCKMORTON (or THROGMORTON), SIR

Throckmorton of See also:

• CONGLETON
• CONGLETON, HENRY BROOKE PARNELL, 1ST BARON (1776-1842)

Congleton in See also:

• WARWICKSHIRE

Warwickshire, and See also:

• UNCLE

uncle of the conspirator See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

Francis Throckmorton (see above) . He was brought up in the See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household of See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine See also:

• PARR
• PARR, CATHERINE (1512-1548)
• PARR, SAMUEL (1747-1825)
• PARR, THOMAS (c. 1483—1635)

Parr, the last wife of See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry VIII . In his youth he was favourable to the reformers in See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . He sat in See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament from 1545 to 1567 . During the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward VI. he was in high favour with the regents . In 1547 he was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Pinkie during the invasion of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . When on the See also:

• DEATH

death of Edward VI. an See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made to See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place See also:

• LADY (0. Eng. hlaefdige, Mid. Eng. ldfdi, lavedi; the first part of the word is hldf, loaf, bread, as in the corresponding hldford, lord; the second part is usually taken to be from the root dig-, to knead, seen also in " dough "; the sense development fr

Lady Jane See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey on the See also:

• THRONE

throne, he contrived to appear as the friend of both parties, and secured the favour of See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• MARY
• MARY (1457-1482)
• MARY (1496-1533)
• MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS

Mary Tudor . He was, however, suspected of complicity in See also:

• WYAT, SIR THOMAS (1503—1542)
• WYAT, SIR THOMAS (d. 1554)

Wyat's reeelliau,ln r$5,40,nti was bxo htto trial at the See also:

• GUILDHALL

Guildhall on the 17th of Apr of ti atyear . By elo pence, readiness of wit, and adroit flattery of the See also:

• JURY

jury he contrhed,, to secure his acquittal in the See also:

• FACE (from Lat. fades, derived either from facere, to make, or from a root fa-, meaning " appear "; cf. Gr. cbatvstv)

face of the open hostility of the luij<ge-7a, achievement at a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time when the condemnation of prisoner's 'r'4 whom the authorities wished to convict was a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• MATTER

matter of course . The jurymen were fined and sent to See also:

• PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison, and Throckmorton was detained in the See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower till the following See also:

• YEAR

year . There was some talk of bringing him to trial again, but he made his See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace, and was employed by Queen Mary . After the See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession of See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose rapidly into favour .

He became chamber-lain of the See also:

• EXCHEQUER

exchequer, and from May 1559 to See also:

• APRIL

April 1564 he was See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . During the latter See also:

• PART

part of this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period he was associated with Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• SMITH
• SMITH, ADAM (1723–1790)
• SMITH, ALEXANDER (183o-1867)
• SMITH, ANDREW JACKSON (1815-1897)
• SMITH, CHARLES EMORY (1842–1908)
• SMITH, CHARLES FERGUSON (1807–1862)
• SMITH, CHARLOTTE (1749-1806)
• SMITH, COLVIN (1795—1875)
• SMITH, EDMUND KIRBY (1824-1893)
• SMITH, G
• SMITH, GEORGE (1789-1846)
• SMITH, GEORGE (184o-1876)
• SMITH, GEORGE ADAM (1856- )
• SMITH, GERRIT (1797–1874)
• SMITH, GOLDWIN (1823-191o)
• SMITH, HENRY BOYNTON (1815-1877)
• SMITH, HENRY JOHN STEPHEN (1826-1883)
• SMITH, HENRY PRESERVED (1847– )
• SMITH, JAMES (1775–1839)
• SMITH, JOHN (1579-1631)
• SMITH, JOHN RAPHAEL (1752–1812)
• SMITH, JOSEPH, JR
• SMITH, MORGAN LEWIS (1822–1874)
• SMITH, RICHARD BAIRD (1818-1861)
• SMITH, ROBERT (1689-1768)
• SMITH, SIR HENRY GEORGE WAKELYN
• SMITH, SIR THOMAS (1513-1577)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM (1813-1893)
• SMITH, SIR WILLIAM SIDNEY (1764-1840)
• SMITH, SYDNEY (1771-1845)
• SMITH, THOMAS SOUTHWOOD (1788-1861)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (1769-1839)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (c. 1730-1819)
• SMITH, WILLIAM (fl. 1596)
• SMITH, WILLIAM FARRAR (1824—1903)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1808—1872)
• SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY (1825—1891)
• SMITH, WILLIAM ROBERTSON (1846-'894)

Smith, whose See also:

• FUNCTION

function was at least partly to See also:

• WATCH (in O. Eng. wcecce, a keeping guard or watching, from wacian, to guard, watch, wacan, to wake)

watch and check his See also:

• FELLOW

fellow-ambassador . It was in these years that Throckmorton became acquainted with Mary Queen of Scots . He had to conduct the delicate negotiations which accompanied her return to Scotland, and though he was a supporter of the reformers on See also:

• POLITICAL

political grounds, he became her See also:

• PERSONAL

personal friend and was always willing to do her service . As ambassador in France he exerted himself to induce Elizabeth to aid the See also:

• HUGUENOTS

Huguenots, and took a part in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war of religion . He was taken prisoner by the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• GUISE
• GUISE, HOUSE OF

Guise . After his return to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England he was sent as ambassador to Scotland in May 1565 . The See also:

• MISSION

mission entrusted to him was to prevent Queen Mary's See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage with See also:

• DARNLEY, HENRY STEWART

Darnley, which however he was unable to do . After the See also:

• MURDER

murder of Darnley he was again sent to Scotland in See also:

• JUNE

June 1567 on a still more hopeless mission than the first . He was instructed to persuade the Scottish barons who had just imprisoned the queen to restore her to her authority . His known friendship for Queen Mary and his See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant support of her claim to be recognized as Elizabeth's successor, made him a very unwelcome representative of England in that crisis . Moreover, the queen of England in-creased his difficulties by making him the See also:

• BEARER

bearer of offensive messages to the barons, and by contradictory instructions .

He cannot have undertaken his task with much zeal, for his own See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion was that Elizabeth would consult her interests best by supporting the barons . In See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh Throckmorton could effect little, but he exerted himself to secure the personal safety of the queen . He offended his See also:

• MISTRESS

mistress by showing his instructions to the Scottish barons, and was recalled in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August . In 1569 he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell under suspicion during the duke of See also:

• NORFOLK
• NORFOLK, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Norfolk's See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy in favour of Mary, and was imprisoned for a time at See also:

• WINDSOR
• WINDSOR (properly NEw WINDSOR)

Windsor, but was not further proceeded against . He died on the 12th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1571 . Sir Nicholas married See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne See also:

• CAREW, GEORGE (d. about 1613)
• CAREW, RICHARD (1555–1620)
• CAREW, THOMAS (1595–1645?)

Carew, and his daughter Elizabeth became the wife of Sir See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

Walter See also:

• RALEIGH
• RALEIGH, SIR WALTER (c. 1552-1618)

Raleigh .