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 1565 - 1618 (52 years)
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| Name |
Elizabeth Throckmorton |
| Birth |
16 Apr 1565 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
1618 |
| Notes |
- http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/THROCKMORTON1.htm#Elizabeth%20THROCKMORTON1
«b»Bess «/b»was nineteen when she first appeared at Court. She was the daughter of «u»«b»Sir Nicholas Trhockmorton <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/NicholasThrockmorton1.htm>«/u»«/b», «u»«b»Queen Elizabeth <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm>«/u»«/b»'s first Ambassador to Paris, and her brother was also a courtier. Both their parents were dead and they relied on the Court for their livelihood. «b»Bess«/b» was intelligent, forthright, passionate and courageous. Though «u»«b»Raleigh <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WalterRaleigh(Sir).htm>«/u»«/b» was in his early forties, the two fell madly in love. In the summer of 1591, «b»Bess«/b» discovered she was pregnant and they secretly married. They were together, but catastrophe loomed. «u»«b»Raleigh <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WalterRaleigh(Sir).htm>«/u»«/b»'s young wife, however, could no longer keep her pregnancy secret. «b»Bess«/b» gave birth to a baby boy who was quickly put out to a wet nurse so she could resume her place as Lady-in-Waiting. When «u»«b»Sir Walter <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WalterRaleigh(Sir).htm>«/u»«/b» returned from the sea, he arranged for the baby and nurse to go to Durham House. However, on 31st May 1592, his marriage was discovered. The «u»«b»Queen <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/aboutElizabeth.htm>«/u»«/b» had not granted permission for such a match and «u»«b»Raleigh <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WalterRaleigh(Sir).htm>«/u»«/b» was promptly arrested. «u»«b»Elizabeth «/u»«/b» expected «u»«b»Walter <http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Bios/WalterRaleigh(Sir).htm>«/u»«/b» and «b»Bess«/b» to sue for a pardon and, while their fate lay in the balance, she even confirmed the lease of Sherborne.
However, the couple refused such a humiliating course of action and by 7 Aug, that same year, the «u»«b»Queen «/u»«/b»'s favourite had fallen into five long years of disgrace. The couple's first child must have died, but «b»Bess«/b» was soon pregnant again and their son, «b»Wat«/b», was born in 1593.
Said to have carried the shriveled head of her husband in a red leather bag until the end of her days.
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| Person ID |
I55694 |
Glenn Cook Family |
| Last Modified |
19 Mar 2008 |
| Father |
Sir Nicholas Throckmorton, b. 1515, Paulerspury, Northants, England  d. 12 Feb 1570, London, Middlesex, England (Age 55 years) |
| Mother |
Anne Carew, b. Abt 1520, Beddington, Surrey, England d. Between 12 Feb 1569 and 1581 (Age ~ 49 years) |
| Marriage |
1541 |
| Family ID |
F13669 |
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