She was one of the three daughters of Anne (born Monson) and Sir Francis Throckmorton.

She had four brothers and her father was the second baronet of Coughton Court in Warwickshire and her great aunt was the prioress Margaret Throckmorton of St Monica's convent in Leuven.

[2] She began her education in Paris with the English Blue Nuns in the rue de Charenton.

She was there for five years before she was joined by her mother, separated from her husband in 1677, who was to spend the rest of her life with the Blue Nuns.

Sir Robert Throckmorton, 4th Baronet, commissioned four paintings from the same artist.