Throckmorton baronets

In 1409 Sir John de Throckmorton, Under-Treasurer of England, married Eleanor Spinney (or Spiney or Spinetti or de la Spine), daughter and heiress of Guy Spinney of Coughton, Warwickshire, where the senior branch of the family, which bore the junior baronetcy, became established.

The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Gloucestershire and Wotton Basset.

The title became extinct on the death of the fourth Baronet in a duel in 1682.

Elizabeth Throckmorton was the wife of Sir Walter Raleigh.

However, the Throckmorton family is still resident at Coughton Court as tenants of the National Trust.

Arms of Throckmorton: Gules, on a chevron argent three bars gemelles sable . Crest: A falcon rising proper belled and jessed or . Mottos: (1): Virtus Sola Nobilitas (Virtue is the only nobility); (2): Moribus Antiquis (With ancient manners) [ 1 ]