Elizabeth Throckmorton

1565 - 1618  (52 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Throckmorton  [1]
  Born	16 Apr 1565  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Lady-in-waiting
  Died	1618  [1]
  Person ID	I21664	Jerry Milo Johnson
  Last Modified	29 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Nicholas Throckmorton,   b. 1515, Paulerspury, Northants, England ,   d. 12 Feb 1570, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	Natural
  Mother	A. Carew
  Relationship	Natural
  Family ID	F7717	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Walter Raleigh,   b. Between 1552 and 1554, Hayes Barton, East Budleigh, England ,   d. 29 Oct 1618  (Age ~ 66 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F7718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Bess was nineteen when she first appeared at Court. She was the daughter of Sir Nicholas Trhockmorton, Queen Elizabeth'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. Bess was intelligent, forthright, passionate and courageous. Though Raleigh was in his early forties, the two fell madly in love. In the summer of 1591, Bess discovered she was pregnant and they secretly married. They were together, but catastrophe loomed. Raleigh's young wife, however, could no longer keep her pregnancy secret. Bess 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 Sir Walter 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 Queen had not granted permission for such a match and Raleigh was promptly arrested. Elizabeth expected Walter and Bess 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 Queen's favourite had fallen into five long years of disgrace. The couple's first child must have died, but Bess was soon pregnant again and their son, Wat, 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. - Tudor Place Occupation: to Queen Elizabeth I

  
  

• Sources

  [S502] Tudor Place, Jorge H. Castelli, (Name: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/;), http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/THROCKMORTON1.htm#John%20THROCKMORTON%20%28Sir%292 (Reliability: 3).