When Susan Throckmorton was born about 1551, in Coughton, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Sir Kenelm Throckmorton, was 40 and her mother, Alice Peyton, was 36. She married George Glascocke on 23 April 1582, in Little Easton, Essex, England. She was buried in Great Canfield, Essex, England.
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The Act of Uniformity was passed by the Parliament of England and required all people to go to church once a week. The consequence of not attending church was a fine of 12 pence, which was a considerable amount for a poor person.
A State Lottery was recorded in 1569. The tickets were sold at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
England established its first colony in North America in 1585 as a way to generate additional wealth. The colony was named Virginia, after the virgin Queen Elizabeth I.
English: habitational name from Throckmorton in Worcestershire, which is named with Old English throc ‘beam bridge’ + mere ‘pool’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: The Throckmorton family was powerful and influential in England in Tudor times, but has since almost died out there. American bearers of the name trace their descent from either John Throckmorton (1601–1684) of New England or Robert Throckmorton (1609–1663) of VA.
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