Nicholas Throckmorton (alias Carew) MP for Surrey. Throckmorton or Carew died in February 1644, and was buried in Beddington church. One of his great-grandsons was Sir Nicholas Carew, 1st Baronet, another Member of Parliament. Throckmorton married firstly by 1599, Mary More, daughter of Sir George More of Loseley Park, Surrey, and had five sons and three daughters. He married secondly by 1618, Susan Butler, née Bright, of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, widow of Henry Butler merchant of London and had a son and daughter. He was the brother of Arthur Throckmorton and of Elizabeth who married Sir Walter Raleigh. Nicholas Throckmorton (alias Carew) Sir
Throckmorton Plot and William Cecil, Lord Burghley, which obliged all signatories to execute anyone who attempted to usurp the throne or to assassinate the Queen. Throckmorton was convicted of high treason and executed in July 1584. There were no more resident Spanish ambassadors for the remainder of Elizabeth's reign. After discovery of the plot, Mary, Queen of Scots was placed under strict confinement at Chartley Hall in Staffordshire. Throckmorton Plot The Throckmorton Plot was an attempt, in 1583, by English Roman Catholics to murder Queen Elizabeth I of England and replace her with her first cousin once removed, Mary, Queen of Scots.