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
3rd Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I 3rd Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I The 3rd Parliament of Queen Elizabeth I was summoned by Queen Elizabeth I on 17 February 1571 and assembled on 2 April 1571. The number of Members of Parliament (MPs) had grown from 402 to 438 since the last Parliament of 1559. To head off the usual problems caused by religious debate and calls for her to marry, Elizabeth instructed Parliament to deal with other issues and appointed lawyer Christopher Wray as Speaker of the House of Commons. However, a number of bills concerning religious practices were introduced, only two of which were passed