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
Elizabeth I of England does not cry out on him and her with indignation ... she will marry none but the favoured Robert." Amy Dudley died in September 1560, from a fall from a flight of stairs and, despite the coroner's inquest finding of accident, many people suspected Dudley of having arranged her death so that he could marry the queen. Elizabeth seriously considered marrying Dudley for some time. However, William Cecil, Nicholas Throckmorton, and some conservative peers made their disapproval unmistakably clear. There were even rumours that the nobility would rise if the marriage took place. Among other marriage candidates being considered for