1380 Thomas Throkmarton, Esquire, man-at-arms, serving in France under Sir William Windsor, was granted protection for one year on June 20. [1]
1410/11 In a fine at Westminster dated "two weeks from St Hilary, 12 Henry [IV] [27 January 1411]," between "John Besford', clerk, and Robert Whytyngton', querents, and Thomas Throkmerton' and Agnes, his wife, deforciants," concerning the "manor of Throkmerton' and 2 messuages, 4 carucates of land and 12 virgates of meadow in Lenche Rondolf'" in Worcestershire, in a Plea of covenant, "Thomas and Agnes have acknowledged the manor and tenements to be the right of Robert, as those which Robert and John have of their gift, and have remised and quitclaimed them from themselves and the heirs of Agnes to John and Robert and the heirs of Robert for ever." Warranty. For this "John and Robert have given them 200 marks of silver." (Standardised forms of names. "Persons: John Besford, Robert Whittington, Thomas Throckmorton, Agnes Throckmorton, Places: Throckmorton, Rouse Lench.") [2] [3]
1410/11 "Jan. 28. Westminster. Order to the sheriff of Worcester for election of a verderer in Fekenham forest instead of Thomas Throkmerton, who is dead." [4]
1428 "Worcester A.D. 1428. Hundredum de Oswaldeslowe. Inquisicio capta apud Wygorniam die Jovis proxima post festum Sancti Michaelis anno regni Henrici sexti post conquestum vij ... Agneta Throkmerton et Thomas Serchesden tenent di. f. m. in Lenche Randolf, quod Willemus filius Johannis de Lenche et parcenarii sui quondam tenerunt." [5]
[1] Adrian R. Bell, Anne Curry, Andy King, David Simpkin, and Adam Chapman, The Soldier in Later Medieval England (Arts and Humanities Research Council, October 2006-September 2009), TNA C76/64, m6, Worcs., in the protection database, [UK_Medieval_Soldier].
[2] Feet of Fines, Online Abstracts, CP 25/1/260/26, [Medieval_Genealogy].
[3] Feet of Fines, Court of Common Pleas, CP25, The National Archives, UK, Anglo-American Legal Tradition, University of Houston, [AALTImage].
[4] A. E. Stamp, ed., Calendar of Close Rolls, Henry IV, Vol. 4, 1409-1413 (London: HMSO, 1932), 139, [HathiTrust].
[5] H. C. Maxwell Lyte, ed., Feudal Aids A.D. 1284-1431, Vol. V, Stafford-Worcester (London: HMSO, 1908), 318, [GoogleBooks].