Author: MARSHALL, PETER AND SCOTT, GEOFFREY.
Title: Catholic Gentry in English Society. The Throckmortons of Coughton from Reformation to Emancipation.
Description: Farnham: Ashgate, 2009. 9780754664321. 1st edition. Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700. A series of interlocking essays on the Throckmorton family of Coughton Court, Warwickshire. "Despite their persistent adherence to Catholicism, in no sense did the Throckmortons inhabit a 'recusant bubble'. Family members regularly played leading roles on the national political stage, from Sir George Throckmorton's resistance to the break with Rome in the 1530s, to Sir Robert George Throckmorton's election as the first English Catholic MP in 1831." Pp.xviii/282, black & white frontispiece + 15 further figure illustrations. Black cloth, dustwrapper has tear to top edge but is a removable clear protective wrap. Scarce. G+/VG.

Keywords: Marshall Scott Catholic Gentry English Society Throckmorton Family Coughton Warwickshire Tudor Reputation Patronage Gunpowder Plot Agnes Jacobean Recusant History Catholicism English 51827 Church History


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