Throckmorton in Northamptonshire

Abstract

While Ralegh was building a monument to himself by his works in the Tower, Throckmorton had settled into the landscape and life of Northamptonshire, and was quietly but unmistakably prospering. No longer the pawning of plate as in his early married days, the borrowings, the sale of land — though, as we saw, that had not contracted his expenditure; now, in spite of the increased expenses of family life, of having to marry off his daughters, building and equipping his house, of entertaining largely and making presents — he was always generous — he carried every year a large surplus of cash and was in a position to lend.