116:, Catholics were made targets for persecution by their spiritual loyalty to another temporal power (the Pope and, consequently, in the view of Protestants, the Catholic king of Spain). Between 1581 and 1605, Tresham paid penalties totalling just under £8,000 (equivalent to £2.3 million in 2023). These heavy financial demands were, in reality, overshadowed by the expense of his building projects and his insistence on making advantageous marriages for his six daughters, bringing with them sizeable dowries (£12,200). His credit was thus impaired, and the ill-advised involvement of his son, Francis, in the
239:. Imprisoned for his actions, Francis met an early death from natural causes in December 1605, avoiding certain execution. Nevertheless, he was decapitated after his death and his head was displayed as that of a notorious traitor. His role in the plot has been the subject of debate by historians and it has been largely accepted that he was the author of the famous 'Monteagle Letter'. However widely agreed his authorship of the letter to his relative, it remains conjectural.
46:
139:. There was also a more personal connection: above the door, we find the inscription 'Tres testimonium dant' ('the three bear witness', or, perhaps, 'Tres bears witness'). 'Tres' may be a moment of self-reference; it was his wife's pet name for him. Tresham himself was the architect of these designs, and the extant family papers in the
111:
connections and arguments for the state's lack of jurisdiction in matters of conscience made him the subject of official attention, and he was imprisoned several times and fined heavily. At a time when Queen
Elizabeth was anxious about the Catholic threat posed by Spain and by her cousin
124:, and who argued for an individual's right to act according to his conscience unmolested, he was tarred with the brush of disloyalty, a mark he fiercely rejected. Ultimately, his son Lewis successfully ate through what little family money was left.
148:
in 1577, thought to be a sessions house and decorated with the arms of other local families. Sir Thomas was a considerable landowner at his death in 1605, but his estate had £11,000 of debt (equivalent to £3.1 million in 2023).
143:
reveal some of his plans. His sense of civic responsibility in local society, occasioned by his gentility and the expectations of his rank and family practice, led him to begin building the Market House at
514:
539:
314:
Kaushik, Sandeep (1996). "Resistance, Loyalty and
Recusant Politics: Sir Thomas Tresham and the Elizabethan State (The Midland History Prize essay)".
191:
166:
107:
in 1575. He frequently entertained large numbers of friends and acquaintances and pursued a successful reforming estate policy. His recusancy,
65:
524:
519:
298:
534:
529:
203:
197:
432:
174:
77:
135:, both of which embody the strength of his faith. The Triangular Lodge bears witness to Tresham's fidelity to the doctrine of the
427:
385:
256:
96:
169:
by her first marriage. Lord Parr was a great-grandfather of
Tresham. The Throckmorton family was a wealthy Catholic family from
20:
158:
60:
Tresham was brought up in the
Throckmorton household. He inherited large estates in 1559 from his grandfather and namesake
504:
145:
250:
544:
128:
49:
509:
113:
549:
344:
162:
85:
294:
249:
132:
64:, establishing him as a member of the Catholic elite. Through his grandmother, a daughter of
423:
390:
323:
282:
108:
61:
224:
184:
140:
117:
100:
89:
45:
173:
in
Warwickshire and Tresham had been Sir Robert's ward. Muriel Tresham once wrote to the
379:
355:
286:
236:
232:
228:
170:
121:
69:
39:
498:
454:
213:
209:
95:
Well read, Tresham dedicated much of his life to collecting books. He was picked as
38:
landowner in
Elizabethan Northamptonshire. He died two years after the accession of
409:
350:
81:
394:
351:"The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)"
104:
73:
327:
120:, cost him over £3,000. As a Catholic known for his connection to the Jesuit
76:. He was widely regarded as clever and well educated, a correspondent of
35:
32:
293:. (revision). London and New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 398.
136:
127:
227:, inherited the titles, estate and debt, and became embroiled in the
461:. Stanford and Basingstoke: Stanford University Press and Macmillan.
208:
Catherine (died 1623), who married Sir John Webb and was mother to
44:
212:. Catherine, Lady Webb, was killed in the accident known as the
177:
for her help, as a "lowly wife on my knees with importunacy."
486:
Stuart
Dynastic Policy and Religious Politics, 1621-1625
161:
and
Elizabeth Hussey. Throckmorton was the grandson of
378:
180:Thomas and Muriel had eleven children, including;
339:
337:
157:In 1566, he married Muriel, a daughter of Sir
8:
291:The Buildings of England – Northamptonshire
260:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
219:Bridget; married Edward Parham (died 1633).
31:(1543 – 11 September 1605) was a prominent
459:The Gentry in England and Wales, 1500-1700
347:inflation figures are based on data from
277:
275:
19:For other people with the same name, see
386:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
271:
231:later that year along with his cousins
515:People from Rothwell, Northamptonshire
192:Thomas Brudenell, 1st Earl of Cardigan
167:William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton
66:William Parr, 1st Baron Parr of Horton
16:English Catholic landowner (1543–1605)
7:
428:"Rushton Triangular Lodge (1052038)"
204:Edward Stourton, 10th Baron Stourton
198:William Parker, 4th Baron Monteagle
190:Mary (d. 13 October 1664); married
433:National Heritage List for England
80:, the Secretary of State to Queen
14:
540:High sheriffs of Northamptonshire
380:"Tresham, Sir Thomas (1543-1605)"
103:at the Queen's Royal Progress at
257:Dictionary of National Biography
251:"Tresham, Thomas (d.1559)"
97:High Sheriff of Northamptonshire
21:Thomas Tresham (disambiguation)
1:
525:17th-century Roman Catholics
520:16th-century Roman Catholics
410:UK public library membership
535:17th-century English people
530:16th-century English people
473:The Culture of Epistolarity
566:
488:(Cambridge, 2009), p. 229.
210:Sir John Webb, 1st Baronet
68:, he was related to Queen
18:
118:Earl of Essex's rebellion
457:; Holmes, Clive (1994).
389:(online ed.). OUP.
328:10.1179/mdh.1996.21.1.37
129:Rushton Triangular Lodge
50:Rushton Triangular Lodge
475:(Newark, 2005), p. 117.
349:Clark, Gregory (2017).
395:10.1093/ref:odnb/27712
52:
377:Lock, Julian (2004).
153:Marriage and children
48:
165:, who was mother to
114:Mary, Queen of Scots
505:16th-century births
196:Elizabeth; married
175:Countess of Bedford
159:Robert Throckmorton
131:and the unfinished
484:Michael Questier,
345:Retail Price Index
187:(d. December 1605)
163:Elizabeth FitzHugh
86:Christopher Hatton
53:
29:Sir Thomas Tresham
408:(Subscription or
300:978-0-300-09632-3
283:Pevsner, Nikolaus
202:Frances; married
133:Lyveden New Bield
557:
545:Knights Bachelor
489:
482:
476:
471:Gary Schneider,
469:
463:
462:
451:
445:
444:
442:
440:
424:Historic England
420:
414:
413:
405:
403:
401:
382:
374:
368:
367:
365:
363:
341:
332:
331:
311:
305:
304:
279:
261:
253:
99:in 1573 and was
72:, sixth wife of
62:Thomas Tresham I
565:
564:
560:
559:
558:
556:
555:
554:
495:
494:
493:
492:
483:
479:
470:
466:
453:
452:
448:
438:
436:
422:
421:
417:
407:
399:
397:
376:
375:
371:
361:
359:
348:
342:
335:
316:Midland History
313:
312:
308:
301:
287:Cherry, Bridget
281:
280:
273:
268:
248:
245:
223:His elder son,
155:
141:British Library
90:Lord Chancellor
58:
24:
17:
12:
11:
5:
563:
561:
553:
552:
547:
542:
537:
532:
527:
522:
517:
512:
507:
497:
496:
491:
490:
477:
464:
455:Heal, Felicity
446:
415:
369:
356:MeasuringWorth
333:
306:
299:
270:
269:
267:
264:
263:
262:
244:
241:
237:Thomas Wintour
233:Robert Catesby
229:Gunpowder Plot
221:
220:
217:
206:
200:
194:
188:
171:Coughton Court
154:
151:
122:Edmund Campion
57:
54:
40:James VI and I
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
562:
551:
548:
546:
543:
541:
538:
536:
533:
531:
528:
526:
523:
521:
518:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
502:
500:
487:
481:
478:
474:
468:
465:
460:
456:
450:
447:
435:
434:
429:
425:
419:
416:
411:
396:
392:
388:
387:
381:
373:
370:
358:
357:
352:
346:
340:
338:
334:
329:
325:
321:
317:
310:
307:
302:
296:
292:
288:
284:
278:
276:
272:
265:
259:
258:
252:
247:
246:
242:
240:
238:
234:
230:
226:
218:
215:
214:Fatal Vespers
211:
207:
205:
201:
199:
195:
193:
189:
186:
183:
182:
181:
178:
176:
172:
168:
164:
160:
152:
150:
147:
142:
138:
134:
130:
125:
123:
119:
115:
110:
106:
102:
98:
93:
91:
87:
83:
79:
78:William Cecil
75:
71:
67:
63:
55:
51:
47:
43:
41:
37:
34:
30:
26:
22:
485:
480:
472:
467:
458:
449:
437:. Retrieved
431:
418:
398:. Retrieved
384:
372:
360:. Retrieved
354:
322:(1): 37–72.
319:
315:
309:
290:
255:
222:
179:
156:
126:
94:
59:
28:
27:
25:
510:1605 deaths
400:24 February
499:Categories
412:required.)
243:References
105:Kenilworth
84:, and Sir
74:Henry VIII
550:Recusants
439:6 October
82:Elizabeth
70:Catherine
289:(1961).
146:Rothwell
101:knighted
36:Catholic
33:recusant
225:Francis
185:Francis
137:Trinity
406:
297:
109:Jesuit
88:, the
362:7 May
266:Notes
441:2010
402:2015
364:2024
295:ISBN
235:and
56:Life
391:doi
343:UK
324:doi
501::
430:.
426:.
383:.
353:.
336:^
320:21
318:.
285:;
274:^
254:.
92:.
443:.
404:.
393::
366:.
330:.
326::
303:.
216:.
42:.
23:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
