=Throgmorton Street= takes its name from Sir Nicholas Throckmorton who, tradition says, was poisoned by Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Queen Elizabeth’s favourite. Sir Nicholas Throckmorton was born in 1515 and died in 1570. There is nothing to warrant the statement that he was poisoned by Dudley, with whom he was on friendly terms. What was the name of the street before the life and death of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton? Stow simply says that in Throgmorton Street, Thomas Cromwell built a large house in the place of certain tenements. The house in 1541 became the property, and the second hall, of the Drapers Company. It could hardly have been named after a man at that time only twenty-six years of age. There were, however, other Throckmortons; the name in the _Dictionary of National Biography_ occupies nearly eight pages. Most of them lived a good deal in London; all of them occupied good positions; the street, formerly part of Lothbury, may have received its name from one or other of the family. The following imperfect genealogy of the family will illustrate this possibility: Sir John Throgmorton (Under Treasurer of Chamberlain of Exchequer) Lived in London, where his will is dated (d. 1445). +Alianora, heiress of Sir Guy de la Spirn of Coughton. ├── Sir Thomas (d. 1472). │ └── Sir Robert, Privy Councillor Henry VII. (d. 1518). │ └── Sir George │ +Katherine, daughter of Lord Vaux. │ ├── Thomas (d. 1614). │ │ └── Thomas, Baronet, 1642. │ ├── Clement. │ │ └── Job (1545-1601), Puritan Controversialist. │ ├── Sir Nicholas (1515-1570). │ │ └── Etc. │ └── Sir John (Master of Requests, lived in London, d. 1580). │ └── Francis, Conspirator (b. 1554, executed Aug. 1584). ├── John. └── Seven daughters. We have here a choice of four generations of Throckmortons, all more or less intimately connected with London, any one of whom may have given his name to the street. The courts leading out of Throgmorton Street on the north were, in 1750, Whalebone Court, Angel Court, Copt Hall Court, Warnford Court, and Austin Friars. On the south were formerly Bartholomew Lane, Bartholomew Court, Shorters Court, and Crown Court. All of these, except Whalebone and the Bartholomew Courts, still exist. The present =Throgmorton Street= is lined by the usual business houses in a decorative style, with a general uniformity pervading all. The Drapers’ Hall occupies a great part of the northern side with its curving frontage and highly decorative frieze. THE DRAPERS COMPANY