LANGSTON, Anthony (c.1559-1633), of South Littleton, Worcs.

Under-sheriff, Worcs. 1589 – 90, 1601 – 03, 1607 – 08, ?1610–11; T.E. Hartley, ‘Under-sheriffs and Bailiffs in some English Shrievalties’, BIHR xlvii. 180. steward, manors of Willersey, Glos. 1597-c.1610, E134/14Jas.1/Hil20; E134/12&13Chas.1/Hil3. South Littleton, Middle Littleton, North Littleton, Worcs. c.1598-at least 1609, C2/Chas.I/L62/49. King’s Norton, Worcs. (jt.) 1604, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 80. ?to Sir John Franklin* 1623; C33/144, f. 1016v. ?Wickhamford Worcs. to 1631; C. Whitfield, ‘Four Town Clerks of Stratford on Avon’, N and Q, ccix. 260–1. commr. i.p.m., Worcs. 1598, 1601; C66/1489, m. 13d; 66/1555, m. 6d. escheator, Worcs. 1600, 1616, ?1623–4, List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 188. Glos. 1602; C66/1587, m. 25d. commr. to take answer from defendant 1602, CSP Dom. 1601–3, p. 269. inquiry, estate of Sir Philip Kighley*, Worcs. 1605–6; E178/3832. capital burgess, Evesham, Worcs. 1610, Evesham Bor. Recs. of Seventeenth Cent. ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 8. churchwarden, South Littleton, Worcs. 1611–12; R. Tomes, South Littleton Notes, 21. commr. to take answer to bill of Richard Cresheld* 1611, REQ 2/413/12 to take answer to bill of George Alter and John Williams 1612, E112/132/187. to set out the glebe land, Mickleton Glos. 1618, to divide the glebe from the demesne 1619, E178/3862. subsidy, Evesham 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1628; SP46/65, f. 173, C212/22/21, 23; E179/201/293; 179/201/298. j.p. Worcs. 1625–6; C231/4, f. 176v; Cal. Q. Sess. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1900), ii. 384. commr. Forced Loan, Evesham, Worcs. 1627. C193/12/2, f. 77v.

?Att., Evesham bor. ct., by 1606; STAC 8/147/9. dep. recorder, Evesham 1616–?19; Evesham Bor. Recs. 17, 20. town clerk, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. 1617–24; Whitfield, 256–60. ancient, Clement’s Inn, London by 1618 – at least28, principal 1623–6; PRO 30/26/74/3, ff. 9v, 12, 14v; 30/26/74/4, f. 7v. att., c.p. by 1629. C2/Chas.I/L62/49.