LITTLETON, Sir Edward II (c.1577-1629), of Pillaton Hall, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1577, 1st. s. Sir Edward Littleton I* and Margaret, da. of Sir William Devereux† of Merevale, Warws.Harl. 5814, f. 51; STAC 8/198/12, f. 8. educ. Balliol, Oxf. aged 17, 1594; I. Temple 1595. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. settlement 15 Jan. 1599, Mary, da. of Clement Fisher of Packington, Warws., 4s. 4da. Staffs. RO, D260/M/T/5/111; Harl. 5814, ff. 50v-1. Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103. suc. fa. 1610. C142/320/71. d. 25 July 1629. C142/456/76. sig. Ed[ward] Littleton.

Offices Held

Steward, reader’s dinner, I. Temple 1595. CITR, i. 409.

J.p. Staffs. 1605 – 13, 1615–d., Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1940), p. 216; Staffs. RO, D(W)1721/1/4, f. 25v; Staffs. RO, Q/SR/136/2; C66/2527. custos rot. 1627–8, C231/4, ff. 230v, 261. Lichfield, Staffs. 1611-at least 1622; C181/2, f. 151v; 181/3, f. 59. commr. subsidy, Staffs. 1611, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1625, 1628, E179/178/286; 179/283/27; Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/116; C212/22/20; 212/22/21; 212/22/23. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1612–d., C181/2, f. 163; 181/4, f. 12. charitable uses, Staffs. 1613, 1615, 1621, 1625; C93/5/18; 93/6/10; 93/10/20; Staffs. RO, D1798/HMChetwynd/116. sheriff, Staffs. 1613–14; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 129. commr. i.p.m., Staffs. 1623; C142/401/104. capt. militia horse, Staffs. by 1624; Harl. 5814, f. 51. commr. to administer the oaths of supremacy and office to j.p.s, Staffs. 1625, Staffs. RO, Q/SO/2, f. 44. Forced Loan, Staffs. 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 53–4. swans, Midland counties 1627. C181/3, f. 227.

Parlimentarian

LITTLETON, Sir Edward II (c.1577-1629), of Pillaton Hall, Staffs.

Main residence: Pillaton Hall, Staffs.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LITTLETON, Sir Edward II (c.1577-1629)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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