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b. 29 Sept. 1586, 1st s. of Sir Rowland Lytton† of Knebworth and Anne, da. of 1st Baron St John of Bletso (Oliver St John†).C142/359/114; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 73, 115; J. Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights ed. G.W. Marshall (Harl. Soc. viii.), 82; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 94-5; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 375, 377. educ. Westminster 1601-2;Letters of John Chamberlain ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 135; G.F.R. Barker and A.H. Stenning, Recs. of Old Westminsters (1928), ii. 602. Emmanuel, Camb. 1603;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Low Countries) 1608-9; Padua 1609.SO3/3, unfol.; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 215; Letters of John Chamberlain, i. 232, 281, 282, 287; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L.P. Smith (Oxford, 1907), i. 477-8. m. (1) 24 Feb. 1612, Anne (d. 1626), da. and h. of Stephen Slaney of Norton, Salop, 1s. 7da. (2 d.v.p.);Herts. RO, DE/K/46547; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 , 73, 115; Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights, 82; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 95, 103; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 377. (2) by 1644, Ruth (d. 1645), da. of Sir Francis Barrington*, 1st bt. of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, wid. of Sir George Lamplugh of Kirkby Sigston, Yorks., s.p.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634, (Harl. Soc. xiii.), 343; Luke Letter Bks. 389. suc. fa. 1615;C142/359/114. Kntd. 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 185. d. 14 Aug. 1660.Chauncy, Herts. ii. 103.
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Colonial: member, Virg. Co. 1612.A. Brown, Genesis of the United States (New York, 1964), 546.

Local: capt. militia ft. Herts. by 1615-aft. 1629. 1615 – 30Letters of John Chamberlain, i. 614; HMC Hatfield, xxiv. 268. J.p. Herts., July 1635 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar. 1660–d.;C231/4, ff. 9, 184; C231/5, pp. 35, 177, 179; Coventry Docquets, 71. St Albans liberty 1617 – 31, 20 Aug. 1635 – aft.Aug. 1644; St Albans borough 1625 – 31, 20 Aug. 1635-aft. Aug. 1644.C181/2, f. 305; C181/3, ff. 1v, 174, 263v, 264v; C181/5, ff. 23, 241, 241v. Commr. sewers, St Albans river 1617;C181/2, f. 297v. Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654.C181/5, f. 262; C181/6, p. 4. Dep. custos rot. St Albans 1618–?HMC Hatfield, xxii. 77. Collector, Palatinate benevolence, Broadwater hundred and St Albans liberty 1620.HMC Hatfield, xxii. 125. Commr. subsidy, Herts. 1621–2, 1624, 1628, 1641;CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 729; C212/22/20–1, 23; SR. highways, 1622;C181/3, f. 69v. oyer and terminer, St. Albans 1622 – 31, 9 Apr. 1639-aft. Aug. 44;C181/3, ff. 69v, 264v; C181/5, ff. 134v, 241. Home circ. 5 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 193v, 222. Herts. 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 240. Sheriff, Herts. 1625–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 64. Dep. lt. 1625–30.SP16/7/8; HMC Hatfield, xxiv. 270. Commr. Forced Loan, Herts., St Albans 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 23v, 83. limiting badgers, Herts. 1630;APC 1630–1, p. 132. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1648, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Herts. 31 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 240v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Visitor, St Albans g.s. 1645.VCH Herts. ii. 64. Commr. militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Beds. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Feoffee, Hellard’s almshouses, Stevenage, Herts. by 1649–?The Hellard Almshouses and other Stevenage Charities 1482–2005 ed. M. Ashby (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxi.), 11–14, 25.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. Commr. treaty with king at Oxf. 27 Jan. 1643.CJ ii. 945a; LJ v. 575a, 577b. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations by 5 Apr. 1644.SP20/1, ff. 130v, 132. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

: of Knebworth, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LYTTON, Sir William (1586-1660), of Knebworth, Herts.

Will
29 June 1660, pr. 11 May 1661.PROB11/304/185.
Estates
sold lands at Wolmer Green and Wickfield, Herts. to Samuel Browne* and John Skynner, 1631;Coventry Docquets, 609. bought lands at Letchworth and Hitchin, Herts. 1631;Coventry Docquets, 615, 616. bought lands at Hone and Horton, Kent with Robert Wallop*, 1636;Coventry Docquets, 691. he and Roger Hill II* granted lands in Wilts. by 2nd earl of Salisbury (William Cecil*), 1642.CCC, 2772.
Oxford 1644
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