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b. c. 1548,WARD 7/15/101. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edward Littleton of Pillaton Hall and Alice, da. of Francis Cokayne of Ashborne, Derbys. Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii, pt. 2), 110; Staffs. RO, D260/M/F/4/4a, f. 27. educ. I. Temple, 1564. I. Temple database of admiss. m. settlement 23 Mar. 1573, Margaret (d. 23 Jan. 1627), da. and coh. of Sir William Devereux† of Merevale, WARD 7/15/101; STAC 8/198/12, f. 8; Reg. Penkridge Church Reg. ed. H.R. Thomas and G.P. Mander (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1946), p. 135. 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da.; 1da. illegit. Staffs. RO, D260/M/F/4/4a, ff. 29-30; PROB 11/117, f. 109r-v. suc. fa. 1574; WARD 7/15/101. Kntd. by 30 Sept. 1589. Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1929), p. 356. d. 17 Dec. 1610. C142/320/71. sig. E[dward] Littleton/Lyttleton.
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Commr. i.p.m., Staffs. 1577, 1586, 1592, CPR, 1575–78, p. 452; CPR, 1585–6 (L. and I. Soc. ccxciv), 294; CPR, 1591–2 (L. and I. Soc. cclxxii), 154. to inquire into the idiocy of John Browne 1580; CPR, 1580–2, p. 135. j.p., Staffs. by 1581 – 1601, 1602 – d., Warws. 1596–d., Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1929), 40; C231/1, ff. 24v, 106, 137; C66/1897. Lichfield, Staffs. by 1606; C181/2, f. 21v. sheriff, Staffs. 1581 – 82, 1593–4; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 128. provost marshal, Staffs. 1588; Staffs. RO, D260/M/F/4/4a, f. 28. commr. survey, woods and ironworks of Cannock and Bromley, Staffs. 1588, Staffs. RO, D1734/2/5/9. subsidy 1590, 1598 – 1600, 1608; E179/178/225, 179/178/246, 179/178/252, 179178/255, SP14/31/1. dep. lt. Staffs. 1590; APC, 1590, p. 349. commr. recusancy, Staffs. 1591–3, Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. A.G. Petti (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. ser. 4. ix), 53, 62–3. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1595 – 1600, 1603, Midlands Rising, Warws. 1607, CPR, 1594–5 (L. and I. Soc. cccx), 122; C66/1523, m. 4d; C181/1, f. 37v; 181/2, f. 35. musters, Staffs. 1595 – 1601, ?1608, HMC Hatfield, v. 524; FSL, L.a.742; SP14/37/101. bankruptcy, John Selman 1599, C66/1510, m. 3d. charitable uses, Staffs. 1599, 1603, 1606–8. C93/1/16, 93/2/7, 93/2/25, 93/3/5, 93/3/28.

Commr. survey, 2nd earl of Essex’s manor of Chartley, Staffs. 1596. Longleat, Devereux Pprs. (IHR microfilm), Box v. no. 79.

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LITTLETON, Sir Edward I (c.1548-1610), of Pillaton Hall, Staffs. and Merevale, Warws.
Main residences: Pillaton Hall, Staffs.; Merevale, Warws.
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B.C.
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Commons 1604-1629
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LITTLETON, Sir Edward I (c.1548-1610)

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