Family and Education
b. by 1489, 1st s. of Richard Littleton of Pillaton by Alice (d. 1 May 1528), da. and h. of William Wynnesbury of Pillaton. m. (1). by 1527, Helen, da. of Humphrey Swynnerton of Swynnerton, 2s. 2da.; (2) by Apr. 1533, Isabel, da. of one Wood, wid. of Ralph Egerton of Wrinehill and of Sir John Draycott (d. 5 May 1522) of Painsley in Draycott. suc. fa. 18 May 1517. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1553.Date of birth estimated from age at parents’ i.p.m.s, C142/34/119, 50/67. Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii(2), 109; Staffs. Rec. Soc. (ser. 4), viii. 88; Trans. Birmingham Arch. Soc. lxix. 7; C142/124/178; VCH Staffs. v. 133.
Offices Held
Escheator, Staffs. 1517 – 18; gent. usher by 1522; constable, Stafford castle 1522–31/32; keeper, Stafford park 1522–31/32; bailiff, Forebridge, Staffs. 1522–31/32; sheriff, Staffs. 1523 – 24, 1539 – 40, 1550 – 51; j.p. 1531 – d.; commr. for tenths of spiritualities 1535, musters 1539, chantries, Salop, Staffs. and Shrewsbury 1546, goods of churches and fraternities, Staffs. 1553; forester, Cannock forest by 1554.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Pillaton, Staffs.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
LITTLETON, Edward (by 1489-1558)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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