LITTLETON, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (1595-1650), of Frankley, Worcs., St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster and the Inner Temple, London; later of Hagley, Worcs. and Westbury, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 10 Dec. 1595, Hagley Par. Reg. (Soc. Gen. microfilm 3631). 1st s. of John Littleton (Lyttleton)† of Frankley and Muriel, da. of Sir Thomas Bromley† of Rodd Castle and Hodnet, nr. Oswestry, Salop. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 63. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1610, ?BA Broadgates Hall 1614; I. Temple, 1613; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. travelled abroad (France, Spanish Neths., Utd. Provinces, 1615-16). APC, 1615-16, p. 313; Herefs. RO, W15/2; HMC Downshire, v. 521. m. by 22 Nov. 1617, ‘Hagley Hall Coll. of Mss’ (typescript cal. in BL), 188. Katherine (d. 1666), da. Sir Thomas Crompton III† of Driffield, Yorks. and Hounslow, Mdx., 12s. (6 d.v.p.), 4da. Nash, Worcs. i. ped. facing p. 493. suc. fa. 1601; Vis. Worcs. 63. cr. bt. 25 July 1618; Kntd. 9 Nov. 1618. J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 487, 495. d. 22 Feb. 1650. Soc. Antiq. ms 151, f. 28. sig. T[homas] Lyttleton.

Offices Held

Commr. arbitration, Sir Samuel Sandys* v. tenants of Ombersley, Worcs. 1622, CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 441. subsidy, Worcs. 1624, Bucks. 1641, 1642, C212/22/23; SR, v. 60, 81, 149. Forced Loan, Worcs. 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 62v. levy Crown debts, Southern and Midland counties and Wales 1628, HMC Rutland, i. 485. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1630–42, C181/3, f. 260; C181/5, f. 218v. sewers, Staffs. 1630; C181/4, f. 65. j.p. Salop and Worcs. 1641; C231/5, p. 434. commr. array, Worcs. 1642, Worcester, Worcs. 1642, raising vols. (roy.), Worcs. 1642; col. militia horse and ft. (roy.), Worcs. 1642; Northants RO, FH133; ‘Hagley Hall Coll. of Mss’, 160–1. commr. accts. (roy.), Worcs. 1644, Staffs. 1644–5. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 219, 229, 264.

Gent. vol. ?Neths. 1621 – 22, ?Ile de Ré 1627; Tonks, 154; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 390. capt. ft. Neths. 1624-at least 1625; SP84/121, ff. 266–7v; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 40. gov. (roy.), Bewdley, Worcs. 1642–44. J.W. Willis Bund, Civil War in Worcs. 35, 123.

Marshal, Christmas feast, I. Temple 1626, 1628, 1637, 1640, 1641. CITR, ii. 157, 170, 236, 257, 263.

Parlimentarian

LITTLETON, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (1595-1650), of Frankley, Worcs., St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster and the Inner Temple, London; later of Hagley, Worcs. and Westbury, Bucks.

Main residences: Frankley, Worcs.; St. Martin's Lane, Westminster; the Inner Temple, London; Hagley, Worcs.; Westbury, Bucks.

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B.C.

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Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

LITTLETON, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (1595-1650)

Will

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Oxford 1644

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