Francis Littlefield (abt. 1565 - bef. 1618)

Born about 1565 in Exeter, Devon, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Annis Wigg — married 14 Jul 1606 in England

Descendants

Died before 22 Oct 1618 before about age 53 in Titchfield, Hampshire, England

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Biography

Francis Littlefield was born about 1565 Exeter, Devon, England.^[1]He married 1st Marie, surname unknown, before 1592 St. Peter Church Titchfield, Hampshire, England.^[2]By Marie he had five children. Francis married 2nd Annis, surname unknown, widow of ____Wiggs,^[2] 14 Jul 1606 Tichfield, Hampshire, England.^[2]

Francis was a clothier and made his will 21 Oct. 1618. He gave Edmund 20/, Nicholas £30, a table and five joined stool, John £30 and each godchild 12d. To his wife's children Elizabeth and Robert Wigg he gave 40/ each. His maid Elizabeth Carter received 10/. To his brother James of Droxford he gave his best doublet and breeches, to his sister Mary Beane 5/ and to his brother Richard 20/. He gave the cathedral at Winchester 6d, the parish church of Tichfield 3/4, the poor of Tichfield a noble (10/) and the poor of Wickham 3/4. His wife Anne and son James were made executors of his will with Anne to have the house next to the fulling mill leased from John Hanksford of Bishop's Waltham. James was given the fulling mill. Overseers of the will were Thomas Knight of Sencleres in Droxford, his brother James Littlefield also of Droxford and Nicholas Waller of Swanwicke in Tichfield. Each were given 5/ for their trouble. The will was witnessed by John Wither, Robert Poulett and Francis Waller and was proved 21 Nov. 1618. The inventory of his estate taken 29 Oct. 1618 by John Houghton, John Weathers, John Coopper, John Beane and I. Hoopper amounted to £ 261/2/10 including 38 tod of wool at 28/ per tod (a tod was 28 lbs.), cloth £28, 3 kerses ready medeled £ 7/6, 4 weight of green wool £ 10, 5 tod of blue wool £ 11/6, 4 tod of black wool £ 4/4, 30 lb. of fine black wool £ 4/8, shears, shear-boards, cutting boards, etc. ^[3] Anne of Funtley, Titchfield, widow, made her will in 1619. ^[4]

Francis died about 21 October 1618 Tichfield, Hampshire, England.^[5]

Notes

A William Lettylfeld of Odiham, Hampshire made his will in 1579. ^[6]

Research Notes

Ann Pope has been removed as the mother of Francis Littlefield-261 and the wife of Francis Littlefield-282

Whilst Ann Pope is the daughter of Edmond Pope-4494 and Elizabeth Newdigate-11 of Buxted/Little Horsted in Sussex, she actually married John Delve not Francis Littlefield.

The Wills of her parents, Edmond Pope in 1550 and Elizabeth Pope, widow in 1559, both refer to their daughter 'Ann Delve', with her husband John Delve being named either Executor or Overseer. The Wills also name the testator's Delve grandchildren - Johane, James, Elizabeth and Mary.

Sources

1. ↑ Gary Boyd Roberts, English Orgins of New England Familes Vol. I, (1984 Genealogical Publishing co. Inc.), 306.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Contributed by Miss Elizabeth French, "NEHGR 67(1913):343-348," Genealgical Research in England/Littlefield: 343.
3. ↑ Archdeaconry of Winchester- 1618- HRO- 1618A/43
4. ↑ HRO- 1619A/063
5. ↑ Pricilla Eaton, The Littlefield Genealogy, Descendants of Edmund Littlefield of Wells ME Through Six Generations, 220, xix.
6. ↑ HRO- 1579A/51

• Parish Register for Tichfield, Hampshire