Edward Littleton MP (1579 - 1629)

Born 1579 in Pillaton Hall, Lyttleton, Staffordshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Fisher) Littleton — married 15 Jan 1599 in England

Descendants

Died 25 Jul 1629 at about age 50 in Pillaton Hall, Lyttleton, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

Sir Edward Littleton (c. 1577 – 25 July 1629) was a politician from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family and an important Staffordshire landowner of the Jacobean era and the early Caroline era. Although loyal to the monarchy, he seems to have been of Puritan sympathies and was a close ally of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex. He represented Staffordshire in the English parliament of 1624. Littleton's parents were Sir Edward Littleton (died 1610) of Pillaton Hall, near Penkridge, Staffordshire, and Margaret Devereux, the daughter of Sir William Devereux of Merevale Hall, Warwickshire.

Littleton married Mary Fisher, the daughter of a Warwickshire landowner: the marriage settlement is dated 15 January 1599. ^[1]

Littleton died on 25 July 1629 at Pillaton Hall, his Staffordshire home. He was buried the next day in St Michael's church, Penkridge. In his will, dated 1 June 1629, he left his wife 200 sheep, as well as cattle and agricultural equipment. He left instructions that a monument be erected to himself, his wife, his father and mother. This was duly completed by his son, the 1st baronet. an impressive two-tiered structure, it features effigies of Littleton and Mary Fisher on the upper tier, with his parents below. It was installed against the north wall of the chancel, but has since been relocated to the east wall.^[2]

Father of Lettice m. to William Washbourne son of John Washbourne and Alice Robinson.

Sir Edward Littleton and his wife Mary Fisher are named in the will of Edmund Metcalfe, Yeoman of Packington Magna, Warwickshire (Great Packington, Packington Hall, near Meriden, Warwickshire) PROB 11/117 -Dated 24 Dec 1610; Proved 8 Feb 1611

Sources

1. ↑ Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. The History of Parliament: Members 1604–1629 – LITTLETON, Sir Edward II (c.1577–1629), of Pillaton Hall, Staffs. (Author: Ben Coates). http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/littleton-sir-edward-ii-1577-1629 Retrieved 26 June 2013.
2. ↑ Victoria County History: Staffordshire: Volume 5: 17, s.5. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol3/pp298-303 Retrieved 26 June 2013.

• Melville Henry Massue Marquis de Ruvigny et Raineval. The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Isabel of Essex Volume: Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated, 1994, Table XVII, p. 19

• Joseph Foster (1891): Alumni oxonienses – the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714; their parentage, birthplace, and year of birth, with a record of their degrees. Page 919.

• Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire

• The Washbourne family: notes and records, historic and social of the ancient family of Washbourne of Washbourne, Wichenford and Pytchley from the 12th century to the present time, 1896. Chart pg. 6

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