Robert Lytton KB (abt. 1511 - bef. 1551)

Born about 1511 in England

Ancestors

Husband of Frances (Cavalery) Lytton — married about 1540 in England

Husband of Elizabeth (Munden) Lytton — married Feb 1546 in England

Descendants

Died before 30 Mar 1551 before about age 40 in England

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Biography

Robert was the son and heir of William Lytton and Audrey Booth.^[1] He was said to be 6 at his father's death in 1517, pointing to a birth date of about 1511.^[2][3] His parents had property in several counties^[4][5] and his birth county is not known. After his father's death, his wardship was granted to Sir Richard Weston: he came into his inheritance in 1533-4.^[6]

Robert married twice. His first wife was Frances Calverley, daughter of Anthony Calverley.^[2][3] They may have married in about 1540 given the 1546 date of the dispensation for his second marriage and his first wife having three daughters:

• Helen, who married Gabriel Fowler and John Brocket^{[1][2][3][7][8]}
• Elizabeth, who married Edward Barrett^[1] and Thomas Little^[2][3]
• Anne, who married John Borlase^[1][2][3]
• another, unnamed, daughter is listed in an appendix to the Harleian Society edition of the 1572 and 1634 Hertfordshire Visitations^[1]

Robert's first wife must have died by 14 February 1545/6, when a dispensation was issued for his marriage to Elizabeth Munden, daughter of Thomas Munden and widow of Robert Burgoyne.^[2][3][9]

Robert held lands at Knebworth and elsewhere in Hertfordshire.^[2][3]

A 1526 record refers to him having been an Under-Treasurer of the Exchequer, and describes him as having "no learning in the law". It names him as "Sir Robert Lytton", suggesting he had been made a Knight Bachelor by then,^[10] but the licence for his second marriage describes him as Esquire.^[9] He was Sheriff of Essex and Hertfordshire in 1545-6.^[11][12] In 1544 and 1546 he was a commissioner of musters in Hertfordshire.^[13][14]

Robert was made a Knight of the Bath on the day of the coronation of Edward VI on 20 February 1546/7.^[2][3][15]

Robert probably died in early 1551: his will was dated 5 July 1550, with a nuncupative codicil (in the form of a short memorandum) of 8 July 1550, and was proved on 30 March 1551.^[2][3] In his will he:^[16]

• described himself as of Knebworth, Hertfordshire, and requested burial in the parish church there
• named:
  • his wife Dame Elizabeth Lytton
  • his brother Rowland Lytton
  • his deceased grandfather Robert Lytton

Inquisitions Post Mortem were held in 6 Edward VI (January 1552 - January 1553).^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Walter C Metcalfe (ed). The Visitations of Hertfordshire 1572 and 1634, Harleian Society, 1886, p. 151, Internet Archive
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} Douglas Richardson. Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 4 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham, 2nd edition (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011),Vol. II, p. 461, ISHAM 12, Google Books
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 5 vols, ed. Kimball G. Everingham (Salt Lake City: the author, 2013), Vol. III, pp. 402-403, ISHAM 16
4. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 90, LYTTON 11, Google Books
5. ↑ Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, pp. 684-685, LYTTON 15
6. ↑ 'Parishes: Knebworth', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 111-118, British Histroy Online, accessed 26 June 2023
7. ↑ Walter C Metcalfe (ed). The Visitations of Herefordshire 1572 and 1534, p. 32, Internet Archive
8. ↑ 'Parishes: Sandridge', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 2, ed. William Page (London, 1908), pp. 432-438, British History Online, accessed 24 June 2023
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} London Marriage Licences 1521-1869, FindMyPast
10. ↑ 'Henry VIII: July 1528, 21-25', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 4, 1524-1530, ed. J S Brewer (London, 1875), pp. 1980-1987, British History Online, accessed 24 June 2023
11. ↑ List of Sheriffs for England and Wales, Public Record Office Lists and Indices, No. IX, 1898 (Kraus Reprint Corporation 1963), Internet Archive
12. ↑ 'Henry VIII: November 1546, 21-30', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 2, September 1546-January 1547, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1910), pp. 203-248, British History Online, accessed 24 June 2023
13. ↑ 'Henry VIII: March 1544, 26-31', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 19 Part 1, January-July 1544, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1903), pp. 141-178, British History Online, accessed 24 June 2023
14. ↑ 'Henry VIII: January 1546, 16-20', in Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII, Volume 21 Part 1, January-August 1546, ed. James Gairdner and R H Brodie (London, 1908), pp. 27-45, British History Online, accessed 24 June 2023
15. ↑ W A Shaw. The Knights of England, Vol. I, Sherratt and Hughes, 1906, p. 151, Internet Archive
16. ↑ The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/34/109, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
17. ↑ The National Archives, ref. C 142/95/99-1, Discovery Centre catalogue entry

See also:

• Reed, Paul C. The English Origins of John Harleston, colonial immigrant to South Carolina, in 'The Genealogist', Vol. 9, 1988, p. 194, American Ancestors website ($)

Acknowledgements

Magna Carta Project

This profile was re-reviewed for the Magna Carta Project by Michael Cayley on 24 June 2023.

Robert Lytton KB is listed in Magna Carta Ancestry in a Richardson-documented trail between Gateway Ancestor Henry Isham and Magna Carta Surety Baron Robert de Ros (vol. II, pages 461-462 ISHAM) that was project-approved/badged in March 2016 by a Magna Carta project member. This profile also appears in trails that were badged in 2015/2016 from Gateway Henry Isham to other surety barons, including: William d'Aubigny, Gilbert de Clare, Richard de Clare, John de Lacy and Saher de Quincy. This profile also appears in trails between Henry Isham and Hugh le Bigod, Roger le Bigod and William Malet that were badged in November 2022. All of these trails are set out in the Magna Carta Trails section of the Gateway's profile.

See Base Camp for more information about Magna Carta trails. See the project's glossary for project-specific terms, such as a "badged trail".