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Robert Lytton II

(1438 - Bet May 1504 and 1505)

*'''Sir Robert Lytton, Burgess of Ludgershall, Treasurer at War, Under-Treasurer of England1,2,3,4,5,6
*'''M, #19968, b. circa 1445
*Father Robert Lytton
*Mother Agnes Hotoft
*''' Sir Robert Lytton, Burgess of Ludgershall, Treasurer at War, Under-Treasurer of England was born circa 1445 at of Lytton, Hertfordshire, England.2 He married Agnes Rede''', daughter of Thomas Rede, '''circa 1473.4,6 Sir Robert Lytton, Burgess of Ludgershall, Treasurer at War, Under-Treasurer of England married Elizabeth Andrews''', daughter of John Andrews, Esq., Burgess of Ipswich & Bletchingley and Elizabeth Stratton, '''between 29 September 1485 and 1489; They had 1 son''' (Thomas).2,3,5 '''Sir Robert Lytton, Burgess of Ludgershall, Treasurer at War, Under-Treasurer of England left a will on 11 April 1505; Requested burial in the Friars next Ludgate, Middlesex.3,5 His estate was probated on 26 July 1505.3,5
*'''Family 1 Elizabeth Andrews''' b. 1442
*'''Child
**Fides Lytton
*'''Family 2 Agnes Rede''' b. c 1452, d. b 1485
*'''Child
**William Lytton, Esq., Sheriff of Hertfordshire & Essex, Governor of Boulogne Castle+4,6 b. c 1475, d. 26 Aug 1517
*Citations
*[S6165] Unknown author, Some Descendants of Charlemagne by von Redlich, p. 166; Lineage and Ancestry of HRH Prince Charles, Vol. II, p. 469.
*[S5] Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, p. 476.
*[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 72.
*[S16] Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. III, p. 90.
*[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 662-663.
*[S4] Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. III, p. 683.
*From: http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p665.htm#i19968
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*'''Sir Robert Litton1
*M, #446452
*Last Edited=2 Dec 2015
*''' Sir Robert Litton married Elizabeth Andrews''', daughter of John Andrews and Elizabeth Stratton.1
*Citations
*[S22] Sir Bernard Burke, C.B. LL.D., A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, new edition (1883; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1978), page 591. Hereinafter cited as Burkes Extinct Peerage.
*From: http://www.thepeerage.com/p44646.htm#i446452
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Sir Robert was not born at Knebworth, contrary to some webtrees out there. He bought the estate c. 1492 (in the 7th year of Henry VII). In addition, he could not have died in 1483 because he served Henry VII in several capacities and Henry did not rule until 1485.

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*'''A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, by John Burke
*https://archive.org/details/agenealogicalan09burkgoog
*https://archive.org/stream/agenealogicalan09burkgoog#page/n481/mode/1up
*Pg.447
* .... etc.
* SIR ROBERT DE LYTTON, of Lytton, in the county of Derby, comptroller of the household to King Henry IV. receiver-general of the Queen's rents in her honour of High Peak, and agister of that forest. — His son (by his wife, Agnes, daughter of John Hotoft, sheriff of London),
*''' SIR ROBERT DE LYTTON, of Lytton, under-treasurer of the Exchequer to Henry VII. keeper of the great wardrobe, a member of the privy council, and a knight of the bath, purchased in the 7th Henry VII. the demesne of Knebworth, of Sir Thomas Bourchier. Sir Robert m. Elizabeth, dau. and co-heir''' of John Andrews, of Weston, in Norfolk, and relict of Thomas Windsor,* of Stanwell, '''by whom he had''', (with a dau. Fides, m. to Richard Deveneish, esq. of Hellengleigh) '''a son,
* WILLIAM DE LYTTON, of Knebworth, Governor of the castle of Bulloigne, in France, and sheriff for the counties of Herts and Essex, who wedded Audrey, daughter and heiress of Sir Philip Booth, .... etc.
** * By this Thomas Windsor, '''Elizabeth''' left a son SIR ANDREW WINDSOR, summoned to parliament as Baron Windsor, 31 HENRY VIII. Burke's Extinct Peerage.
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*'''Plantagenet ancestry: a study in colonial and medieval families By Douglas Richardson, Kimball G. Everingham
*http://books.google.com/books?id=p_yzpuWi4sgC&pg=PA475&lpg=PA475&dq=Elizabeth+STRATTON+1425&source=bl&ots=RQBL4NX3f9&sig=TeOVZmkrjW2fPdnHZfn4VDSic-Q&hl=en&ei=AJkkTc09j5qwA4euuJsB&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Elizabeth%20STRATTON%201425&f=false
*Pg.475
*13. Elizabeth Stratton, daughter and heiress, born about 1425. She married about 1439 John Andrew (or Andrews), Esq., of Baylham, Suffolk, laywer, Burgess for Ipswich and Bletchingley, Suffolk, son of James Andrews, of Ipswich, Suffolk, by Alice, daughter and heiress of John Weyland. He was born perhaps about 1415. They had two daughters, '''Elizabeth''' and Anne. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1453, and was a lawyer. They had two daughters. John Andrews, Esq., died in 1473, and was buried at Stoke near Ipswich, Suffolk. His widow, Elizabeth, left a will dated 18 Oct. 1474, proved 11 Dec. 1474 (P.C.C. 11 Wattys). She was buried at St. Dionis Backchurch, London.
* .... etc.
*Children of Elizabeth Stratton, by John Andrew, Esq.:
*'''i. Elizabeth Andrew [see next].
*Pg.476
*'''14. Elizabeth Andrew''', 1st daughter and co-heiress. She married (1st) before 1 Feb. 1465/6 Thomas Windsor, Esq., of Stanwell, Middlesex, and West Hagbourne, Berkshire, lawyer, Usher of the Chamber, Constable of Windsor Castle, Knight of the Shire for Middlesex, son and heir of Miles Windsor, Esq., of Stanwell, Middlesex, by Joan, daughter of Walter Green. He was born about 1441 (aged 11 in 1452). They had three sons, Andrew, Andrew (2nd of name), Knt., K.B. [1st Lord Windsor], and Anthony, Knt., and four daughters, Elizabeth, Bridget, Alice and Anne, Thomas Windsor, Esq., died testate 29 Sept. 1485 (P.C.C. 14 Logge, requesting burial at Stanwell). His widow '''Elizabeth, married (2nd) Robert Lytton, Knt. (died testate, in 1505), of Lytton and Knebworth, Hertfordshire, Privy Councillor, Under-Treasurer of England, Keeper of the Great Wardrobe, Treasurer at War, Burgess for Ludgershall, Knight of the Shire for Herfordshire. They had sons''', William and Thomas. She died in 1542.
** .... etc.
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*Thomas WINDSOR (Constable of Windsor Castle)
*Born: ABT 1440/44, Stanwell, Middlesex, England
*Died: 29 Sep 1485, Stanwell, Middlesex, England
*Notes: fought on Richard III's side at the Battle of Bosworth. In his will, dated 13 Aug 1479, he lists: The late Dame Alice Wyche (wife's aunt), Elizabeth his wife, Andrews his son, John Andrews (father in law), Elizabeth wife of John Andrews (mother in law), Anthony Windesore his youngest son, William Windsor his son, Anne his unmarried daughter, Elizabeth his married daughter (married to Richard Fowler), Alice his married daughter (married to George (or Wm?) Puttenham), His cousin John Catesby.
*Father: Miles WINDSOR
*Mother: Joan GREEN
*Married: '''Elizabeth ANDREWS''' (dau. of John Andrews and Elizabeth Stratton) ('''m.2 Robert Lytton of Lytton and Knebworth''') BEF 1 Feb 1465/66, Baylham, Suffolk, England
*Children:
**1. Elizabeth WINDSOR
**2. Anne WINDSOR
**3. Andrew WINDSOR (1° B. Windsor of Bradenham)
**4. William WINDSOR
**5. John WINDSOR
**6. Thomas WINDSOR
**7. Alice WINDSOR
**8. Miles WINDSOR
**9. Anthony WINDSOR
**10. Bridget WINDSOR
**11. Margaret WINDSOR (Prioress of Syon Abbey)
*From: http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/WINDSOR.htm#Thomas WINDSOR (Constable of Windsor Castle)1
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He purchased Knebworth which had been the demesne of Sir Thomas Bourchier.

Events

Birth1438
DeathBet May 1504 and 1505
OccupationOf Knebworth, Herts. Master of Wardrobe; Chancellor of Exchequer. Knt Bath.
Title (Nobility)Sir

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