Individual Details
Sir Thomas Westcote KB
(1421 - 23 Aug 1481)
[[Category:Frankley, Worcestershire]]
== Biography ==
}: Sir Thomas Littleton/Westcott, Lord Tixhall, Deputy Sheriff of Worcestershire, Justice of the Common Pleas was born in 1421 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England.
: Encyclopedia Britannica gives 1422 as year of birth of Sir Thomas Littleton, Judge of the Common Pleas. His date of birth is uncertain, he could have been born as early as 1407. According to Betham's BARONETAGE OF ENGLAND (1801), Vol. 1, p. 307, Sir Thomas Littleton (or Lyttleton) married Joan Bromley, daughter and one of the coheirs of William Bromley, of Bromscroft castle, Shropshire, and widow of Sir Philip Chetwynd of Staffordshire, in August 1445. William Burley, Esq. was Speaker of the House of Commons, Sheriff of Shropshire. Her mother was Ellen de Grendon.
: Sir Thomas Littleton was the brother of Anne Littleton (d. 1506) who married Thomas Porter of Barston, co. Warwick (d. 1499).
=== Marriage & Children ===: He married Joan Burley, daughter of William Burley, Esq., Speaker of the House of Commons, Sheriff of Shropshire and Ellen de Grendon, in August 1445. They had 3 sons & 2 daughters:Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 160-161.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 572-573.
# Sir William
# Richard
# Thomas
# Ellen
# Alice
=== Death ===: He left a will on 22 August 1481. He died on 23 August 1481 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England; Buried in the nave of Worcester Cathedral.
== Sources ==
* Book written by Sir Thomas Lyttleton: Lyttleton's Tenures https://archive.org/stream/lyttletonhistre00tomlgoog#page/n67/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/stream/baronetageofengl01wott#page/n361/mode/2up/search/Lyttelton
* Biographica Britannica (1760), p. 2976
* Shakespeareana Genealogica (1869), by George Russell French, p. 491
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Littleton Biography of Thomas de Littleton], Wikipedia.com
* Worcestershire Visitation - Pedigree of Lyttleton
* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p513.htm#i15426 Marlyn Lewis]
:* Also see:
:: Place [[sources]] here:
== Biography ==
}: Sir Thomas Littleton/Westcott, Lord Tixhall, Deputy Sheriff of Worcestershire, Justice of the Common Pleas was born in 1421 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England.
: Encyclopedia Britannica gives 1422 as year of birth of Sir Thomas Littleton, Judge of the Common Pleas. His date of birth is uncertain, he could have been born as early as 1407. According to Betham's BARONETAGE OF ENGLAND (1801), Vol. 1, p. 307, Sir Thomas Littleton (or Lyttleton) married Joan Bromley, daughter and one of the coheirs of William Bromley, of Bromscroft castle, Shropshire, and widow of Sir Philip Chetwynd of Staffordshire, in August 1445. William Burley, Esq. was Speaker of the House of Commons, Sheriff of Shropshire. Her mother was Ellen de Grendon.
: Sir Thomas Littleton was the brother of Anne Littleton (d. 1506) who married Thomas Porter of Barston, co. Warwick (d. 1499).
=== Marriage & Children ===: He married Joan Burley, daughter of William Burley, Esq., Speaker of the House of Commons, Sheriff of Shropshire and Ellen de Grendon, in August 1445. They had 3 sons & 2 daughters:Douglas Richardson, Magna Carta Ancestry, 2nd Edition, Vol. II, p. 160-161.Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry, Vol. II, p. 572-573.
# Sir William
# Richard
# Thomas
# Ellen
# Alice
=== Death ===: He left a will on 22 August 1481. He died on 23 August 1481 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England; Buried in the nave of Worcester Cathedral.
== Sources ==
* Book written by Sir Thomas Lyttleton: Lyttleton's Tenures https://archive.org/stream/lyttletonhistre00tomlgoog#page/n67/mode/2up
* https://archive.org/stream/baronetageofengl01wott#page/n361/mode/2up/search/Lyttelton
* Biographica Britannica (1760), p. 2976
* Shakespeareana Genealogica (1869), by George Russell French, p. 491
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_de_Littleton Biography of Thomas de Littleton], Wikipedia.com
* Worcestershire Visitation - Pedigree of Lyttleton
* [http://our-royal-titled-noble-and-commoner-ancestors.com/p513.htm#i15426 Marlyn Lewis]
:* Also see:
:: Place [[sources]] here:
Events
| Birth | 1421 | Frankley, Worcestershire, England | |||
| Marriage | Aug 1445 | Staffordshire England - Joan Burley | |||
| Death | 23 Aug 1481 | Frankley, Worcestershire, England | |||
| Alt name | Lyttleton de Littleton, Westcott | ||||
| Reference No | 21969690 | ||||
| Reference No | 23929874 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Spouse | Joan Burley (1420 - 1505) |
| Child | Sir William Littleton (1452 - 1507) |
| Child | Richard "of Pillaton" Littleton (1448 - 1517) |
| Child | Thomas Littleton (1460 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Westcotte (1384 - 1471) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Littleton (1382 - 1450) |
| Sibling | Anne Westcote ( - 1506) |
| Sibling | Guido Wescote (1404 - ) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth UNKNOWN (1430 - 1457) |