Sir Thomas de Littleton, also spelled de Lyttleton, lived from around 1407 to August 23, 1481 and was an English judge, undersheriff, Lord of Tixall Manor, and legal writer from the Lyttelton family. He was made a Knight of the Bath by King Edward IV.
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RoleJudge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1466; legal writer on land tenures 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Classification
Field of Law Field of LawAncient and Customary Law 1 Role
Role (category) Partially Attested
BirthplaceFrankley Manor, Worcestershire, England 1 Wikipedia states this birthplace as generally accepted rather than certain. Connections
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Sir Thomas de Littleton (or de Lyttleton; c. 1407-23 August 1481) was an English judge, undersheriff, Lord of Tixall Manor, and legal writer from the Lyttelton family.
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If, as is generally accepted, he was born at Frankley Manor, it could not have been before 1407, in which year Littleton's grandfather recovered the manor from a distant branch of the family.
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In 1466, he was made a judge of the common pleas and, in 1475, a knight of the Bath.
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was an English judge
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