See also:

• LITTLETON (or LYTTELTON), EDWARD, BARON (1589—1645)
• LITTLETON, SIR THOMAS DE (c. 1407-1481)

LITTLETON (or See also:

• LYTTELTON
• LYTTELTON, GEORGE LYTTELTON, 1ST BARON (17o9-1773)

LYTTELTON), See also:

• EDWARD

EDWARD, See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

BARON (1589—1645)  , son of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• LITTLETON (or LYTTELTON), EDWARD, BARON (1589—1645)
• LITTLETON, SIR THOMAS DE (c. 1407-1481)

Littleton (d . 1621) See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief-See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Munslow in See also:

• SHROPSHIRE (SALOP)

Shropshire; he was educated at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and became a lawyer, succeeding his See also:

• FATHER

father as chief-justice of North Wales . In 1625 he became a member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament and acted in 1628 as chairman of the See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of grievances upon whose See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report the See also:

• PETITION (Lat. for " seeking " or " praying ")

Petition of Right was based . As a member of the party opposed to the arbitrary See also:

• MEASURES

measures of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles I . Littleton had shown more moderation than some of his colleagues, and in 1634, three years after he had been chosen See also:

• RECORDER
• RECORDER, FIPPLE FLUTE

recorder of See also:

• LONDON

London, the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king attached him to his own See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side by appointing him See also:

• SOLICITOR

solicitor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . In the famous See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case about See also:

• SHIP

ship-See also:

• MONEY

money Sir Edward argued against See also:

• HAMPDEN, HENRY BOUVERIE WILLIAM BRAND, 1ST
• HAMPDEN, JOHN (c. 1595-1643)
• HAMPDEN, RENN DICKSON (1793-1868)

Hampden . In 164o he was made chief-justice of the See also:

• COMMON

common pleas and in 1641 See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord keeper of the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal, being created a peer as See also:

• BARON
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

Baron See also:

• LYTTELTON
• LYTTELTON, GEORGE LYTTELTON, 1ST BARON (17o9-1773)

Lyttelton . About this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, the lord keeper began to display a certain amount of indifference to the royal cause . In See also:

• JANUARY

January 1642•he refused to put the great seal to the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation for the See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest of the five members and he also incurred the displeasure of Charles by voting for the See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia See also:

• ORDINANCE
• ORDINANCE, or ORDONNANCE

ordinance . However, he assured his friend Edward See also:

• HYDE
• HYDE, THOMAS (1636-1703)

Hyde, afterwards See also:

• EARL

earl of See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon, that he had only taken this step to allay the suspicions of the See also:

• PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary party who contemplated depriving him of the seal, and he under-took to send this to the king . He fulfilled his promise, and in May 1642 he himself joined Charles at See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, but it was some time before he regained the favour of the king and the custody of the seal . Littleton died at Oxford on the 27th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1645; he See also:

• LEFT

left no sons and his See also:

• BARONY

barony became See also:

• EXTINCT

extinct .

His only daughter, See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne, married her See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Littleton, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart . (d . 1681), and their son Sir Thomas Littleton (c . 1647-1710), was See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of See also:

• COMMONS

Commons from 1698 to 1700, and treasurer of the See also:

• NAVY

navy from 1700 to 1710 . See also:

• MACAULAY, THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY, BARON (1800-1859)

Macaulay thus sums up the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of Speaker Littleton and his relations to the Whigs: " He was one of their ablest, most zealous and most steadfast See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends; and had been, both in the House of Commons and at the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of See also:

• TREASURY

treasury, an invaluable second to Montague " (the earl of See also:

• HALIFAX
• HALIFAX, CHARLES MONTAGUE, EARL OF (1661–1715)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE MONTAGU DUNK, 2ND EARL OF (1716-1771)
• HALIFAX, GEORGE SAVILE, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1633-1695)

Halifax) .