LITTLETON, alias POYNTZ, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1621-81), of Stoke St. Milborough, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1621, 1st s. of Sir Adam Littleton, 1st Bt., of Stoke St. Milborough by Etheldreda, da. and h. of Thomas Poyntz of North Ockenden, Essex. educ. I. Temple, entered 1636, called 1642; Jesus, Oxf. matric. 15 June 1638, aged 16. m. lic. 6 Oct. 1637, aged 17, Anne, da. and h. of Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttelton of Mounslow, 2s. suc. fa. Sept. 1647.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 3), ii. 327.

Offices Held

Commr. of array, Salop 1642, assessment 1661 – 63, 1664 – 74, Westminster 1661 – 80, Mdx. 1661 – 63, 1673 – 80, Essex 1664 – 80, corporations, Salop 1662 – 63; conservator, Bedford level 1665 – 68; commr. for concealments, Mdx. and Surr. 1670, recusants, Salop 1675; j.p. Mdx. and Westminster by 1680–d.Bodl. Ch. Salop 146; S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 457–9; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 607.

Jt. treas. of the navy 1668 – 71, victualler 1671 – 73; commr. for trade 1668 – 72, union with Scotland 1670; ld. of Admiralty 1680–d.CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 56; 1671 p. 169; Browning, Danby, i. 65; Bulstrode Pprs. 17.

Parlimentarian

LITTLETON, alias POYNTZ, Sir Thomas, 2nd Bt. (c.1621-81), of Stoke St. Milborough, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.

Main residences: Stoke St. Milborough, Salop; Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx.

POYNTZ

Author

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

LITTLETON, (c.1621-81)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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