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From: Gordon Fisher <>
Subject: Re: Robert (Roger?) LITTLETON, c1527-1601
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:01:08 -0500


Thank you very much for the ancestors of John LYTTLETON. Unfortunately the
fact that John's will doesn't mention a Robert or Roger is negative evidence
of a sort that in fact Robert/Roger wasn't the son of this John. Oh well,
that's the way it goes in this trade!

Best wishes
Gordon Fisher

At 06:20 PM 4/1/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> Gordon Fisher wrote-
>
>> Does anyone have any information they're willing to part with about the
>> ancestry of Robert (Roger?) LITTLETON (LYTTLETON) b abt 1527 in Frankley,
>> Worc., England, d 25 Jul 1601?
>>
>> In particular, is the following ascent correct?
>>
>> Roger LITTLETON (c1527-1601) = Elizabeth STANLEY (b c 1513, West
>Bromwich)
>> John LITTLETON (1502-1534, of Frankley) = Elizabeth TALBOT (b 1502,
>Grafton)
>> Gilbert TALBOT (c1458-1542) = Agnes PASTON (b 1472, Paston)
>> William PASTON (1436-1496, Paston) = Anne Beaufort (b c1435, ggd John of
>Gaunt)
>> etc.
>
>The ancestry of John LYTTLETON is given in Burke's Dormant and Extinct
>Peerages (1883) p341 as follows (omiting some detail):
>
>JOHN LYTTLETON (-17 May 1532) of Frankley = Elizabeth d&ch of Sir Gilbert
>Talbot and left 7s + 2d, including his heir John, and presumably but not
>stated your Roger.
>
>

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