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Families covered: Lyttelton (or Lyttleton or Luttleton or Luttelton or Littleton) of Frankley, Lyttelton Lords Westcote
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Eldest son of Thomas Westcote by Elizabeth, dau/heir of Thomas de Luttleton (or Littleton) of Frankley, was ...
Sir Thomas Westcote, later Luttleton or Lyttelton or Littleton of Frankley (d 23.08.1481, judge)
m. Joan Burley (b c1424, d 22.03.1504/5, dau of Sir William Burley of Bromscroft Castle)
1. Sir William Lyttelton of Frankley (d 1507)
  m1. Ellyn Walsh (da/coheir of William Walsh of Wanlip)
  A. Joan Lyttleton
  m. Sir John Aston of Heywood
m2. Mary Whittington (dau of William Whittington of Pauntley)
  B. John Lyttelton of Frankley (d 17.05.1532)
  m. Elizabeth Talbot (dau of Sir Gilbert Talbot of Grafton)
  i. Sir John Lyttelton of Frankley (d 15.02.1589-90)
  m. Bridget Pakington (dau of Sir John Pakington of Hampton Lovell)
  a. Gilbert Lyttelton of Prestwood, Sheriff of Worcestershire (d 01.06.1599)
BP1934 suggests that Gilbert's wife Elizabeth was daughter of Humphrey Coningsby of Nyend (Nenne) Solers and Hampton Court but Collins (1741, Coningsby) indicates that she was ...
  m. Elizabeth Coningsby (dau of Sir Thomas Coningsby of Hampton Court)
  (1) John Lyttelton of Frankley (d 07.1600-1)
  m. (c12.1590) Muriel Bromley (d c1629, dau of Sir Thomas Bromley, Lord Chancellor)
  (A) Sir Thomas Lyttelton, Sheriff of Worcestershire, 1st Bart (b c1593, d 22.02.1649-50)
  m. Catharine Crompton (d 24.06.1666, dau of Sir Thomas Crompton of Driffield & Hounslow by Muriel, dau of Sir Edward Carey & sister of Henry, 1st Viscount Falkland)
  (i) Sir Henry Lyttelton, 2nd Bart (b c1624, dsp 24.06.1693)
  m1. Philadephia Carey (dsp 02.08.1663, dau of Thomas Carey of Monmouth family)
  m2. Elizabeth Newport (dau of Francis Newport, 1st Earl of Bradford)
(ii) Sir Charles Lyttelton 'of Hagley', Governor of Jamaica, 3rd Bart (d 02.05.1716, Brigadier)
  m1. Catherine Fairfax (dsp 26.01.1662, dau of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton)
  m2. (23.05.1666) Anne Temple (d 22.08.1718, dau of Thomas Temple of Frankton by Rebecca, dau of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington)
  (a) Charles Lyttelton (dvpsp 16.08.1712)
  m. Anne Saunders (d 25.12.1718, dau of Thomas Saunders of Beechwood)
  (b) Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bart (d 14.09.1751)
  m. (08.05.1708) Christian Temple (dau of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bart of Stowe)
Christian's eldest brother Richard (dsp) was created Viscount Cobham with remainder to the heir males of his sisters. In 1889 the title was inherited by the 5th Lord Westcote who became the 8th Viscount Cobham.
  ((1)) Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Bart, 1st Lord of Frankley (b 17.01.1709, d 22.08.1773)
  m1. (06.1742) Lucy Fortescue (d 19.01.1747, dau of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh)
  ((A)) Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 6th Bart, 2nd Lord (b 30.01.1744, dsp 27.11.1779)
  m. (22/26.06.1772) Apphia Witts (d 09.04.1840, dau of Broome Witts of Chipping Norton)
  ((B)) Lucy Lyttelton (d 20.05.1783)
  m. (10.05.1767) Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Mountnorris (b c1744, d 04.07.1816)
  m2. (10.08.1749) Elizabeth Rich (dsp 17.09.1795, dau of Sir Robert Rich, Bart)
  ((2)) Thomas Lyttelton (d unm 16.04.1729)
  ((3)) Charles Lyttelton, Bishop of Carlisle (d unm 1768)
  ((4)) Sir Richard Lyttelton (dsp 01.10.1770)
m. (14.12.1745) Rachel Russell (d 22.05.1777, dau of Wriothesley Russell, 2nd Duke of Bedford)
  ((5)) Sir William Henry Lyttelton, 7th Bart, 1st Lord Westcote of Ballymore (b 24.12.1724, d 14.09.1808)
  m1. (02.06.1761) Mary Macartney (d 28.05.1765, dau of James Macartney of Longford)
  ((A)) George Fulke Lyttelton, 2nd Lord Westcote (b 27.10.1763, d unm 12.11.1828)
  ((B)) Charles Adam Lyttelton (d 1781, RN)
  ((C)) Hester Lyttelton (d 22.08.1785)
m. (18.08.1783) Sir Richard Colt Hoare, 2nd Bart (b 09.02.1758, d 19.05.1838)
  m2. (19.02.1774) Caroline Bristow (dau of John Bristow of Quiddenham)
  ((D)) William Henry Lyttelton, 3rd Lord Westcote (b 03.04.1782, d 30.04.1837) had issue
  m. (04.03.1813) Sarah Spencer (d 13.04.1870, dau of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer)
  ((E)) Caroline Anne Lyttelton (d 10.04.1833)
  m. (04.05.1808) Reginald Pole Carew of Antony House
  ((6)) Christian Lyttelton
  m. Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc (d 17.07.1761)
  ((7)) Anne Lyttelton
  m. (21.02.1745) Francis Ayscough (Dean of Bristol)
  ((A)) Augusta Anne Ayscough (b c1749, d 14.11.1837) probably of this generation
  m. (10.07.1769) Sir James Cockburn, 8th Bart of Langton (b c1729, d 1804)
((8)) Hester Lyttelton
  m. John Fitzmaurice of Springfield Castle
  (c) Cary or Carew Lyttelton (bur 18.04.1741)
  m. Sir Theophilus Biddulph, 3rd Bart of Westcombe (dsp 16.05.1743)
  (d) Mary Lyttelton
  m. William Plowden
  (e) Anne Lyttelton
  m. (04.06.1704) Joseph Amphlett of Clent
  (B) Bridget Lyttleton (3rd daughter)
  m. (before 1617) Robert Tracy, 2nd Viscount of Rathcoole (b c1593, bur 11.05.1662)
  (C) Anne Lyttleton (d 06.02.1623/4, 4th dau) apparently of this generation
  m. Edward Littleton, Lord Lyttleton of Mounslow (b 1589, d 09.08.1645)
  (D) Jane Lyttelton
  m. (13.10.1627) Sherrington Talbot of Lacock (d 1677)
  (E)+ 2 sons and 2 daughters
b. William Lyttelton (dsp, 4th son)
  m. Margaret Smyth (dau of William Smyth of Sherford)
  c. George Lyttelton of Holbeach
  m. Margaret Smyth (dau of William Smyth of Sherford, widow of William Lyttelton)
  (1) Bridget Lyttleton probably of this generation
  m. John Hood (a 1668)
  d. Elizabeth Lyttelton
  m. Francis Willoughby of Wollaton
  e. Margaret Lyttelton
  m. Samuel Marrow of Berkeswell
f. Amphilis Lyttelton
  m. (c1599) William Barneby of Bockleton
  g. other issue - Edward, Sir John
  The following comes from the Visitation with support from a note in Commoners (vol 2, Holyoake of Tettenhall and Studley Castle).
  ii. Edward Lyttelton
  m. Elizabeth Wrottesley (dau of Walter Wrottesley of Wrottesley, widow of Sir John Talbot of Grafton)
iii. Roger Lyttelton of Groveley, Worcestershire (5th son)
  m. Elizabeth Stanley (dau of John Stanley of West Bromwich)
  iv. Anne Lyttelton
  m. Edmund Newport of Hanley Williams
  v.+ other issue - Gilbert (dsp), Anthony of Abbot Salford (dsp), George of Grovely (d 1600), Thomas (dsp), Margaret (d unm)
  C. Elizabeth (or Anne) Lyttelton
  m. Thomas Rouse of Rouse Lench
  Wikipedia ("Thomas Lodge Mayor of London") reports that the following William, father of the Lord Mayor (shown by Visitation (Shropshire, 1623) as son of William of Frankley and younger brother of John), was an illegitimate son of Sir William.
  D. William Littleton alias Lodge of Lodge
  m. Johanna Burleton
2. Richard Littleton (d 1518-9 (18.05.1516?), lawyer)
  m. Alice Winesbury (d 1529, dau of William Winesbury of Pillaton Hall)
3. Thomas Lyttleton of Spetchley
  m. Anne Botreaux (dau/heir of John Botreaux of Abbot's Salford)
4.+ other issue (d unm) - Ellen, Alice

Main source(s): BP1934 (Cobham), BE1883 (Lyttleton of Frankley), Visitation (Worcestershire, 1634, Littleton)
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