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Title
Date(s)
- 1957 (Accumulation)
- 1691 (Publication)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
4to, 1 volume
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
LITTLETON, EDWARD, third son of Sir Adam Littleton, Bart., and Etheldreda, dau. of Sir Thomas Poyntz, North Ockenden, Essex; bap. Stoke St. Milborough, Shropshire 21 Dec 1625 (IGI); at school under Busby (Wood, Athenae Oxon., iv, 574); St. Mary Hall, Oxford, matr. 2 Apr 1641, aged 15; BA 1644; MA 1648 (incorp. Cambridge 1657); Fellow of All Souls Coll. Oxford 1647; Senior Proctor 1656; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 24 Apr 1649, called to bar 15 Nov 1664; went to Barbados as Secretary to Lord Willoughby of Parham 1666; acted as Judge, Barbados 1670-83; member of Assembly, Barbados 1674; agent for Barbados from return to London in 1683; author of several tracts, some published anonymously; m. 1669 Dorothy, widow of Edward Harrison, Barbados, and dau. of John Booth, Glossop, Derbs.; buried Greenwich, Kent 9 Feb 1701/2. DNB.
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Conditions governing access
Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
Conditions governing reproduction
A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Name access points
- Westminster School (Accumulator)
- Greene, Godfrey George Roundell, 1888-1956 (Accumulator)
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Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin