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Sir Thomas Littleton Knight, was Son to Thomas VVestcote Esq and Elizabeth Littleton his Wife. He was bred in the Study of the Laws, in the Inner Tem∣ple, and became Serjeant and Steward of the Court of the Marshal-sea of the Kings Houshould, to Henry 6. By Edw. 4. (an. 6 reg.) he was made one of the Jud∣ges of the Common-Pleas, and an. 15. reg. Created Kt.
of the Bath. He deserved as well of our Common, as Justinian of the Civil Law; whose Book of Tenures is counted Oraculous in that kind, Commented upon by the Learned Sir Edward Coke. He Married Joan Daugh∣ter and Coheir of W. Boerly of Bromsecraft Castle in Salop, by whom he had three Sons, Founders of three Families still flourishing. 1. William, fixed at Frank∣ley in this County, where his Posterity is eminently ex∣tant. 2. Richard, whose Issue remain at Pillerton-Hall in Shropshire. 3. Thomas, whose Linage conti∣nues in Worcestershire, This Reverend Judge dyed an. 21. of King Edw. 4. and lyeth buried under a fair Mo∣nument in the Cathedral of VVorcester.
Edmund Dudley Esq was Son to John Dudley Esq second Son to John Sutton first Baron of Dudley, though he was standered by some as being the Son of a Car∣penter. He Married the Daughter and Heir of the Vise. Lisle. Being bred in the Study of the Laws, he was made one of Puisne Judges, and wrote an excellent book, Entitled the Tree of the Common VVealth. He was employed by K. Henry 7. to put his Penal Statutes in Execution, which he did with severity, cruelty and extortion: K. Henry 8. resigned this Dudley, and Sir Richard Empson his Partner to Justice, so that they were made a Peace-Offering to popular anger 1510, being Executed at Tower-Hill.
Sir Thomas Bromley Knight, was an. 1. Mary made Lord Chief Justice of the Kings Bench, holding his place hardly a year.