Lady Elizabeth Lyttelton

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ELIZABETH LITTLETON (1546-1594)

Elizabeth Littleton was the daughter of Sir John Littleton (c.1523-February 15, 1590) and Bridget Pakington (b.1522). She married Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Nottinghamshire (1546-1596) in late 1564. Her father paid a dowry of £1500 and the cost of her clothing, plus marriage charges and room and board at his house at Frankley with six persons to attend them for three years. Her jointure was to be one third of the estate, excluding profits from coal mines, but this was renegotiated several times during the marriage. In the 1570s the household at Wollaton consisted of 45-50 men but only a handful of women. In 1572, Elizabeth was attended by two gentlewomen, Elizabeth Mering and Marjory Garner. There were also two nurses for the children, Mary the fool, and two other women. Elizabeth bore twelve children in sixteen years but only six daughters lived, Bridget, Dorothy (d.1638), Margaret, Winifred, Abigail, and Frances. She was almost constantly ill, and made frequent trips to London to consult doctors. Relations between husband and wife were antagonistic, and apparently made worse by the interference of servants. At one point Sir Francis confined Elizabeth to certain rooms in the house and took away all her rights in the care of their children. By December 1579, Elizabeth’s father was writing to her husband to arrange a separate allowance for her. Sir Francis’s complaints against his wife included “her disorderly life,” keeping company he disliked, and “reviling him to his face.” He also suspected her of adultery. This seems unlikely to have been true. Sir Francis, however, did father a son born out of wedlock in 1585. When a separation was arranged, the queen ordered Sir Francis to pay £200 per annum for Elizabeth’s maintenance. Letters exist from the next several years in which Elizabeth begs her husband to take her back, in spite of his treatment of her. For more details of this troubled marriage, see Alice T. Friedman’s House and Household in Elizabethan England: Wollaton Hall and the Willoughby Family. Portrait: painting attributed to George Gower, 1573.

Birth

Lady Elizabeth Lyttleton, Countess of Lyttleton, Baroness Willoughby was born in 1546 to Lady Bridget Pakington, Countess of Kent, age 24, and Sir John Lyttleton, Earl of Kent, age 27.

Frankley, Worcestershire, England

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1565, Age 19 Marriage

Lady Elizabeth Lyttleton, Countess of Lyttleton, Baroness Willoughby married Sir Francis (5th Baron Parham) Willoughby (6th Baron) Willoughby, (Sheriff of Nottinghamshire) in Nottinghamshire, England, in 1565 when she was 19 years old.

Nottinghamshire, England

Sir Francis (5th Baron Parham) Willoughby (6th Baron) Willoughby, (Sheriff of Nottinghamshire)

1547–1596

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1566, Age 20 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Bridget was born in 1566.

Wollaton, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Lady Bridget Willoughby

1566–1629

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1569, Age 23 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Amphilice Countess was born in 1569 in Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England.

Wollaton, Nottinghamshire, England

Lady Amphilice Countess of Wollaton Willoughby

1569–

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1571, Age 25 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Margaret Spencer was born in 1571 in Nottinghamshire, England.

Nottinghamshire, England

Lady Margaret Spencer nee' Willoughby (of Wollation)

1571–1597

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1572, Age 26 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Frances Cisca was born in 1572.

Wollaton, Northamptonshire, England, England

Lady Frances Cisca Willoughby

1572–1665

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1574, Age 28 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Dorothy was born in 1574.

Wollaton, Northamptonshire, England, England

Lady Dorothy Willoughby

1574–1638

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abt 1576, Age 30 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Abigail was born in 1576.

Wollaton, Northamptonshire, England

Lady Abigail Willoughby

1576–1654

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abt 1578, Age 32 Birth of Daughter

Her daughter Lady Winifred was born in 1578.

Wollaton, Northamptonshire, England

Lady Winifred Willoughby

1578–1605

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15 Feb 1589, Age 43 Death of Father

Her father Sir John passed away on February 15, 1589, at the age of 69.

Frankley, Worcestershire, England

Sir John Lyttleton, Earl of Kent

1519–1589

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1594, Age 48 Death

Lady Elizabeth Lyttleton, Countess of Lyttleton, Baroness Willoughby died in 1594 in England when she was 48 years old.

England

1594 • England

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