page_title: Edward Littleton (died 1610)
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Edward Littleton (died 1610) / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Michael and All Angels parish church, Penkridge, Staffordshire: tomb of Sir Edward Littleton (died 1574) and his wife, Alice Cockayne. Attributed to the Royley workshop in Burton on Trent.
context_page_description: Sir Edward Littleton was a Staffordshire landowner, politician and rebel from the extended Littleton/Lyttelton family. A supporter of Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, he was the victim of a notorious electoral fraud in 1597 and a participant in the Essex Rebellion, although he escaped with his life. In the reign of James I he was elected a member of the parliament of England.
context_section_description: Littleton's father was Edward Littleton (died 1574) of Pillaton Hall, near Penkridge. His mother was Alice Cockayne (1535–1602), the daughter of Francis Cockayne of Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire.
  The Littletons had been based at Pillaton since the early years of the century. Littleton's grandfather, Sir Edward Littleton, had skilfully and aggressively expanded the estates of his family during the turbulent years of the English Reformation and had represented Staffordshire in five parliaments. His father had consolidated the family's holdings but had been content mainly to live the life of a country gentleman.
caption: Tomb of Littleton's parents, Sir Edward Littleton (died 1574) and Alice Cockayne, in St. Michael's church, Penkridge.
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