LITTLETON

LITTLETON. Many places in various counties are so designated. The celebrated jurist, Sir Thomas Lyttel ton, who had three sons, whose posterity were elevated to the peerage in each line, sprang maternally from Thomas deLuttelton, of co. Worcester, temp. Henry III. The surname probably originated at one of the several places called Littleton, in that coimty.

Lower, Mark A (1860) Patronymica Britannica: a dictionary of the family names of the United Kingdom. London: J.R. Smith. Public Domain.