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Sir Thomas Littleton
d. 1481
A 15th-century English judge and legal writer, he is best remembered for Tenures, a landmark work that helped shape the study of English land law for generations. His writing stayed influential long after his death, especially through later legal commentary built on his text.
2 Audiobooks
Anciennes loix des François, conservées dans les coutumes angloises, recueillies par Littleton, Vol. I
by Sir Thomas Littleton, David Hoüard
Anciennes loix des François conservées dans les coutumes angloises recueillies par Littleton, Vol. II
by Sir Thomas Littleton, David Hoüard
About the author
Born in Worcestershire in the early 15th century, Sir Thomas Littleton became a prominent lawyer and later a judge of the Court of Common Pleas under Edward IV. He was also associated with Frankley and Tixall, and was knighted as a Knight of the Bath.
Littleton's lasting fame rests on Tenures (also known as Littleton on Tenures), a treatise on land law written in Law French. It is widely regarded as one of the first major English legal texts not centered on Roman law, and it became a foundation for later legal learning.
His work remained especially important because Sir Edward Coke later wrote an extensive commentary on it, helping carry Littleton's ideas into the heart of English legal tradition. For readers interested in law, government, or medieval England, he stands out as a writer whose practical legal handbook became a classic.