woman Joan Burley‏‎, daughter of Sir Knight William Burley and Alice Grey‏.
Born ‎± 1425 at of Bromcroft Castle, Shropshire, England, died ‎ Mar 22, 1504 at Baxterley, Warwickshire, England‎, approximately 79 years
Alternate first name: Joane (IGI (International Genealogical Index))

Birth date: abt 1425/1426 (Ancestral File)

Death date: 22 Mar 1504/1505

Age at death: 80 years
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Broncroft Castle
Also known as; Braincroft; Bramcroft; Bromcroft
In the civil parish of Diddlebury. In the historic county of Shropshire.
Broncroft Castle is built of pink sandstone, is medieval with extensive renovations. There is evidence of work in the tower to the right of the entrance. There is supposed to be a medieval settlement in the area but there is no proof of this. (Website: www.homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/English%20sites/3069.html)

Broncroft Castle is an interesting 14th century stone fortified manor house. The two towers, one with a stair turret, are only original at the bottom storeys and are now connected by a 19th century range. (Website: www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/138/broncroftcastle.htm)

A picture of the castle is at: www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/138/broncroftcastlepicture.htm

Married ‎ Jun 22, 1442 at Broomscroft Castle, Shropshire, England (1 years married) to:

man Sir Phillip Chetwynd‏‎
Born ‎ 1401 at of Ingestre, Staffordshire, England, died ‎ May 10, 1444 at Ingestre, Staffordshire, England‎, 42 or 43 years


2nd marriage
woman Joan Burley‏‎, daughter of Sir Knight William Burley and Alice Grey‏.

Married ‎ Aug 1445 at Bromcroft Castle, Shropshire, England (35 or 36 years married) to:

man Sir Knight Bath Thomas Lyttleton (Westcote)‏‎, son of Thomas Westcote (Littleton) and Elizabeth Littleton‏.
Born ‎ 1421 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England, died ‎ Aug 23, 1481 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England‎, 59 or 60 years, buried ‎ at Worcester Cathedral, Frankley, Worcestershire, England
Alternate surnames: Littleton, Westcott (IGI (International Genealogical Index))

Age at death: 60 years
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Thomas de Littleton of Frankley, Worcester County, Knight of Bath, and a judge of the Court of Common Pleas, authored the celebrated "Treatise on Tenures." He married Joan Burley Chetywnd, widow of Sir Philip Chetwynd of Stafford, daughter and heiress of Sir. Wm. Burley, Knight, of Broomscroft Castle, County Salop. He died in 1481 leaving sons: Sir William Littleton, Richard Littleton of Pillaton Hall, and Thomas Littleton II of Speckley, knighted two days after the Battle of Stoke in 1487. Sir Thomas Littleton II married Ann Botteaux, daughter & heiress of John Bottreaux of Abbot's Salford, Warwickshire.

(Website: www.spaldinggenealogy.com/littleton_family_of_accomack_co.htm)
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+Sir Thomas LYTTLETON of Frankley 1: Sir (Knight) 2: steward of the marshalsea of the king's household 3: 1454 sergeant-at-law 4: 1455 king's sergeant 5: May 13, 1455 rode justice of the assize on the northern circuit 6: 1464 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas (appointed 4th Edward IV) 7: 1473 Sir (K.B. on the admission of the Prince of Wales to the order, 14 or 15th Edward IV) b: 1421 Frankley, Worcestershire, England Married: August 1445 (2nd husb.) Will: August 22, 1481 Frankley, Worcestershire, England d: August 23, 1481 in Frankley, Worcestershire, England Burial: Worcester Cathedral, Frankley, Worcestershire, England: Aft. 1464 'The Treatise on Tenures' (author) AFN: 8J56-JG Reference BxP:341 Father: Sir Thomas WESTCOTE, Esq. of Westcote Mother: Ms. Elizabeth DE LUTTELTON of Frankley

(Website: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/2179/White.html)

Children:

1.
man William Littleton‏
Born ‎± 1446 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England, died ‎ Nov 8, 1507 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 61 years, buried ‎ at Monastery of Holys-Owen
Alternate surname: Lyttleton (IGI (International Genealogical Index))

Age at death: 65 years (Ancestral File)
2.
man Richard Littleton‏
Born ‎± 1448 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England, died ‎ May 18, 1516 at Prob. Baxterley, Warwickshire, England‎, approximately 68 years
3.
woman Ellen Littleton‏‎
Born ‎± 1452 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England‎
4.
woman Alice Littleton‏‎
Born ‎± 1458 at Frankley, Worcestershire, England‎
5.
man Thomas Littleton‏
Born ‎± 1464 at Spetchley, Worcestershire, England, died ‎ 1523 at of Spetchley, Worcestershire, England‎, approximately 59 years