Littleton, Thomas (c. 1407–1481)

English judge and legal author. His Treatise on Tenures (probably 1481) was one of the earliest printed books.

He became a judge on the northern circuit in 1455 and judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1466. Treatise on Tenures was probably written after his last appointment, but was not published until after his death. It was addressed to his second son and was written in ‘law French’. It has since been repeatedly edited and annotated.