Sir John Hungerford), Catherine (wife of Francis Choke) and another Elizabeth (wife of Thomas Lawson). John, his eldest son, predeceased him and his estates passed to John's son Edmund. The Darrells profited from a close family connection to Jane Seymour, who was the elder Sir Edward's grandniece. Later in the century, however, they fell into serious financial difficulties, and were forced to sell Littlecote in 1589. References 1460s births 1530 deaths English MPs 1529–1536 People from Wiltshire