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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001105838-09-000019
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090910
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090914
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090914

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			WASIAK KENNETH R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001105627

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08518
		FILM NUMBER:		091068495

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O PUSTORINO PUGLISI & CO LLP
		STREET 2:		515 MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10022

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LL&E ROYALTY TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000721765
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OIL ROYALTY TRADERS [6792]
		IRS NUMBER:				766007940
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			TX
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY
		STREET 2:		919 CONGRESS AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-852-1422

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY
		STREET 2:		919 CONGRESS AVENUE, 5TH FLOOR
		CITY:			AUSTIN
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78701

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ROBOTTI ROBERT
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001105838

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08518
		FILM NUMBER:		091068496

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52 VANDERBILT AVENUE
		STREET 2:		4TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
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    <periodOfReport>2009-09-10</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000721765</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>LL&amp;E ROYALTY TRUST</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>LRT</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerName>ROBOTTI ROBERT</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>110 EAST 42ND STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>SUITE 1100</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10017</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001105627</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>WASIAK KENNETH R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PUSTORINO PUGLISI &amp; CO LLP</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>515 MADISON AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10022</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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            <isOther>0</isOther>
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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Units of Beneficial Interest</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-09-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
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                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>24200</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0.535</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This number includes 16,940 Units of Beneficial Interest (the &quot;Units&quot;) acquired by Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P. (&quot;RIC&quot;) and 7,260 Units acquired by Ravenswood Investments III, L.P. (&quot;RI&quot;).  All such transactions were made by RIC and RI in the open market.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">This number includes 65,800 Units owned directly and beneficially by the advisory clients of Robotti &amp; Company Advisors, LLC (&quot;Robotti &amp; Company Advisors&quot;) and owned directly and beneficially by the discretionary brokerage customers of Robotti &amp; Company, LLC (&quot;Robotti &amp; Company&quot;).  Each of Robert Robotti and Robotti &amp; Company, Incorporated (&quot;ROBT&quot;), and each other party hereto, disclaims beneficial ownership of these Units except to the extent of his or its respective pecuniary interest therein, if any.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This number includes 1,224,096 Units directly owned by RIC and beneficially owned by its partners and 509,323 Units directly owned by RI and beneficially owned by its partners.  Each of Messrs. Robotti and Kenneth R. Wasiak and Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C. (&quot;RMC&quot;), and each other party hereto, disclaims beneficial ownership of these Units except to the extent of his or its respective pecuniary interest therein, if any.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Each of Robotti &amp; Company, a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (&quot;Exchange Act&quot;), Robotti &amp; Company Advisors, an investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, ROBT, the parent holding company of Robotti &amp; Company and Robotti &amp; Company Advisors, RIC, RI, RMC (together with ROBT, Robotti &amp; Company, Robotti &amp; Company Advisors, RIC, RI, Robert Robotti and Kenneth R. Wasiak, the &quot;Reporting Parties&quot;), the general partner of RIC and RI, Mr. Robotti, President and an owner of ROBT, President of Robotti &amp; Company and Robotti &amp; Company Advisors and a Managing Member of RMC, and Mr. Wasiak, a Managing Member of RMC, may be deemed a group (for the purpose of Rule 16a-1(a)(1) under the Exchange Act)</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Due to a 1000 character limit, Footnote 5 is a continuation of Footnote 4:

with Spruce House Partners LP (&quot;SHP&quot;), Spruce House Capital LLC (&quot;SHC,&quot; and together with SHP, Benjamin Stein, Zachary Sternberg, the &quot;Spruce House Parties&quot;), general partner of SHP, Mr. Stein and Mr. Sternberg, each Managing Members of SHC, due to a Joint Filing Agreement dated as of September 2, 2009 among such persons.  Each of the Robotti Parties disclaims beneficial ownership of any Units owned by any of the Spruce House Parties.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Robert Robotti</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Kenneth R. Wasiak</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Ravenswood Investments III, L.P.</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robotti &amp; Company, Incorporated</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robotti &amp; Company, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Robotti &amp; Company Advisors, LLC</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-09-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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