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‘I am no land man’: Sir Richard Leveson at Sea
Sir Richard and Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615) collaborated in a professional capacity during the ...
‘My very lovinge cosin’: Sir Richard’s relationship with Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615)
Many of Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson’s letters in the Sutherland Papers are written to his cousin Sir J...
Armada Weapons
The document above is a summary of weaponry for 1000 footemen made in September 1598. The document tells us...
Bargain and Sale of Greyfriars Monastery, Stafford, 1581
The document above is the Bargain and Sale made between Sir Walter Leveson (1550-1602) and Matthew Donningt...
Chapel Chorlton, 1591
Amongst papers relating to Eccleshall in the Sutherland Papers is a survey of Chapel Chorlton made in 1591...
Crime in Elizabethan England
The image above shows a warrant from the Earl of Leicester and Sir Francis Walsingham dated June 1588. The ...
Defending England from Invasion: From Soldiers to Cooks
Sir John Leveson’s 1589 Summary of Kentish Defences also provides an insight into the involvement of ‘unarm...
Defending the Nation!
After the battles of the Armada in 1588, a fear of foreign invasion continued to dominate English military ...
Elizabethan Codsall
exhibition Amongst the wealth of documents relating to lands in Staffordshire during the sixteenth century are two lea...
John Leveson of London & Wolverhampton
The Sutherland Papers contain many rentals relating to the lands owned by the Leveson family. One particula...
Plan of Cherrington, 1576
The image above shows a plan of fields in Cherrington made in 1576. The plan includes a huge amount of deta...
Preparing for Invasion: The Threat of Spanish Invasion!
exhibition Sir John Leveson’s papers include a great deal of official correspondence written to the Lord Lieutenant of...



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