Date:1576
Description:Like his uncle James Leveson, Thomas makes many benevolent bequests. He states ‘I will there shalbe bestowed emongest the poore people which shalbe at my buryall Tenne poundes or more’. He also made provision for money to be distributed ‘amongest the poore people inhabitinge within the severall parishes of Buckeston, and Hawlynge’. His benevolence and association with Kent, particularly Buckston and Halling, are evident in this bequest. Like his predecessors, Thomas Leveson’s will states that he left money to his servants. However, Thomas is particularly generous is this respect, leaving ‘fortye shillings a pece’ to ‘everye man servante’ and ‘twentie shillings a pece’ to ‘everye woman servant’. It is significant that Thomas Leveson’s description of his servants also reflects a concern with his legacy. His bequest relates to ‘everye of my servants dwellinge with me in my house or wearinge my Lyverye’. Thomas’s servants evidently wore his livery, clothing which identified them with his household, indicating that the identity and legacy of the Leveson family were important to him.
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Thomas Leveson was the son of Nicholas Leveson (c. 1490-1539) and his wife Denise (Dionysia) Bodley. ...
Like his uncle James Leveson, Thomas makes many benevolent bequests. He states ‘I will there shalbe ...
Thomas Leveson’s will also tells us about his family, notably that he had nine daughters. His will states ...
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