The Fitzherbert Family and Land in Swynnerton
The document above is a conveyance of freehold estates in Swynnerton made in 1843. The conveyance was for land owned by 'Thomas Fitzherbert of Swinnerton' and the Duke of Sutherland in Shelton under Hareley ...
Expenditure on the State Rooms at Stafford House
The document above is entitled ‘Statement of Payments on Account of the Estimate of £50,000 to finish Stafford House State Rooms from 1st January 1834 to August 1837’. The document provides details about ...
Expenditure on Stafford House
The document above is a ‘Statement of Payments & Estimate for Stafford House’ which was made in November 1837. The document tells us about the people and money involved in the completion of Stafford House ...
Purchasing the Freehold of Stafford House
In 1827 the Marquis of Stafford purchased the lease on York House. Huge amounts of money were lavished on completing the property and transforming York House into Stafford House. Between 1837 and 1841 ...
The Social Role of Stafford House
Many documents in the Sutherland Papers reflect the prestigious social role of Stafford House. Throughout the nineteenth century the house functioned as the centre of social life in London. In addition ...
From York to Stafford: Negotiating the Lease of York House
Work began on Stafford House in 1825 when the Duke of York commissioned a property which he intended to call York House. However, when the Duke of York died in 1827, the freehold lease of the property ...
Benjamin Wyatt’s Correspondence
Amongst papers relating to Stafford House are a large number of letters written to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower (1786-1861), the second Duke of Sutherland, by Benjamin Wyatt, the architect ...
Sir William's Will: Property, Family and Benevolence
Sir William Leveson Gower died in 1691. His will tells us about the property he owned at the end of his life and also about his family and the places which were important to him.
William leaves ‘any ...
Sir William Leveson Gower: News from Court and Town
Sir William corresponded with Granville, the second son of the Earl of Bath, his wife Lady Jane’s brother. The letters which William received from Granville show that he was involved in court life and ...
Sir William Leveson Gower: Family and Business
One letter amongst Sir William’s personal papers is addressed to James Linfield. It appears from the letter that Sir William’s son had been tutored under James Linfield’s guidance at his school at St. ...
Sir William and Estate Matters: Elections and Estate Management at Stittenham and New Malton
A number of letters written to Sir William relate to his political and estate concerns in Yorkshire. Sir William’s father Sir Thomas Gower had served as MP for New Malton from 1661-1672. A letter dated ...
Married Life: Sir William and Lady Jane
Many of the letters amongst Sir William’s personal papers are from his wife, Lady Jane Granville, daughter of the 1st Earl of Bath (d.1696). Following their marriage in 1669, these letters relate personal ...
The Correspondence of William Lambarde and John Leveson by Dr. Neil Younger
As part of his work with the Sutherland Papers, Dr. Neil Younger has examined the correspondence of William Lambarde and John Leveson. Neil has produced interpretation and transcriptions of these letters ...
Crime in Elizabethan England
The image above shows a warrant from the Earl of Leicester and Sir Francis Walsingham dated June 1588. The warrant, which was found amongst the official papers of Sir John Leveson of Halling, is for the ...
What can Legal Documents tell us about a Court Case?
A number of documents relating to this case concern the ‘Articles of Examination’. These Articles were questions which were formulated by the legal authorities ‘to examine generallie all maner of persons’ ...
Was Sir Walter Guilty?
The Articles of Examination indicate that Sir Walter Leveson was accused of involvement in the seizure of a number of fishing boats. He was also accused of being involved in the sale of the stolen cargo ...
Sir Walter Leveson: Prisoner of Fleet Prison
Fleet Prison in London was a notorious debtors prison which housed hundred of debtors and their families during the early seventeenth century. Sir Walter Leveson died in this prison in 1602.
Prisoners ...
Sir Walter Leveson and the Case of the Captured Fishing Boats
The Sutherland Papers include a large number of legal papers from the late sixteenth century relating to cases involving Sir Walter Leveson. Many of these documents relate to legal actions brought against ...