Sir Walter Leveson & More Debts
Documents concerning Sir Walter’s debts reflect the financial difficulties which he experienced towards the end of his life and the type of formalities involved in pledging to repay monies which had been ...
Sir Walter Leveson & Debt
Many documents in the Sutherland Papers reflect Sir Walter’s financial problems. By providing details of costs and expenditure, these documents tell us about the type of lifestyle which Sir Walter led ...
Sir Thomas Gower’s Letters: Anecdotes and Observations
Sir Thomas’s letters also include amusing anecdotes about family relations, and observations of his own health as an aging man. These comments tell us about Sir Thomas and his family’s perceptions of ...
Sir Thomas Gower, MP for New Malton, 1661-1672
Sir Thomas Gower was MP for New Malton in North Yorkshire from 1661 until 1672. Amongst his papers are a number of documents relating to his responsibilities in this role which tell us about the type ...
Sir Thomas Gower, Grandfather
Sir Thomas Gower’s correspondence includes letters received from the 1st Earl of Bath and his wife Jane. A number of these letters refer to the birth of William Leveson-Gower (1636-1691) and his wife ...
Sir Thomas Gower and the Siege of Hull, 1642
A number of Sir Thomas Gower’s letters are addressed to his wife’s uncle Sir Richard Leveson (1598-1661) and John Langley, Sir Richard’s steward at Trentham. Many of these letters discuss military and ...
Sir Thomas Gower and his Family
Sir Thomas Gower’s letters tell us a lot about his character and how he was perceived by members of his family. Many of the letters which he wrote to his son Sir William Leveson-Gower (1636-1691) suggest ...
Sir Thomas Gower (1605-1672)
The name Leveson-Gower originated with the marriage of Frances Leveson, the grandaughter of Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615), and Sir Thomas Gower in 1631.
The Leveson family were extremely ...
Money and Marriage: Sir Thomas Gower and the Leveson Family
Sir Thomas Gower married Frances Leveson, the grandaughter of Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615) in 1631. By this time Frances Leveson's Father Sir John Leveson, the eldest son of Sir John Leveson ...
Sir Richard Leveson: Rachel Newport's Letters from Town
Amongst Sir Richard Leveson’s personal papers are a collection of letters written to him by his sister Rachel. Rachel Leveson married Richard Newport, first Baron Newport of High Ercall (1587-1651) by ...
Sir Richard Leveson: Parliamentarian Prisoner
Sir Richard’s papers indicate that he had been a prominent Royalist activist throughout the Civil War 1642-1645. This is reflected in his delinquency fine and imprisonment by the Parliamentarians in 1645. ...
Sir Richard Leveson: Letters to Lady Francis, Countess of Dorset
Sir Richard’s papers also include correspondence with Lady Francis, Countess of Dorset. This friendly correspondence again provides an insight into contemporary perceptions of the seventeenth century. ...
Sir Richard Leveson: Letters from Francis Newport
One of Sir Richard Leveson’s nephews was the politician Francis Newport, first earl of Bradford (1619–1708). Francis was the son of Sir Richard's sister Rachel (d. 1661) and her husband Richard Newport, ...
Sir Richard Leveson: Family Letters
Letters exchanged between Sir Richard Leveson and his family reflect the dynamics of family relationships during the middle of the seventeenth century. The letters also tell us about the practicalities ...
Sir Richard Leveson & Katherine Duddeley: Courtship and Marriage in the Seventeenth Century
The Sutherland Papers include a number of letters written to Sir Richard Leveson by his wife Katherine Duddeley. The letters were evidently written during their courtship and after their marriage. The ...
Rachel's Letters: More News from Town
Rachel’s letters also refer to wider social and world affairs. In a further letter she comments on proposed marriage arrangements concerning Lord Shrewsbury, who was closely associated with Sir Richard’s ...
More of Rachel Newport's Letters from Town
A letter dated November 14th 1657 states ‘I received your kinde letter and both your kinde tokens which are exceeding good, your hare powder will be very welcome’. The letter reflects Richard’s good relationship ...
The Sutherland Estates: The Scottish Estates
The Sutherland Estate had been the largest landed estate in the Highlands for much of the eighteenth century, and previous to that date; owned by the Gordon family, under their title of Earls of Sutherland ...