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 ...
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’ ...
William J. Tomlinson
The Dukes of Sutherland received many letters concerning the provision of facilities for local communities on their estates. A notable letter amongst these was written to George Granville Sutherland-Leveson-Gower ...
Wolverhampton & The Leveson Family
During the thirteenth century the Leveson family lived in Willenhall, near Wolverhampton. During the late 1290s Richard Leveson married a lady called Margery who was the heiress of Henry, son of Clement ...
Women’s Lives in the Sutherland Papers
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Sarah Eccleston: A Working Mother's Struggle, Liverpool 1846
Once a resident on the Leveson-Gower family estates in Shropshire, ...