Battle Accounts in the Sutherland Collection
Many of the battle accounts featured in the Sutherland Papers are written from the Royalist perspective, supporting the King. They include accounts of the Battle of Edgehill, the opening battle of the ...
Civil War Celebrities in the Sutherland Collection
The Sutherland Collection contains many letters and accounts which refer to important figures from the English Civil War.
Sir Richard Leveson (1598-1661)
Sir Richard Leveson (1598-1661) was a Staffordshire ...
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 ...
The Battle of Hopton Heath, Staffordshire
Amongst the correspondence of Sir Richard Leveson is an account of the famous battle of Hopton Heath which took place on 19th March 1643. This battle was extremely important for Staffordshire’s Royalist ...
The Sutherland Papers and Civil War Politics
The Sutherland Papers include a copy of the Petition sent by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to the King on 8th September 1642.
Written just after the outbreak of war, the Petition featured ...
The Sutherland Papers and Royalist Propaganda
When reading documents in the Sutherland Papers as sources reporting events from the Civil War, it is important to examine the way in which they are written.
Accounts in the collection are primarily ...
The Sutherland Papers and the Outbreak of War
The opening stages of the Civil War produced many documents providing an insight into military preparations. The Sutherland Papers include examples of these documents including letters from King Charles ...