Aid Abroad: The Stafford House Committee in Turkey
Amongst the printed material relating to the Stafford House Committee’s involvement in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78, is the ‘Report & Record of the Operations of the Stafford House Committee for the ...
Armada Weapons
The document above is a summary of weaponry for 1000 footemen made in September 1598. The document tells us that there were 667 men armed with pikes, and 333 armed with ‘shot’, 222 in the form of ‘muskette’ ...
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 ...
Defending England from Invasion: From Soldiers to Cooks
Sir John Leveson’s 1589 Summary of Kentish Defences also provides an insight into the involvement of ‘unarmed’ men in defending against foreign invasion.
Indeed, it wasn’t just the armed forces that ...
Defending the Nation!
After the battles of the Armada in 1588, a fear of foreign invasion continued to dominate English military defense tactics. This is evident in the Summary of Defences at Kent produced by Sir John Leveson ...
Duchess Millicent and Winston Churchill
Duchess Millicent's papers include correspondence with Winston Churchill written during the early twentieth century, and also typed memoirs written during the First World War. A
Amongst these papers ...
Duchess Millicent’s Hospital in 1918: Life as a Casualty Clearing Station
Duchess Millicent's Hospital was moved to St. Omer in March 1918. By this time it had 200 beds. As circumstances worsened, the Hospital’s status changed and in April 1918 it became a 2nd line casualty ...
England’s Reliance on Imported Food
Many of the documents relating to the food supply in time of war crisis indicate that a central concern was England’s reliance on imported food. One newspaper clipping suggests that Britain would be ...
Grow your own wheat!
Amongst the pamphlets relating to England's food supply during war is a cutting ‘reprinted from the Sussex Daily News’ dated Monday March 2nd 1903 entitled ‘Our Food Supply in Time of War’. The reprint ...
Inflation causing Starvation
A pamphlet entitled ‘Our Food-Supply in Time of War’ by Rear Admiral C. C. Penrose Fitzgerald reprinted from Blackwoods Magazine in February 1903 indicates that inflation caused by a dearth in imported ...
King George V Visits Duchess Millicent's Hospital
Many prestigious figures, including politicians and royalty visited Duchess Millicent’s hospital, including King George V, Queen Mary and Prince Edward who visited the hospital while it was stationed ...
Lichfield and the Civil War
Lichfield was strategically important in the Civil War. A Royalist garrison at the start of the conflict, the Parliamentarians overthrew the City in 1643 for a short period before it was regained by the ...
No.9 Red Cross Hospital: The Carrell-Dakin Method
In addition to her Ambulance work, Duchess Millicent established a Tent Hospital, first at Malo-les-Bains near Dunkirk and then at Bourbourg. In October 1915 the Duchess was requested to transfer her ...
Overseas Aid to English Soldiers: The Stafford House South African Aid Committee
In 1879 a Committee was established at Stafford House to provide aid for English soldiers fighting in the Zulu War. The Sutherland Papers include many documents relating to the Committee's work. In addition ...
Preparing for Invasion: The Threat of Spanish Invasion!
Sir John Leveson’s papers include a great deal of official correspondence written to the Lord Lieutenant of Kent, William, Lord Cobham. This letter dated 2nd April 1588 addressed to Cobham from the Privy ...
Prohibition on Illegal Butter
Amongst the papers relating to England’s food supply in time of war are pamphlets refering to a Parliamentary Bill ‘to amend the law with regard to the sale of adulterated butter’.
The Bill appears ...
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 ...