‘A thinge yet kept secret’: Sir Richard Leveson and political intrigue
In many of Sir Richard’s private letters to Sir John he comments on his secret knowledge of political affairs. The letters tell us his private opinion of events which occurred in the late sixteenth and ...
‘God send us merry meetinge’: Sir Richard Leveson at Home
Many of the letters written by Sir Richard to his cousin Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615) refer to members of the Leveson family and tell us about relationships within this family in the early ...
‘I am no land man’: Sir Richard Leveson and War with Spain
The letters written by Sir Richard to his cousin and colleague Sir John include many intriguing accounts of military adventure whilst serving in the English Navy. These accounts relate to significant ...
‘I am no land man’: Sir Richard Leveson at Sea
Sir Richard and Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615) collaborated in a professional capacity during the late sixteenth century amidst fears of invasion by Spanish naval forces. Many letters which Sir ...
‘My very lovinge cosin’: Sir Richard’s relationship with Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615)
Many of Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson’s letters in the Sutherland Papers are written to his cousin Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615).
The two men were closely associated in both a professional ...
More about Sir Richard and War with Spain
Richard Wisker writes that following the Spanish invasion of Kinsale in 1601 Sir Richard and his cousin Sir John Leveson of Halling (1555-1615) were instrumental in co-ordinating English naval defence ...
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson (c.1570-1605)
Vice Admiral Sir Richard Leveson was the son of Sir Walter Leveson (1550-1602) of Lilleshall, Shropshire, and his wife Anne Corbet, daughter of Sir Andrew Corbet of Moreton Corbet, Salop.
After his ...