Sir Walter Leveson was an Elizabethan Member of Parliament and a Shropshire and Staffordshire landowner who was ruined by involvement in piracy and mental illness.
Western end of Lilleshall abbey. The Leveson family lived at a hunting lodge on the site in the 16th and early 17th centuries.
George Talbot 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, a major landowner who made important concessions to Leveson
Vice Admiral Richard Leveson. Walter's son. Statue in St Peter's Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton.
Sir Andrew Corbet was an English Protestant politician of the mid-Tudor and early Elizabethan eras: a member of the powerful Council in the Marches of Wales for a quarter of a century. Drawn from the
Walter Leveson
…which could be expensive. Walter's father, Sir Richard, had been a knight of the shire for Shropshire. Walter's father-in-law, the able and energetic Sir Andrew Corbet, had been vice-president of the powerful Council of Wales and the Marches. The Levesons and the Corbets together had ample power and wealth in the…
Castled elephant and monogram of Sir Andrew Corbet. Part of medieval gatehouse, modified by Sir Andrew, viewed from north. Moreton Corbet Castle, Shropshire.
Effigies of Richard Corbet and Margaret Wortley, née Savile, his wife, in St Bartholomew's church, Moreton Corbet. Richard held Andrew's wardship for about four years.
John Dudley, from a painted panel at Penshurst Place. Dudley was an early ally and patron of Corbet.
Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk. Corbet was the government's most trusted agent in Shropshire during the crisis centred on Norfolk's alleged plots.