Lordship Title of Levehurst or Lefhurst

County: Surrey
Parish: Lambeth
History from: 1290
History to: 1795

Documented history: Yes

Domesday Book: No
Interesting Facts:

Become the 27th Lord and Lady of Levehurst of Lefhurst

1st Lord – Pinus Bernardi of Florence, who’s a citizen of London, receives a grant of free warren (right to hunt the King’s beats) in Levehurst.

5th Lord – Ralph Nunthey de Halstead, a wool monger of London.

8th Lord – John Waddysle, a goldsmith of London.

12th Lord – Sir John Leigh, High Sheriff of Surrey and Sussex.

14th Lord – Sir Richard Sackville, Lord Lieutenant of Sussex and Chancellor of the Exchequer.

15th Lord – Thomas Sackville is created Baron Buckhurst of Buckhurst, Sussex.  He is sent to France to bear Queen Elizabeth’s congratulations to King Charles IX on his marriage to Elizabeth of Austria and to negotiate an alliance with the Duke of Anjou (brother to King Charles).

Senior London barrister researched manorial law and other legal authorities to identify how they could be used to create new legal rights for exclusive use of historic English Lordship/Barony Titles.

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