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Percival Levett

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The arms of the Levetts of Bolton Percy (and subsequently of York) and those of the Levetts of Normanton and High Melton were: Sable, a fess embattled, between 3 lions' heads erased, argent.
357:'Percivallus Levett, mercator, fil. Percivalli Levett, generosi,' Register of the Freemen of the City of York: Vol. 2: 1559-1759, Francis Collins, 1900, British History Online 368:
The Publications of the Surtees Society, Wills & Administrations from the Knaresborough Court Rolls, Vol. II, Published for the Society by Andrews & Co., Durham, 1905
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A Genealogical History of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages of the British Empire, Sir Bernard Burke, Printed by Harrison, London, 1866
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Archaeologia Aeliana, or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity, Vol. V, Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, J.G. Forster, 1861
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Henry Fitz-Gilbert Waters, Vol. LXVII, Published by the Society, Boston, 1913
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Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Vol. I, Third Series, G. Milner-Gibson-Cullum, Mitchell and Hughes, London, 1896
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The Acts and Ordinances of the Eastland Company, Maud Sellers, Offices of the Royal Historical Society, London, 1906
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in York on 13 February 1625. Levett had done well enough as a merchant to acquire the title of
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Chapters in the History of Yorkshire, James Joel Cartwright, B.W. Allen, Wakefield, 1872
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Levett was a contributor from York to the Queen's Loan in 1590. He was a member of the
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The Register of Burials in York Minster, Robert H. Skaife, The Mount, York, GENUKI.ORG
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in 1597. His daughter Ann married another York Sheriff, Christopher Topham (father of
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In deeds of covenant of about 1590, 'Percyvall Levitt' is referred to as 'yeoman.'
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and York. Percival Levett's brother Richard Levett was a long-serving
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Ancestry of Percival Levett of York, Visitation of Dorset, 1623
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Walks through the city of York, by R. Davies, ed. by his widow
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By 20 May 1617, referring to Levett and his 'son and heir
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History and description of the ancient city of York
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Index


merchant
innkeeper
York
Sheriff
Eastland Company
explorer
Christopher Levett
Harewood
Yorkshire
freeman
chamberlain
Sheriff
Member of Parliament
Christopher Topham
Bolton Percy
Normanton
High Melton
Hooton Levitt
cadet branch
Bolton Percy
Eastland Company
Baltic
Hanseatic League
St. Martin's Micklegate
gentleman
Coppergate
Matthew Hutton, Archbishop of York
Beverley
mayor

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