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Surname	Leversuch	Alternative Surname	Leaversuch
First Name	Richard	Initial of Surname	L
Year of Birth/Baptism		Flourished	1725-32?
Year of Death
Biographical Details	Known principally for his monument to Robert Pescod at Winchester (1), he was succeeded by his son, Thomas Leversuch. From 1709-15 he was one of the masons working for William Townesend on the chapel and kitchen at the Queen’s College, Oxford. In 1719 a Richard Leaverett or Leveret received payments for work at the college. A large altar tomb at Bishops Waltham is signed ‘W. Russell invenit, Leversuch, Winton, fecit’ (3). At St John’s, Winchester is a tablet to a Richard Leversuch who died in 1759 aged 67. No indication is given of his profession. Literary References: Gunnis 1968, 239 Archival References: QCA Wm Townesend Accts II, hall and chapel, 1717-21, fols 10, 24); GPC