[9] According to Honigmann, it was about this time that Sir Robert Cecil began to use Leveson as the recipient of letters from foreign informants.
[8] In 1599 Leveson was one of two trustees used by William Kempe, Thomas Pope (d.1603), Augustine Phillips (d.1605), John Heminges (bap.
As a reward, Leveson asked Queen Elizabeth to grant him the lease of the Golden Key in Cheapside, a property owned by the Mercers' Company.
The Queen supported his request with a letter to the Mercers,[13] but in the end Leveson did not obtain the lease.
The answer of Leveson is of further interest in that it alone tells of the methods by which the business was conducted and of the house built for the lottery west of St. Paul’s Church.
[20] He made his last will on 8 January 1621, leaving bequests to his wife Mary, his sons, Thomas and James, and to various servants,[21] and died not long afterward.