located at Millom Castle Church
Lords of Millom
The surname Huddleston traces a blood line that spans over 1000 years. We first encounter Sir Hohn Huddleston, the younger brother of Sir Richard de Huddleston of Yorkshire, who married Joan, the only daughter of Adam de Boyvill, around the year 1239.
The Millom Castle was crenellated and fortified by way of the King's license in 1335. During the English civil wars the Castle was partly demolished in 1648.
Sir John and Joan were the progenitors of the Huddleston lines in Cumberland (Hutton John) Cambridgeshire (Swanston), Oxfordshire (Haseley Court), Gloucestershire (Southham), and Somerset (Kelston). The last Lord of Millom was Sir William, who died in 1745 leaving only daughters. Elizabeth, the heiress, married a Sir Hedworth Williamson of Durham in 17xx (?). The Lordship of Millom was sold to the Lowther family in 1774.
In 1486, Lady Isabella Neville, the 5th and youngest daughter of John, Marquis Montague, who was the brother of the Earl of Warwick (himself known as the "Kingmaker," (d. 1471)), married William Huddleston (d. 1509). He was the third son of Sir John Huddleston and Mary Fenwick of Millom.
During the reformation, the Huddlestons were Catholic. Following the death of the boy king, Edward VIth (1553), Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed Queen by the Protestant Duke of Northumberland. The people rallied around Mary Tudor, the princess and eldest daughter of Henry the VIII and Catherine of Argon. The Duke of Northumberland attempted to capture Mary, who fled towards east Angelia. She was reportedly given shelter by John Huddleston, Lord of Sawston, reportedly on the advice of Andrew Huddleston, his cousin and one of Mary's gentlemen. She escaped by discuise the following morning and promised to rebuild the hall following it's burning by Northumberland's troops when she became Queen
In 1553 she was crowned Queen following her marriage to Philip of Spain. John Huddleston was appointed vice
