Sir John Hudleston, of Millom

Sir John ll Huddleston, Knt.

• Birth: C. 1240
• Residence: Millom, Cumberland, England.
• Event: 1298 the Battle of Falkirk.
• Death: PRE 1306
• Occupation: Governor of Galoway. 1297
• DSCR: present at Caerlaverock. 1300

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From “CP Omission? - Hodleston”. Leo van de Pas, et al. May 26, 2006, SGM. < GoogleGroups >

C. Roy Hudleston in 'Cumberland Families and Heraldry' states:

John de Hudleston (d. c. 1252) .... marr. Joan, dau. and heir of Adam de Boyvill, qv, and acquired the Lordship of Millom, which passed to their son,:Sir John Hudleston (d. before 1306), a noted soldier, who fought against the Welsh and Scots, and was present at the Battle of Falkirk and at the seige of Caerlaverock. He was Governor of Galloway and Keeper of Ayr, Wigtown, Cruggleton and Botel Castels 1297. He sealed the Barons' letter to the Pope as Lord of Aneys 1301.

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Sibyl Fitz Richard, also known as Sibyl de Cornwall, was the daughter of Sir Lawrence Fitz Richard, Knight (illegitimate son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans (1209-1272).)

She married Sir John Hodleston Knight, son of Sir John de Hodleston Knight and Joan de Boyvill of Millom. (Sir John Hodleston Knight was born in Huddleston, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and died in Millom, Cumberland, England).

• Background Information: From GEN-MEDIEVAL-L Archives. < GoogleGroups >

Subject: - Hodleston
Date: 30 May 2006 08:15:51 -0700

1b. John Hudleston, living 1251, younger brother of Richard de Hudleston of Hudleston; died circa 1252 (see Trans. CWAAS NS iii 86-7), married Joan, daughter and heir of Adam de Boyvill, of Millom. Issue:

2a. Sir John de Hudleston, son and heir; ff 1292-1311; summoned as a baron, 1297; served in the Scottish campaigns of Edward I (see Knights of Edward I); married Sibyl, daughter of Sir Lawrence FitzRichard de Cornwall (illegitimate son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall, himself younger son of King John). [%E2%80%9CActually, Sir John de Hudleston appears to have died in 1305 or 1306; according to VCH Lancs 8, he presented to Whittington in 1305, and his widow Sibyl claimed dower in 1306.”] Issue:

3a. Sir Richard de Hudleston, called le Neveu; son and heir; ff 1282; pardoned for involvement in Gaveston's murder, 1313; Knight of the Shire for Westmorland, 1328; died 1335 (IPM); married Alice, daughter of Richard Troughton (Nicholson & Burn). Issue:

4a. Sibyl Hudleston, married 1331 Robert de Clitheroe, died 1343 leaving issue (VCH Lancs vol 6)

4b. Robert Hudleston, son and heir apparent, ff 1325; died without issue

4c. Sir John Hudleston, younger son and heir, ff 1335-1338; had licence to crenallate his house, 1335; plaintiff in Plea Roll case, 1336 (see Furness Abbey Coucher Book); married Maud de Pennington, daughter of Sir William de Pennington (Nicholson & Burns) …

[Continues to the time of Elizabeth l]

Sibyl Fitz Richard, also known as Sibyl de Cornwall, was the daughter of Sir Lawrence Fitz Richard, Knight (illegitimate son of Richard, Earl of Cornwall and King of the Romans (1209-1272).)

She married Sir John Hodleston Knight, son of Sir John de Hodleston Knight and Joan de Boyvill of Millom. (Sir John Hodleston Knight was born in Huddleston, West Riding, Yorkshire, England and died in Millom, Cumberland, England).

Sir JOHN DE HODLESTON, KNIGHT, in the year 1270 was witness to a deed in the Abbey of St. Mary in Furness. By his marriage with the Lady Joan, Sir John became lord of Anneys in Millom. In the 20th Edward I, 1292, he proved before Hugh Cressingham, justice itinerant, that he possessed JURA REGALIA within the lordship of Millom. In the 25th, 1297, he was appointed by the king warder or governor of Galloway in Scotland. In the 27th, 1299, he was summoned as baron of the realm, to do military service; in the next year, 1300, he was present at the siege of Carlaverock. In the 29th, 1301, though we have no proof that he was summoned, he attended the Parliament in Lincoln, and subscribed as a baron the celebrated letter to the Pope, by the title of lord of Anneys. He was still alive in the 4th of Edward IV, 1311. Sir John had three sons -John who died early, and Richard and Adam.

“ Lawrence de Cornwall (from Hudleston pedigrees)” Michael Andrews-Reading post at SGM (2004) < link >

Hudleston & Boumphrey's Cumberland Families & Heraldry, p 191 refers to "Sybel (living 1343) daughter of Lawrence de Cornwall or de Kirkby, married before 1279 Sir John Hudleston, of Millom (died before 1306)...argent, two bars gules, on a canton of the last a cross moline or." Sir John is said (p 170) to be ancestor of the Hudlestons of Millom.

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References

• https://cybergata.com/roots/10172.htm