John Huddleston (abt. 1440 - abt. 1512)

Born about 1440 in Cumberland, England [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Joane (Stapleton) Harcourt — married 1477 in England

Descendants

Died about 1 Jan 1512 at about age 72 in England

Biography

John was born about 1440. John Huddleston ... He passed away about 1512.

The main publications covering the pedigree of the Huddleston family of Millom, Cumberland diverge above and in this generation. John Huddleston, likely born about 1450, did exist and was a Member of Parliament but whether he had a son John who married a Fitz-Hugh or whether this man married both Stapleton and Fitz-Hugh (or whether anybody really married a Fitz-Hugh apparently) is a matter of some dispute. At least all those versions come back together one (or two) generations below this where a John Huddleston had 3 wives (Clifford, Seymour and Prickley).

There are (at least) 4 different versions of this lineage as shown in the Huddleston Free Space Page on WikiTree. Hopefully more sources and analysis will come to light along with original documents such as IPMs.

Version 1 & 2: Parents were Richard H. & Margaret Harrington

Amongst the main published pedigrees available on the internet, one group (Nicolson,^[1] Burke^[2] and Hutchinson^[3]) does not acknowledge that Richard & Margaret Harrington had a son John who married Mary Fenwick; they skip straight to a son John who married Joan Stapleton. They do show a John at least two generations earlier marrying an un-named daughter of Henry Fenwick, as does the 1615 Visitation of Cumberland.^[4] Therefore according to this group (Version 1), the parents of this profile are Richard Huddleston and Margaret Harrington, NOT John Huddleston and Mary Fenwick.

Version 3 Parents were John H. & Mary Fenwick

"History of Parliament" by Wedgwood^[5] credits this generation and this profile seems to mainly be sourced from this book.

Version 4: parents were Richard H. and Joan Unknown

The renowned Huddleston researcher Annette Hudleston Harwood (citing Burke's Landed Gentry Vol 11 (1969) and work done by cousin Christophe Roy Huddleston FSA, see "See Also" below) credits this generation but gives different parents. She also names Harrington "Katherine" instead of Margaret and Wedgwood does not state any name at all for John's mother.

Marriage & Children

According to Wedgwood's "History of Parliament", this John was born about 1450 and married "Jane" Stapleton, widow of Christopher Harcourt who died in or after 1477; she was the daughter and co-heir of Sir Miles Stapleton of Ingham, Norfolk.^[5] The only child shown by this source was a son & heir John; A.H.H. notes that his will also mentioned a daughter Alice (nothing more known of her). A record is also found of Miles Harcourt in 1500 releasing his interest in property of "West Dean" to John Huddleston, second husband of his mother Jane/Joane.^[6] for information about Miles Harcourt releasing his claim on West Dean to John Huddleston, his mother's second husband. Burke and the Visitation of Cumberland show children of this couple as:

1. Richard who married Margaret the "natural" aka "base" daughter of Richard Neville, had daughters Johan and Margaret; his son Richard married Margaret Dacre and died without issue, reverting inheritance of Millom back to his uncle John below
2. John who continued the Millom line
3. William who married Isabel Neville

Conflicted Children

And here lies a problem: while Burke and the Visitation of Cumberland give these sons to the John who married Jane/Joane Stapleton, the History of Parliament by Wedgwood gives these exact sons to his supposed father, the John who married Mary Fenwyck. On WikiTree at this time, Richard is linked as the brother of this profile (following Wedgwood) and John & William are linked as sons of this profile (following Burke and the Visitation of Cumberland).

Civil Records

Most of the events below come from "History of Parliament"^[5]

• 21 FEB 1486 Received a general pardon.
• Event: 1489 Knighted, described as "Dubbed with Sir Thomas Stafford" who was described as "Dubbed by the Kinge at the sea-syde when he sent his army into Brytaigne". Arms listed as Gules, fretty Argent, a crescent Or for difference (presumably differenced from his father's arms who was still alive).^[7]
• Residence: 1492 Governor of Sudley Castle, Gloucestershire, England.
• Event: 23 DEC 1492 Made an Esquire of the Royal Body.
• Occupation: Usher of the King's Chamber.
• Occupation: Sheriff of Gloucestershire. 1482 & 1499
• Occupation: Baliff of Sudley Castle. 8 MAR 1484-1512
• Occupation: Constable of Sudley Castle. 13 MAR 1478-1512
• Occupation: Knight of the Shire for Gloucestershire. 1500
• Occupation: Constable of Gloucester Castle. 14 FEB 1505
• Occupation: High Sheriff of Cumberland 1 DEC 1505

Death & Estate

John wrote his will 5 Nov 1511 and it was probated 30 Jun 1512; he died 1 Jan 1512 likely at Hailes Abbey in Gloucestershire per Wedgwood. Again note that Visitation of Cumberland says this death date belongs to the son of this profile i.e. John who married a Fitz-Hugh; A.H.H. sayd that they were one and the same man. This profile noted an Inquisition Post Mortem on 16 Mar 1514 at Torpenhow, Cumberland and another at Winchombe, Gloucestershire on 16 Mar 1514 but did not state a source and they are not shown by Wedgwood.

Sources

1. ↑ The history and antiquities of the countries of Westmorland and Cumberland by Nicolson, Joseph; Burn, Richard, 1709-1785; Nicolson, William, 1655-1727 Publication date 1777 Publisher London W. Strahan pp. 11-15
2. ↑ A genealogical and heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. by Burke, John Publication date 1834 p. 582
3. ↑ The history of the county of Cumberland, and some places adjacent, from the earliest accounts to the present time: comprehending the local history of the county; its antiquities, the origin, genealogy, and present state of the principal families, with biographical notes; its mines, minerals, and plants, with other curiosities, either of nature or of art ..by Hutchinson, William, 1732-1814 Publication date 1794 p. 528
4. ↑ The visitation of the county of Cumberland in the year 1615 by Saint-George, Richard, Sir, d. 1635; Fetherston, John, ed; College of Arms (Great Britain) Publication date 1872 p. 22
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} History Of Parliament (1439-1509) by Wedgwood Josiah C. Publication date 1936 p. 478
6. ↑ 'Parishes: West Tytherley with Buckholt', in A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 4, ed. William Page (London, 1911), BHO.pages 519-524
7. ↑ A book of Knights banneret, Knights of the bath, and Knights bachelor, made between the fourth year of King Henry VI and the restoration of King Charles II ... and knights made in Ireland, between the years 1566 and 1698, together with an index of names by Metcalfe, Walter Charles Publication date 1885 p. 22

See Also

• Current links to Annette Hudleston Harwood's postings include A.H.H. line of descent and A.H.H. line of descent restated by another researcher and A.H.H. followup for minor date corrections and posts by Annette Huddleston Harwood
• Gregory Lauder-Frost F.S.A. (Scot) (lauderfrost@@btinternet.com). Some English Descendants of Malcome Canmore King Of the Scots RJCW 307 giving the ancestry of Jane Stapleton
• Find A Grave: Memorial #123695195 unsourced findagrave memorial
• DSCR: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Tr. Vol. 48, 1926, 113-132. "Sir John Hudleston, Constable of Sudeley" by C. Roy Hudleston.
• DSCR: Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Tr. Vol. 50, 1928, 275-311.
• C. Roy Hudleston. "The Builder of Southam, etc"
• DSCR: C.W.A.A.S., Tr. N.S., Vol. 24, 1924, 201-234. "Millom Castle and the Hudlestones."
• DSCR: "The Stapletons of Yorkshire Being the History of an Ancient English Family from very Early Times" by H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton.
• The visitations of the county of Oxford : taken in the years 1566 by William Harvey, Clarencieux; 1574 by Richard Lee, Portcullis ; and in 1634 by John Philpott, Somerset, and William Ryley, Bluemantle. Together with The gatherings of Oxfordshire, collected by Richard Lee in 1574 by Harvey, William, d. 1567; Philipot, John, 1589?-1645; Ryley, William, d. 1667; Turner, William Henry; College of Arms (Great Britain) Page 22: Hudleston