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Hutton John
Hutton John Hall
locality:-   Hutton
civil parish:-   Hutton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   pele tower
locality type:-   park
coordinates:-   NY43972696
1Km square:-   NY4326
10Km square:-   NY42
evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 58 9) 
placename:-  Hutton John
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.
evidence:-   old map:- Saxton 1579
placename:-  Huton John
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Westmorlandiae et Cumberlandiae Comitatus ie Westmorland and Cumberland, scale about 5 miles to 1 inch, by Christopher Saxton, London, engraved by Augustinus Ryther, 1576, published 1579-1645.
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Building, symbol for a hamlet, which may or may not have a nucleus.  "Huton John"
item:-  private collection : 2
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evidence:-   old map:- Speed 1611 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Huton John
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile Described, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, 1610, published by J Sudbury and George Humble, Popes Head Alley, London, 1611-12.
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"Huton John"
circle, tower 
item:-  private collection : 16
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evidence:-   old map:- Jansson 1646
placename:-  Huton John
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, Cumbria and Westmoria, ie Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646.
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"Huton Iohn"
Buildings and tower. 
item:-  JandMN : 88
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- 
placename:-  Hutton John
source data:-   Ferguson, Richard S: 1890: History of Cumberland "Then still in that month of October [1688], occured the first local overt act in favour of the Prince of Orange. Andrew Huddleston, of Hutton John, received information that a ship was expected to arrive at Workington laded with arms and ammunition for the popish garrison at Carlisle. He put himself in communication with the Lowthers. ..."
evidence:-   old map:- Morden 1695 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Hutton John
source data:-   Map, uncoloured engraving, Cumberland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695, published by Abel Swale, the Unicorn, St Paul's Churchyard, Awnsham, and John Churchill, the Black Swan, Paternoster Row, London, 1695-1715.
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"Hutton Ioh~"
Circle. 
item:-  JandMN : 90
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evidence:-   old map:- Bowen and Kitchin 1760
placename:-  Hutton John
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, A New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland Divided into their Respective Wards, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin et al, published by T Bowles, Robert Sayer, and John Bowles, London, 1760.
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"Hutton John"
circle, tower 
item:-  Armitt Library : 2008.14.10
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evidence:-   old map:- Donald 1774 (Cmd) 
placename:-  Hutton John
source data:-   Map, hand coloured engraving, 3x2 sheets, The County of Cumberland, scale about 1 inch to 1 mile, by Thomas Donald, engraved and published by Joseph Hodskinson, 29 Arundel Street, Strand, London, 1774.
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"Hutton John / Huddleston Esqr."
house 
item:-  Carlisle Library : Map 2
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evidence:-   descriptive text:- West 1778 (11th edn 1821) 
placename:-  Hutton St John
source data:-   Guide book, A Guide to the Lakes, by Thomas West, published by William Pennington, Kendal, Cumbria once Westmorland, and in London, 1778 to 1821.
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Page 152:-  "..."
"[Mr. Gray] '... went to see Ullswater, five miles distant; soon left Keswick road, and turned to the left, through shady lanes, along the vale of Emont, ... to the right, Dalemain, .... Further on, Hutton-St.-John, a castle-like old mansion of Mr. Huddlestone. Approach Dunmallet ...'"
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Addendum; Mr Gray's Journal, 1769 
Page 201:-  "Oct. 1. A grey autumnal day, the air perfectly calm, and mild, went to see Ulls-water, five miles distant [from Penrith]; ... Further on appears Hutton-St.-John, a castle-like old mansion of Mr. Huddleston. ..."
evidence:-   old text:- Clarke 1787
placename:-  Hutton John
placename:-  Hutton St John
item:-  Civil War; popery
source data:-   Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, written and published by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787; published 1787-93.
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Page 24:-  "..."
"Hutton John is the next remarkable spot in this neighbourhood, and is called, (I do not know upon what authority,) by Mr Grey, Hutton St John. This estate belonged to a family of the name of Hutton for many years, and at last came into the Huddleston family, by a marriage between an only daughter of the Hutton family, and Andrew Huddleston, son of Sir John Huddleston of Millum Castle, in this county. The last possessor of the name of Hutton is worth the mentioning, on account of a very singular fact; for, having suffered forty years imprisonment, when he at length regained his liberty, his tenants refused to acknowledge him as their Lord: after much altercation, the dispute was at last compromised, and in token thereof, the tenants were to send two men on foot, and one man on horseback to the beacon."
"This place produced the famous Father John Huddleston, Hodlestone, or Hurlstone, (for in each of these forms his name appears in King Charles's letters,) who made himself so conspicuous for his unshaken loyalty to Charles the II. He was educated in the English college at Douay in Flanders, and took priest's orders in the Popish communion: He then came to England, where he was happily instrumental in preserving the King after his defeat at Worcester. Nor did his services end here; for in disguise he attended his unhappy, banished sovereign, through innumerable hardships and perils, never leaving him till he and the British constitution were restored to their distracted country. In reward for his services, he was at the Restoration appointed First Chaplain and Confessor to the Queen, and, (as afterwards appeared,) Private Confessor to the King: while the parliament, to shew their gratitude to the preserver of their sacred monarch, excepted him by name from every act which they passed for the suppression of Popery. Previous to the death of Charles the II. Father Huddlestone administered to the him the sacraments according to the Romish church, and upon his pronouncing the absolution, the King expressed his gratitude in these very striking terms, "You have saved me twice; first my body, after the fight at Worcester, and now my soul." He then asked the Father if he should declare his religious opinions to the world? to which he replied, He would take upon himself to inform the world of that particular; and this he afterward did, at the command of James the II. He published at the same time some papers of the King's own writing, in defence of the Romish communion, which were found after his death in his strong box; together with a little treatise written by Richard Huddleston, which is said to have been a principal means of converting the King (during his stay at Boscobel) to the Church of Rome."
"On all these accounts, James the II. made him superintendent of the chapel at Somerset-House, and settled a pension upon him sufficient to enable him to pass the remainder of his days in ease and peace. These he enjoyed through all the intermediate changes, till the year 1704, when this reverend old gentleman died at the age of 96, and was buried in the body of the chapel. A strict attention to the duties of religion, honour, and humanity, was the distinguishing feature of his character: he lived in the strictest temperance, and divided greatest part of those fortunes his loyalty had raised, between charitable uses, and the repairing and improvement of the English seminary at Doway. At his death he bequeathed the rest of his property in trust to the Lord Feversham, to be applied to the finishing those undertakings he had already begun."
"Though this truly good and exemplary man escaped so many dangers, his family suffered many heavy losses in the Royal Cause; for Cromwell seized their valuable possessions in Oxfordshire, Lancashire, and Westmorland, and sold them for the use of the Commonwealth; nor did Hutton John escape his traiterous malice, for it was laid under a sequestration till the restoration of the King."
evidence:-   old text:- Camden 1789 (Gough Additions) 
placename:-  Hutton John
item:-  Glorious Revolution (?)
source data:-   Book, Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
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Page 191:-  "..."
"Hutton John in this parish was the seat of the Huddlestons from the reign of Mary, of which was John, the popish priest who assisted Charles II. in his escape after the battle of Worcester, and administered the sacrament to him on his death-bed, and dying 1704, aged 96, was buried in the body of the chapel at Somerset-house, where it may be doubted if he rests in peace. His elder brother Andrew was one of the first in this county who declared for the Revolution, and seized a ship loaded with ammunition for James II. His grandson now owns the estate."
evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Hutton John
placename:-  Hutton St John
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 321-322  "About 3 Miles on l. of Penrith ... 2 Miles further is Hutton John, A Huddleston, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.1
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evidence:-   road book:- Cary 1798 (2nd edn 1802) 
placename:-  Hutton John
placename:-  Hutton St John
source data:-   Road book, itineraries, Cary's New Itinerary, by John Cary, 181 Strand, London, 2nd edn 1802.
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page 735-736  "Within 1½Mile of Penruddock, on l. is Hutton St. John, Andrew Huddleston, Esq."
item:-  JandMN : 228.2
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Hutton John
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Hutton John, Hutton, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Tipped in opposite p.312 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.70
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evidence:-   old print:- Taylor 1892
placename:-  Hutton John
item:-  coat of arms
source data:-   Print, door head with coat of arms etc at Hutton John, Hutton, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society, by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, and by Charles Thurnam and Sons, Carlisle, Cumberland, 1892.
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Inscription - 'THYS MAYD TOMAS'. 
Blazon given by Taylor - quarterly 1. and 4. Hutton of Hutton John, a fesse between three cushions charged with a fleur de lys 2. and 3. Barwise of Langrigg Hall, a chevron between three bears' heads muzzled 
On p.315 of The Old Manorial Halls of Cumberland and Westmorland, by Michael Waistell Taylor. 
item:-  Armitt Library : A785.71
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evidence:-   old print:- Curwen 1913
placename:-  Hutton John Hall
item:-  coat of arms; inscription; Hutton Family; Thurlwall Family
source data:-   Print, halftone photograph, Hutton John Hall, Armorial Slab, Hutton, Cumberland, published for the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society by Titus Wilson, Kendal, Westmorland, 1913.
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An eagle with the hinder part of a ?fox; coat of arms quarterly Hutton Family and Thurlwall Family; inscription 'Thys mayd Thomas'. 
Tipped in opposite p.438 of The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North of the Sands, by John F Curwen. 
printed at bottom:-  "HUTTON JOHN HALL, Armorial Slab."
item:-  Armitt Library : A782.89
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evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Hutton John
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"HUTTON JOHN AND BARN ADJOINING / / / HUTTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / I / 73931 / NY4397226953"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
item:-  date stone (1662)
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GARDEN TERRACE WALL SOUTH AND EAST OF HUTTON JOHN / / / HUTTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73933 / NY4399426957"
evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"DOVECOTE SOUTH OF HUTTON JOHN / / / HUTTON / EDEN / CUMBRIA / II / 73932 / NY4397726931"
notes:-  
 tower and hall

Perriam, D R &Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustration
hearsay:-  
 On a gable of a wing of the house, with a cross patee:-
"1622 / HOC SIGNO VINCES"
On the lintel of the garden door to the Pleasance:-
"Andreas Hudleston Hoc Fieri Fecit / Soli Deo Honor et Gloria 1662"
The last phrase is the Hudleston motto.
hearsay:-  
 The Justices of the Peace acting within Leath Ward, to the Surveyor of the Township of Hutton John, 1 August 1848:-
"[You are hereby required forthwith to erect and fix in the most convenient places upon the several Highways within your Liberty, where two or more Roads meet, a Stone or Post, with proper Inscriptions on both sides thereof, in large legible Letters, not less than one inch height, and of proper and proportionate breadth, containing and denoting the names of the Towns, Villages, or Places to which the said Highways respectively lead, as well as Stones or Posts to mark the Boundaries of the Highway between your own Liberty, and the Liberties next adjoining, containing the name of the Township or Parish for which you act; and you are allowed to charge the reasonable expenses of providing and erecting the same, in your accounts.]"
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