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The property remained in the family till Cuthbert 

 Hutton died. His wife Elizabeth, the daughter 

 of Sir Robert Bellingham, had been educated 

 with Lady Katherine Parr at Kendal Castle, and 

 when Henry VIII. made Katherine his sixth wife, 

 she sent for Elizabeth to be " the Mother of the 

 Maids " at Court. The Princess Mary stood 

 godmother to Elizabeth Hutton's daughter Marie, 

 to whom Hutton John passed, as her brother 

 Thomas died childless. In 1564 Marie Hutton 

 married Andrew, younger son of Sir John Hud- 

 leston, of Millum Castle, and Hutton John, with 

 its beautiful Yews and grass Terraces, has remained 

 in the Hudleston's possession ever since. 



Andrew Hudleston was an officer in the body- 

 guard of Edward VI. and his two sisters, Queen 

 Mary and Queen Elizabeth. He rejoiced in the 

 possession of seven sons and three daughters ; one 

 of his sons, John, stands out in the annals of the 

 family as a most romantic figure. 



Educated at Douai, in Flanders, as a priest, on 

 the outbreak of the Civil War he volunteered to 

 serve under Sir John Preston. After the battle 

 of Worcester, John Hudleston helped to save 

 Charles II.'s life by hiding him from the rebels 

 in an Oak tree at Boscobel ever after called 

 the " Royal Oak." Boscobel possessed such a 

 fascinating Garden, that when it was thought 

 safe Charles left his leafy hiding-place ; as Thomas 



