254 A BOOK OF ENGLISH GARDENS 



There are many interesting portraits of the 

 priest ; the one at Hutton John was painted by 

 Housman in 1685. 



All the Hudlestons suffered cruelly at Crom- 

 well's hands on account of their loyalty to the two 

 Charles's, and this branch of the family lost every 

 possession but Hutton John, and even this was 

 many years "under sequestration," and not returned 

 to them till Charles II. became King. 



It was the grandson of Marie, the heiress of 

 Hutton John, who married Dorothy Fleming, and 

 added to the old house, having his name and that 

 of his wife carved on the wings. Their son was 

 the first Protestant in the family, a man of dis- 

 tinction and a great admirer of the Prince of 

 Orange in fact, he was the initiator of the first 

 hostilities against King James. Hearing, in 

 October, 1688, that a ship loaded with arms, for 

 a garrison at Carlisle, had put in at Workington, 

 he rode over and consulted Sir James Lowther 

 (also a keen supporter of the Dutch William) how 

 the ships could be gained for the use of the Prince 

 of Orange, his landing in England being daily 

 expected. They armed their servants and tenants 

 and marched secretly during the night to be in 

 readiness for the attack in the early morning. 

 They were successful, the crew quickly surrender- 

 ing. William III. was delayed by storms from 

 landing at the time he was expected, which delay 



