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his house was plundered by the mob, who took part with 

 Lady Jane Grey. The princess is said to have been conveyed 

 to FramHngham " on a double horse behind Mr. Huddleston's 

 servant." On her accession to the throne, she rewarded her 

 protector by bestowing on him the honour of knighthood, 

 and making him Vice-chamberlain. It has been said also, 

 that she gave him a great part of the materials of Cambridge 

 Castle to rebuild his house at Swaston. It may be observed, 

 however, that this ancient mansion is chiefly composed of brick ; 

 the date corresponds with the tradition, for it appears it was 

 built in 1557. 



^*^ Sir John Carleton, of Holcombe, in Oxfordshire, 

 created a Baronet in 1627, was eldest son and heir of George 

 Carleton, Esq., of Holcombe, by Elizabeth, his wife, daughter 

 and co-heir to Sir John Brockett, of Brockett Hall, Herts, and 

 inherited in 1631, under the will of his uncle, Sir Dudley 

 Carleton, Viscount Dorchester, that nobleman's estate at 

 Brightwell, in Oxfordshire. He married, in 1625, Anne, 

 daughter of Sir R. Houghton, Knight, of Houghton, in 

 Lancashire, and relict of Sir John Cotton, of Lanwade, in 

 Cambridgeshire, by whom he had one son and two daughters, 

 viz. George, his heir. Anne, born at Cheveley, October 29, 

 1627, married in 1647 George Garth, Esq., of Morden, in 

 Surrey, and had issue. She died in 1655. Catherine, born 

 at Cheveley, in 1630, married in 1652 to John Stone, Esq., 

 and died at Crawley, in Bedfordshire, in 1668, leaving, with 

 other issue, a son and eventually heir, John Stone, Esq., of 

 Brightwell, who died without issue in 1732, the last of his 

 family, bequeathing his estates to Mary Stone, his widow, 

 for life, with remainder to his cousin and heir, Francis Lowe, 

 Esq., by whose descendants they have since been enjoyed. 

 Sir John Carleton died in London, in November, 1637, and 

 was buried at Brightwell. His widow survived until May 

 17, 1 67 1, and was interred at Lanwade, the burial-place of 

 the Cotton family. Sir John's only son. Sir George Carleton, 

 of Holcombe, died unmarried in 1650, seised of the manors 

 of Brightwell, Cadwallis, and Holcombe, in the county of 



