Amelia Huddleston was born in Yorkshire England, lived in Scotland with her husband John Barr, and after his bankruptcy went to New York. From there they went to Chicago and finally Texas, where she survived the Galveston hurricane. She moved to New York and began writing for publication in about 1870, writing poems, essays, and novels. Of her 42 published novels, she is best remembered today for Remember the Alamo .
All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography - 1913 D. Appleton and Company
APPENDIX I
HUDDLESTON LORDS OF MILLOM
IF I followed my own desire, instead of the general custom, I should place the genealogical history of the Huddlestons of Mi!lom before my own story and not after it. For to the noble men and women who passed on the name to me, I owe everything that has made my life useful to others, and happy to myself. They con-served for me, upon the wide seas of the world and the mountains and fells of Cumberland, that splendid vitality, which still at eighty-two years of age enables me to do continuously eight and nine hours of steady mental work without sense of fatigue, which keeps me young in heart and brain and body. They transmitted to me their noble traditions of faith in God, and of passionate love for their country. From them I received that eternal hope which treads disaster under its feet, that courage which never fails, because God never can fail, and that natural religious trust which is the abiding foundation of a life that has continually turned sorrow into joy and apparent failure into certain success. I honor all my predecessors as I honor my father and my mother, and I have had the promise added to that commandment. "My days have been long in the land which the Lord, my God, has given me." These few natal notes are all I now know of them, but I have a sure faith that in some future the bare facts will grow into the living romances they only now hint of. I shall know them all and all of them will know me; and we shall talk together of the different experiences we met on our widely different roads to the same continuing home ~ a home not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. A. E B.
HUDDLESTON LORDS OF MILLOM
The pedigree of this very ancient family is traced back to five generations
before the Conquest. The first, however, of the name who was lord
of Millom was,
SIR JOHN HUDDLESTON, KNIGHT, who was the son of Adam, son of John,
son of Richard, son of Reginald, son of Nigel, son of Richard, son of another
Richard, son of John, son of Adam, son of Adam de Hodleston in Co. YorK
The five last named according to the York MS were before the Conquest.
Sir JOHN DE HODLESTON, KNIGHT, in the year 1270 was witness to a deed in the Abbey of St. Mary in Furness. By his marriage with the Lady Joan, Sir John became lord of Anneys in Millom. In the 20th Edward I, 1292, he proved before Hugh Cressingham, justice itinerant, that he possessed JURA REGALIA within the lordship of Millom. In the 25th, 1297, he was appointed by the king warder or governor of Galloway in Scotland. In the 27th, 1299, he was summoned as baron of the realm, to do military service; in the next year, 1300, he was present at the siege of Carlaverock. In the 29th, 1301, though we have no proof that he was summoned, he attended the Parliament in Lincoln, and subscribed as a baron the celebrated letter to the Pope, by the title of lord of Anneys. He was still alive in the 4th of Edward IV, 1311. Sir John had three sons -John who died early, and Richard and Adam.
The Hudlestons of Hutton~John-were descended from a younger branch of the family at Millom, as were the Hudlestons of Swaston Co., Cambridge, who settled there temp. Henry VIII, in consequence of a marriage with one of the co-heiresses of the Marquis Montague.
RICHARD HUDDLESTON, son and heir, succeeded his father. Both he and
his brother Adam are noticed in the later writs of Edward
I. They were both of the faction of the Earl of Lancaster, and obtained
in the 7th Edward II, 1313, a pardon for their participation with him in
the death of the king's favorite, Gaveston. Adam was taken prisoner with
the earl in the Battle of Borough-bridge in 1322, where he bore for arms
gules fretted with silver, with a label of azure. Richard was not at that
battle and in the 19th of the king, 1326, when EdwardII summoned the Knights
of every county to the Parliament at Westminster, was returned the first
among the Knights of Cumberland. He married Alice, daughter of Richard
Troughton in the 13th, Edward II, 1319-1320, and had issue.
JOHN HUDDLESTON, son of the above named Richard, who succeeded his father in 1337, and married a daughter of Henry Fenwick, lord of Fenwick, co. of Northumberland.
RICHARD HUDDLESTON, son of John.
SIR RICHARD HUDLESTON, KNIGHT served as a banneret at the Battle of
Agincourt, 1415. He married Anne, sister of Sir William Harrington K. G.,
and served in the wars in France, in the retinue of that knight.
Sir JOHN HUDLESTON, KNIGHT, son of Richard, was appointed to treat
with the Scottish commissioners on border matters in the 4th Edward IV,
1464; was knight of the shire in the 7th, 1467; appointed one of the conservators
of the peace on the borders in the 20th, 1480; and again in the 2nd of
Richard, 1484; and died on the 6th of November in the 9th of Henry VII,
1494. He married Joan, one of the co-heirs of Sir Miles Stapleton
of Ingham in Yorkshire. He was made bailiff and keeper of the king's
woods and chases in Barnoldwick, in the county of York; sheriff of the
county of Cumberland, by the Duke of Gloucester for his life steward of
Penrith, and warden of the west marches. He had three sons-
1. Sir Richard K. B., who died in the lifetime of his father, 1st Richard
III. He married Margaret, natural daughter of Richard Nevill, earl
of Warwick, and had one son and two daughters, viz.:
Richard married Elizabeth, daughter of Lady Mabel Dacre, and died without
issue, when the estates being entailed passed to the heir male, the descendant
of his Uncle John.
Johan married to Hugh Fleming, Esq., of Rydal. Margaret married to
Launcelot Salkeld, Esq., of
Whitehall.
2. Sir John.
3. Sir William.
SIR JOHN HUDLESTON, second son of Sir John and Joan his wife, married
Joan, daughter of Lord Fitz Hugh, and dying the 5th Henry VIII, 1513-1514,
was succeeded by his son.
SIR JOHN HUOLESTON K. B., espoused firstly the Lady Jane Clifford,
youngest daughter of Henry, earl of Cumberland, by whom he had no issue.
He married secondly Joan, sister of Sir John Seymour, Kn't, and aunt of
Jane Seymour, queen consort of Henry VIII, and by her he had issue
ANTHONY his heir.
ANDREW, who married Mary, sister and co-heiress of Thomas Hutton, Esq.,
of Hutton-John, from whom descended the branch at that mansion.
A daughter who married Sir Hugh Askew, Kn't, yeoman of the cellar to
henry VIII, and Ann, married to Ralph
Latus, Esq., of the Beck.
Sir John, died 38th, Henry VIII, 1546-7.
ANTHONY IIUDLESTON, ESQ., 501) and heir, married Mary, daughter of
Sir William Barrington, Knight, and was succeeded by his son
WILLIAM HUDLESTON, ESQ., knight of the shire in the 43rd Elizabeth,
who married Mary, daughter of Bridges, Esq., of Gloucestershirn
FERDINANDO HUDLESToN, son and heir, was also knight of the shire in
the 21st James I. He married Jane, daughter of Sir Ralph Grey, knight of
Chillingham, and had issue nine sons
WIILIAM, JOHN, FERDINANDO, RICHARD RALPH, INGLEBY, EDWARD, ROBERT and
JOSEPH all of whom were officers in the service of Charles I. He was succeeded
by his eldest son.
Sir WILLIAM HUDUESTON, a zealous and devoted royalist, who raised a
regiment of horse for his sovereign, and also a regiment of foot; the latter
he maintained at his own expense during the whole of the war. For his good
services and his personal bravery at the battle of Edgehill, where he retook
the royal standard, he was made a knight banneret by Charles I on the field.
He married Bridget, daughter of Joseph Pennington, Esq., of Muncaster.
He had issue, besides his successor, a daughter, Isabel, who married Richard
Kirkby, Esq., of Furness, and was Succeeded by his son.
FERDINAND HUDDLESTON ESQ., who married Dorothy, daughter of Peter Hunley,
merchant of London, and left a sole daughter and heiress Mary, who married
Charles West, Lord Delawar, and died without issue. At his decease
the representation of his family reverted to
RICHARD HUDDLESTON, ESQ., son of Colonel John Hudleston, Esq., second
son of Ferdinando Hudleston, and Jane Grey his wife. This gentleman married
Isabel, daughter of Thomas Hudleston, Esq., of Bainton, co. York, and was
succeeded by his son,
FERDINANDO HUDDLESTON, ESQ., who married Elizabeth, daughter of Lyon
Falconer, Esq., co. Rutland, by whom he had issue,
WILLIAM HUDLESTON, ESQ. This gentleman married Gertrude, daughter of
Sir William Meredith, Bart., by whom he had issue, two daughters, Elizabeth
and Isabella. Elizabeth, the elder, married Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart.,
who in 1774 sold the estate for little more than 20,000 pounds to Sir James
Lowther, Bart.-by whom it was devised to his successor, the Earl of Lonsdale.
Millom Castle, considerable remains of which are still in existence,
is pleasantly situated in the township of Millom Below, near the mouth
of the Duddon. It was fortified and embattled in 1335 by Sir John Hudleston,
who obtained a license from the King for that purpose. In ancient times
it was surrounded by a fine park. Here for many centuries the lords
of Millom held their feudal pomp and state undisturbed by war's tempestuous
breath, from which the more northerly parts of the country suffered so
severely, and so often; and we do not hear that the Castle was ever attacked
previous to the wars of the Parliament, when it appears to have been invested,
though no particulars respecting the occurrence have been recorded. It
is at this period that the old vicarage house, which was in the neighborhood
of the Castle, was pulled down, lest the rebels should take refuge therein.
Mr. Thomas Denton tells us, that in 1688 the castle was much in want of
repair. He also informs us that the gallows where the lords of Millom
exercised their power of punishing criminals with death stood on a hill
near the castle, and that felons had suffered there shortly before the
time at which he was writing. He describes the park as having within
twenty years abounded with oak, which to the value of 4,000 pounds had
been cut down to serve as fuel at the iron forges. When John Denton
wrote the castle appears to have been in n partly ruinous state, although
the lords still continued to reside there occasionally. In 1739 the
old fortress appears to have been in much the same condition as it is in
our own times. In 1774 when Nicholson and Burn published their history,
the park was well stocked with deer, and this state of things continued
till the year 1802, when it was disparked by the earl of Lonsdale. The
old feudal stronghold of the Boyvilles and Hudlestons now serves as a farmhouse,
the principal part remaining is a large square tower, formerly embattled,
but at present terminated by a plain parapet. The chief entrance
appears to have been in the east front by a lofty flight of steps. In a
wall of the garden are the arms of Hudleston, as also in the wall of an
outhouse. On the south and west sides traces of the moat are still
visible. The lordship of Millom still retains its own coroner.
After the sale of Millom to the Earl of Lonsdale, which occurred only
twenty-five years before the birth of my father, many of the Huddleston
family emigrated to Newfoundland and to the American colonies. There
were Huddlestons settled in Texas who had fought with General Sam Houston.
They were large land owners and had patriarchal wealth in cattle and horses.
I know this, for I wrote their assessments during the last two years of
the Civil War. A California editor told me three years ago that there
were Huddlestons among the rich miners of that state; and there is a notable
branch of the family descended from Valentine Huddleston who came to the
Plymouth colony in A. D. 1622. This gentleman is among the list of
the proprietors of Dartmouth. He had two sons the eldest of whom
bore the family name of Henry. Nothing can be more clear and straight than
the pedigree of this branch; and its direct descend-ant is at the present
day one of New York's most esteemed and influential citizens.
TH LORDS OF MILLOM
From Bulmer & Co.'s "History and Directory of Westmoreland,"
Millom Parish, page 154.
The Boyvilles held the seigniory in their male issue from the reign
of Henry I to the reign of Henry III, a space of one hundred years, when
the name and family ended in a daughter, Joan de Millom, by her marriage
with Sir John Huddleston (No.5, Foot-Prints), conveyed the inheritance
to that family, with whom it remained for about five hundred years.
The Huddlestons were an ancient and honorable family who could trace their
pedigree back five generations before the Conquest. The lords of
Millom frequently played important parts in the civil and military history
of the country. Richard and Adam (Nos. 6 and 7, Foot-Pints), reign of Edward
II, were implicated in the murder of Gaveston, the king's favorite, and
the latter was taken prisoner at the battle of Borough Bridge in 1322.
Sir Richard Huddleston (No.12, FootPrints) served as a banneret at the
battle of Agincourt in 1415. Sir John Huddleston was appointed one
of the conservators of the peace on the borders in 1480, high sheriff of
Yorkshire, steward of Neurith, and warden of the West Marchea.
Sir William Huddleston (No.17, FootPrints), a zealous and devoted royalist,
raised a regiment of horsemen for the service of the sovereign, as also
a regiment of footmen, and the latter he maintained at his own expense.
At the battle of Edge Hill he retook the standard from the Cromwellians,
and for this act of personal valor he was made a knight banneret by the
king on the field.
William Huddleston (not No.17, FootPrints), the twenty-first of his
family who held Millom, left two daughters, Elizabeth and Isabella The
former of whom married Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., who in 1774 sold
the estate for a little more than £20,000 to Sir James Lowther, Bart~,
from whom it has descended to the present Earl of Lonsdale.
Millom Castle, of which considerable remains are still in existence,
is pleasantly situated near the church. It was for many centuries
the feudal residence of the lords of Millom, and though its venerable ruins
have been neglected, still they point out its former strength and importance.
It was fortified and embattled in 1335 by Sir John Huddleston in pursuance
of a license received from the king. It was anciently surrounded by a park
well stocked with deer, and adorned with noble oaks, which were cut down
in 1690 by Ferdinando Huddleston to supply timber for the building of a
8hip and fuel for his smelting furnace
The principal part of the castle now remaining is a large square tower
formerly embattled but now terminated by a plain parapet
Mr. John Denton tells us the Castle in his time (the middle of the
15th century) was partly in a rained state though the lords continued to
reside there occasionally. Before the year 1774 the park was well
stocked with deer and continued so 'until 1802 when Lord Lonsdale disparked
it and 207 deer were killed and the venison sold from 2d. to 4d. per lb.
The feudal hall of the Boyvilles and the Huddlestons where the lords
of Millom lived in almost royal state is now the domicile of a farmer.
sic transit gloria mundi.
The moat is still visible in one or two places and in a wall and also
in the garden may be seen the arms of the Huddlestons.
The castle is now undergoing reparation; some new windows are being
inserted and additional buildings are being erected.
(We are indebted to Miss Alethia M. Huddleston, of lancashire, England,
for the copy of the foregoing valuable account of Millom.)