John de Hudleston, was granted a licence by Edward III to crenellate (fortify) his manor house at Millom in Cumberland. This was documentnted in a charter dated 1335: "Licence for John de Hodleston to enclose with a dyke and crenellate his dwelling-place of Millum, co. Cumberland." The area had been raided by Scottish forces in 1322 and it is likely that work on defences at Millom started before the formal Licence to Crenellate. The manor house was later extended and known as Millom Castle.
During the English Civil War, Millom Castle in Cumberland was badly damaged in an attack by Parliamentary forces, who captured the castle and slighted it in 1644. Despite partial repairs in the 1670's the castle gradually fell into ruin. The great tower of the castle remains today as part of a farmhouse.
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