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Middleton Hall sketched by Thomas Machell
 Middleton Hall 
In 1692, Thomas Machell, Rector of Kirkby Thore, toured Westmorland (now Cumbria) making notes and sketches for a History of the Barony of Kendal. He wrote:
“I went to Middleton Hall, an old ruinous, castle-like house and exceeding black – having an ascent to the gate with three rows of trees. Here [there] has been a chapel which is now ruinous. I drew out the arms with an account of Midleton of Applegarth out of a rotten tablet of wood. [Then I] went to visit Mrs Hebblethwaite the surviving sister of two coheirs, the other being dead, who was married to [James] Cragg. Both [married] countrymen, and it troubled me to see so small a difference between a person so well descended and a country wife.”
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Thomas Machell also sketched the Midleton Pedigree and this includes the marriage of Bridget Midleton to John Hebblethwaite of Dent:

Midleton Pedigree 1692

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Killington Hall 
Continuing his journey, Thomas Machell travelled to Killington Chapel and Hall. He wrote:
“Killington Hall stands over against the West end of the Chapel, the highway only lying between them, where there is a pretty tower which is now only walls, but the rest is repaired by one of the Kitsons whose descendant, Mr Tho. Heblethwaite, caused me to lodge all night in that house with his brother and farmer, and was very courteous and civil to me as he is said to be with his neighbours.”
Inscription at Killington Hall
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Thomas Machell drew out a coat of arms with the initials TK (Thomas Kitson) that he saw over the hall door, now a window. He also described how the manor house, originally in the Pickering family, passed to Mr Thomas Kitson of Warton. Later his son, Thomas, conveyed it by deed to feofees in Trust for the use of Mr Heblethwaite, the present proprietor.
Machell also noted down the Kitson Heblethwaite pedigree:

Kitson Hebblethwaite Pedigree 1692

To find out more about the travels of Thomas Machell, click on this Antiquary on Horseback link
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