Grandma Evelyn

Evelyn photographed in c1930 carved tree sculpture of Katherine at Kettlethorpe 
the similar hairstyle amuses me

    My connection to Katherine Swynford comes through my grandmother, Evelyn. Her family line descends from the Huddlestons of Millom Castle in Cumbria. From the Huddlestons, the descent passes through a succession of significant English families before reaching the Percy family of Northumberland.

   Through the Percys, the line connects to Eleanor Neville, the second daughter of Joan Beaufort and Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland. Joan Beaufort, in turn, was the daughter of Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt. It is through this Beaufort–Neville–Percy lineage that my own family history ultimately leads back to Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt.