On 23rd March 1375, Sir Baldwin II de Freville died. To mark the 650th anniversary of his passing, we thought it was an opportune time to tell a brief history of this former owner of Middleton Hall. Baldwin II was born on 15th August 1317 at Tamworth Castle and was the son of Sir Baldwin I de Freville and Elizabeth de Montfort. After his father’s death in 1343, Baldwin II inherited a third of Middleton. This was during the long and very complicated period of Middleton’s owner

In this post we are highlighting a conflict from 700 years ago in which two owners of Middleton Hall were involved and that ultimately led to the overthrowing of the English king. In 1325, Middleton was in its period of divided ownership in which the entire manor and even the Hall itself had been divided equally between the heirs. One third was in the inherited possession of Joan, the youngest daughter of Philip de Marmion and at that time the wife of Sir Henry Hillary. Anoth