One of the other notable Lords of the Manor was Sir Hugh de Morville , Lord of Westmorland . He was one of the four knights who murdered St Thomas Beckett in Canterbury cathedral , and legend says that he took refuge here afterwards before being banished to France . ( Hugh Seat is named after him , and Wild Boar Fell , as seen from beyond the castle to the north , is said to have haunted him because in certain lights its profile strongly suggests a face and mitre : the recumbent St Thomas . ) On 24 February 1537 ten men from Mallerstang were hanged in the dale for taking part in the Pilgrimage of Grace . The local protesters had gathered at Lammerside Castle , just north of Mallerstang , and joined the 6000 men who marched through Westmorland towards Carlisle . This uprising against King Henry VIII was put down by a military force commanded by Thomas Howard , 3rd Duke of Norfolk , aided by Sir Thomas Wharton , 1st Baron Wharton ( whose seat , Wharton Hall , lies just to the north of the parish ) . From the many prisoners taken , 74 were picked out to be executed in their own villages
Pilgrimage of Grace
Pilgrimage of Grace
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