[1][2] He was also considered as a potential recipient Knight of the Royal Oak, a reward to those Englishmen who faithfully and actively supported Charles II during his exile in France.
John Penderell happened to meet Father Huddleston, who suggested that the King should go to Moseley Old Hall on the night of 7 September.
[4] They gave Charles dry clothes, food, and a proper bed (his first since Worcester on 3 September).
To guard against surprise, Huddleston was constantly in attendance on the king; his three pupils were stationed as sentinels at upper windows and Thomas Whitgrave patrolled the garden.
On 9 September, Parliamentary troops questioned Whitgrave while the King and Huddleston were hiding in the priest hole.