 In 1539 at the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was granted by King Henry VIII to William Fitzwilliam, Earl of Southampton.It reverted to the Crown on Fitzwilliam's death and in 1545 was re-granted by King Henry VIII to Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley, a younger brother of Queen Jane Seymour, the king's third wife and younger brother of Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, Lord Protector, uncle of the infant King Edward VI.After Thomas Seymour's execution in 1549 for treason, the house was sold to Henry Fitz Alan, 12th Earl of Arundel, for about £40.