 King Henry VII gave the manor first to his brother Jasper, Duke of Bedford and then in 1514 to the Duke of Norfolk.In 1543, it passed to [[Sir Thomas Pope[[, founder of [[Trinity College, Oxford|Trinity College]].After the [[English Civil War|Civil War]], the estate was granted to [[Sir Francis Henry Lee]] of [[Ditchley]], who sold it to the [[Blake baronets|Blake family]].