 Pishiobury was also enjoyed for a short period by Anne Boleyn on whose execution it reverted to the Crown.Kind Edward VI of England granted it to a gentleman of the Chamber and in 1555 it was held by Thomas Mildmay, whose son, Sir Walter Mildmay, began the present house in 1585.In 1611, Sir Thomas Mildmay sold the manor of Pishiobury to Lord Lionel Cranfield.