 In 1653, the castle suffered a fire in which three of the steward's daughters were killed.The castle continued to move from owner to owner until Hilary L’Estrange purchased the castle in 1851.He passed it on to his son, Rev A. G. K. L'Estrange, on whose death in 1915, the castle was willed into the care of the state, the first such property to be so willed.