 From 1563 until 1927, the family were lords of the manor of Swindon, living on the Goddard Estate in The Lawns.Other important manors included Clyffe Pypard and Ogbourne St George in Wiltshire, Standen at Hungerford in Berkshire and Stargroves at East Woodhay in Hampshire.Thomas Goddard's purchase were said to include profits of the fairs and the weekly market, 60 messuages, 40 cottages, 2 water mills, 100 gardens, 100 orchards, of land, of meadows, of heath, of woods, of pasture and one dovecote.