 The estate came into the hands of the Kingsmill family after the Dissolution of the Monasteries when it was granted by Henry VIII to John Kingsmill.It passed down in the family to Elizabeth Corry, daughter of Frances Kingsmill and Hugh Corry, who married Robert Brice.Robert took the name of Kingsmill in 1766, became an admiral and was created Baronet Kingsmill in 1800.