In 1657, the hall and its grounds were sold to Richard Emes, a local businessman, for £9,000. Upon the Restoration, the estate was bought back by the Crown and passed through the ownerships of various nobilities, before eventually being sold through public auction, shortly before the Coronation of Queen Victoria.The Book of the Exhibition of Houses and Cottages: Romford Garden Suburb, Gidea Park, p. 35.
