Manor Owners

10th Century -   Uctred

1086 -  Count of Mortain  -  given by William the Conqueror, his half brother. 

1200 -   Richard de Surdeval

1230?-  John de Surdeval had two daughters - Maud m. Peter de Jarpenvill and

1277  -  Emma m. William de Barton. William died in 1284

1280?-  William de Barton

1284?-  Nicholas de Barton

1300?-  Nicholas de Barton

1316 -   Joan de Barton m. Richard de Pickering (1st).

1348 -  Thomas de Pickering (1st) m. Margaret. Thomas died in 1348.

1355 -  Richard de Pickering  (2nd).

1427 -   Richard de Pickering  (3rd).

1441 -   John de Pickering

1470? - Thomas de Pickering (2nd) died in 1509

1509 -  William de Pickering (1st). In 1513 he was Knight Marshall to Henry VIII, probably the last occupant of the Pickering House in Oswaldkirk. (He married Eleanor, daughter of William Fairfax)

1542 -  William de Pickering (2nd). At age 24 years he was attached to the Court as a courtier and diplomat -  He was said to be a possible suitor for Queen  Elizabeth, but died unmarried in 1574.

1574 -  Hester Pickering was WilliamÌs illegitimate daughter. She married Lord Edward Wotton  (1st). She died in 1596.

1625 -   Their son, Edward (Thomas?) Wotton (2nd), conveyed the land to

1628 -  Nicholas Pay who held the Manor. In 1630 Anne, NicholasÌ eldest daughter, married  Sir Edward Hales (1st).

1654 -   Edward (2nd), their son, became a Roman Catholic and follower of James II.

1661 -   William Moore (1st) bought the land and manorial rights from Edward Hales. William died in 1681.

1674 - William Moore (2nd).  William built the present Hall for daughter Mary sometime after 1690. He died in 1720.

1700 -   Mary Moore inherited. She married Edward Thompson, M.P. for York.

1784 -   John William Banner, cousin of Mary Thompson, inherited.

1811 -  Thomas Banner and Mary Banner, son and daughter of John William Banner inherited. Thomas died in 1826 and Mary married Richard Banner Oakley in 1811. She died in 1838.

1826? -  Richard Banner Oakley inherited.

1838 -   Edward Banner Oakley (probably Mary and RichardÌs son) inherited.

1865 -   Mary Cockcroft, from Scarborough, bought the property. (683 acres). She died in 1866 and MaryÌs nephew, Robert Henry Page-Henderson died in 1867 at the age of 39 - there is a memorial to him in the church at Chapel le Dale near the Penrith Viaduct

1866  - Lt. Col. Henry Cockcroft Page Henderson, eldest son of Robert,  sold the lands to Percy Robert Page Henderson.

1907 -   Lt.Col. John Musgrave Benson of Warren House, Wharfedale bought the property.

1934 -  Major Philip and Violet Gattysmith bought the Hall at the sale of the Benson estate .

1957     Roddy and Sonia Heathcote-Amory bought the Hall for £6000

1986     David and Sara Craig are the present owners.