Early History

Ownership of the Wroxton manor is recorded as early as 1089. Michael Belet, a tenant at Wroxton founded an Augustinian priory in 1216 or 1217.

Following the dissolution of monastic properties in 1536, Sir Thomas Pope, treasurer of Henry VIII's Court of Augmentations, purchased the lease to the land and monastic remains. He never lived at Wroxton, but after he founded Trinity College Oxford and endowed it with the Wroxton properties, the college was obliged to renew the lease of the estate to the male heirs of his brother John.

The "Entrance Hallway" scene connects to scene 6: "The Chapel," scene D: "South Wing Preview," scene 7: "The Great Hall," and scene 3: "The Main Entrance."

The Entrance Hallway