disrupted by soldiers who imprisoned Penington and others at Aylesbury. Ellwood became the tutor of Penington's children in 1662 and resided at the Grange with the family until the estate was confiscated in 1665 as punishment for Sir Isaac Penington's role in the execution of Charles I. In 1665, Arthur Trevor bought the Grange and was inherited by his nephew Sir John Trevor in 1667. The house was bought by George Jeffreys in 1680 and was his place of residence whilst the house at Bulstrode Park underwent reconstruction after a fire and held court at the Greyhound Inn in Chalfont St Peter. According to local tradition, Jeffreys gave strict orders to never remove his portrait from the Grange, but after his fall from grace his portrait was moved to the cellar and bricked in. John Bellers resided at the Grange from at least 1690 to 1695. John Wilkins leased the house from c. 1700, and the Grange was later bought by Henry Bentinck, 1st Duke of Portland. William Bentinck, 2nd Duke of Portland leased the house to Simon Mayne for ten years at £15 pa from September 1730, however, Mayne could not pay his rent in September 1736. In December of the same year, Captain Hilliard Hely arranged to pay Mayne's rent until at least 1738. The Grange was later leased to Hely in September 1743 for twenty-one years at £15 pa. The house was the residence of Lieutenant General Terence O’Loughlin from 1802 until his death in 1843. The Grange was owned by Captain Richard Meredith from at least September 1848 to his death in 1850. The estate is recorded in the possession of Thomas Wright in 1854, and at his death on 25 April 1877. The trustees of Thomas Wright's estate sold the contents of the house at auction in September 1877. Reverend Canon Richard Norris Russell owned the Grange from at least 1883, and his wife Lady Mary Russell died at the house on 25 May 1891. The estate was bequeathed to his son Richard Harold Russell on his death on 13 June 1896. The house was advertised for sale in May 1899, and the contents of the house were auctioned in August. Adolph Fass, maternal grandfather of Robert Morley, purchased the estate in 1900, and lived there until his death on 30 April 1905. The Grange was acquired by John Leeming by 1921, and operated as