Sayer Weale Reynal (1749-1784) was born in 1749. In 1777 he became High Sheriff of Bedfordshire. He married Sarah Millard (1749-1835) who was the daughter of Collins Millard from Leighton Buzzard. Unfortunately John died in 1784 at the age of 35. He left his property to Sarah and in 1785 she married the widower Colonel Francis Moore (1747-1810) who was a wealthy landowner from Aspley Guise. He built Moore Place in Aspley Guise in 1786 which still exists today. He died in 1810 and Sarah died in 1835. In her Will Sarah left Egglington House and the other property she had inherited from the Reynal family to her nephew Millard Adams. Millard Adams (1792- 1871) was the son of William Adams and Sarah’s sister Mary Millard. When he died in 1871 his son John Warner Adams (1822-1903) inherited the house. When he died in 1903 he was described as one of the largest landowners in Bedfordshire. His son John James Reynal Adams (1848-1909) inherited his property. He did not marry and had no children but when he died in 1909 he left a trust which provided for his housekeeper Mrs Sarah Ann Mann. He stated that he did this “in grateful recognition of her many kindnesses to him and of her long residence with his family and particularly of her attention to his father in his illness and his infirmity." When she died he stated the estate was to go to Groom Cooper Bunker (1857-1932). This did occur when Mrs Mann died in 1925. John and Joan Hodgson John and Joan Hodgson lived at Eggington House between 1918 and 1936. During that time Sylvia Pankhurst, the famous suffragette made frequent visits to the house. Pankhurst was a friend of Joan when they were both in the suffragette movement. At that time her maiden name was Miss Joan Wickham and she was for some time the Secretary of Sylvia’s famous mother Emmeline Pankhurst. In 1913 she organised Emmeline Pankhurst’s tour of the US and received a great deal of publicity for her work. Joan was born Alice Joan Wickham in 1888 in London. Her father was Lieutenant Colonel Henry Wickham and her mother was Lady Ethelreda Caroline Gordon who was the daughter of Charles Gordon, Marquess of Huntly. Joan spent much of her childhood living at Barnwell Castle and later Cotterstock Hall. In 1918 she married John Lawrence Hodgson who was