 In 1456 Reginald de Gray , the owner of the Manor itself , sold the land to a group including Thomas Bryan . A few months later , the other members signed deeds of release , granting the property solely to Thomas Bryan . Bryan acted as either a feoffee or an owner representing the governing body of the Inn ( there are some records suggesting he may have been a Bencher at this point ) but in 1493 he transferred the ownership by charter to a group including Sir Robert Brudenell and Thomas Wodeward , reverting the ownership of the Inn partially back to the Gray family . 
