am ber ▁and ▁favour ite ▁court ier ▁of ▁Henry ▁VIII . ▁Other ▁est ates ▁which ▁came ▁into ▁his ▁possession ▁include ▁the ▁New ▁Forest ▁man ors ▁of ▁B ister ne ▁and ▁M inst ead . ▁ ▁The ▁man ors ▁of ▁Ar ne wood ▁and ▁Ash ley ▁remained ▁in ▁the ▁Com pton ▁family ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁but ▁by ▁ 1 6 3 2 ▁it ▁was ▁in ▁the ▁possession ▁of ▁Roger ▁T ulse . ▁In ▁ 1 6 7 0 ▁it ▁belonged ▁to ▁George ▁Stanley , ▁and ▁an ▁estate ▁in ▁north - east ▁Ash ley ▁is ▁still ▁called ▁Stan le ys . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 3 ▁William ▁Ireland ▁and ▁his ▁wife ▁Betty ▁transferred ▁the ▁man or ▁of ▁Ash ley ▁Ar ne wood ▁to ▁Richard ▁Rand ell . ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 5 , ▁the ▁politician ▁John ▁Arthur ▁Ro eb uck ▁purchased ▁Ash ley ▁Ar ne wood , ▁which ▁is ▁described ▁as ▁having ▁ ▁of ▁land ▁attached ▁to ▁it . ▁Because ▁of ▁his ▁engag ements ▁in ▁London , ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁actual ▁far ming ▁at ▁Ash ley ▁Ar ne wood ▁was ▁conducted ▁by ▁his ▁wife ▁until ▁they ▁chose ▁to ▁sell ▁the ▁estate ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 4 . ▁The ▁estate ▁was ▁later ▁purchased ▁by ▁the ▁political ▁phil os opher ▁and ▁author ▁A uber on ▁Herbert ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁and ▁he ▁lived ▁there ▁until ▁his ▁wife ' s ▁death ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 6 . ▁The ▁old ▁man or ▁house ▁of ▁Ash