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52: 186:. Its deterioration probably began at this time, as although the Brudenell family owned it for two and a half centuries, they apparently had no interest in living there. After James Savile's death in 1671, it was rented out to three tenant families, and by 1711 local people had begun reusing the stone in other buildings. Records show that some of the furnishings were sold to the Old Presbyterian Chapel in Bradford in 1719, and others are known to have ended up in the nearby Chief Bailiff's House (now Howley Hall Golf Club) and Thorpe Hall in 174:
Although it is commonly believed locally that the hall was destroyed during the 1643 siege, it actually sustained little damage, and was returned to the Savile family when Lord Sussex defected to the Parliamentarians. After falling from favour in 1646, he retired to Howley and made significant
163:. To ensure the Parliamentary garrison couldn't attack his rear, Newcastle marched on Howley Hall, and after a short siege, Sir John of Lupset surrendered. It then served as Newcastle's base in the decisive 276: 190:. To save the Brudenells the cost of maintenance, the buildings were finally demolished with gunpowder between 1717 and 1730, leaving the hall in its current ruined state. 92:, a Yorkshire politician and courtier, at the end of the 16th century. It remained in the hands of the Savile family until 1671, and was the site of fighting during the 325: 112:, probably between 1585 and 1590. Savile, who held a number of county offices in Yorkshire, was part of a new protestant political elite that emerged from the 320: 131:
The hall remained in the possession of the Savile family for just under a century. Upon John's death in 1630 it was inherited by his son,
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additions to the building. In 1661 it was inherited by his son James Savile.
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When James died without issue in 1671, the hall passed into the hands of
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in May 1643, which prompted Royalist forces under the
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used it as a base of operations for the Parliamentary
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in 1643. Subsequently it passed into the hands of the
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53°43′22″N 1°36′54″W / 53.722642°N 001.614974°W / 53.722642; -001.614974

Elizabethan
country house
Batley
Morley
West Yorkshire
scheduled monument
Sir John Savile
English Civil War
Brudenell family
John Savile, 1st Baron Savile of Pontefract
English Reformation
country house
Elizabethan style
Robert Smythson
Thomas Savile, 1st Earl of Sussex
English Civil War
Royalists
Parliamentarians
Thomas Fairfax
capture of Wakefield
Earl of Newcastle
Bradford
Battle of Adwalton Moor
Marston Moor
Brudenell family
Robert Brudenell, 2nd Earl of Cardigan
Thorpe on the Hill

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