In the 15th century it was occupied by Sir John Cornwall, who had married the king's sister, Elizabeth of Lancaster, Duchess of Exeter.

After his death Ampthill Park passed to Edmund Grey, 1st Earl of Kent before becoming royal property again.

Plans made in 1605 to rebuild the palace with parallel lodgings for James VI and I and Anne of Denmark were abandoned.

[4] The present house was built from 1687-1689 by architect Robert Grumbold for the Ossory family who held the estate under lease.

[8] Ampthill Park was the burial place for the golden hare in the Kit Williams treasure hunt Masquerade.