[5][6] Popular local tradition is that the Queen granted Englefield to her spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham, although there is no evidence of this.

After a succession of short-lived residents, the estate was eventually purchased by John Paulet, 5th Marquess of Winchester, famous for his Civil War defence of Basing House in Hampshire.

but he eventually let Englefield to Lady Margaret Clive for 300 as he was keen to find the right tenant who would not interfere with the house’s character too much.

[7] On 20 May 2017 the sister of Catherine, Princess of Wales (then-Duchess of Cambridge), Pippa Middleton, married financier James Matthews at St Mark's Church on the Englefield Estate.

[8][9] Englefield House has been the filming location for a number of movies, including X-Men: First Class, Match Point, The King's Speech,[10] Great Expectations,[11] Easy Virtue[12] and The Go-Between, as well as for television series such as Black Mirror, (episode "Playtest"),[13] Agatha Christie's Marple, Agatha Christie's Poirot episode "Taken at the Flood",[14] Hex[15] and the reality television series I Wanna Marry "Harry".

It was also used as the house of Baroness Von Hellman in the 2021 movie Cruella, as well as The Magician's Nephew episode of Midsomer Murders.