The family seat remained at Rayne, until the 1570s, when Sir Henry Capell built a new house at Little Hadham, replacing the old hall.

[5] In 1578, Sir Henry Capell welcomed Queen Elizabeth I of England as a guest at Hadham Hall; an account of the time records her visit to "Mayster Kapel's, where was excellente good cheere and entertaynement.

[4] After the move to Watford, Hadham Hall fell into disrepair and was partly demolished, although it was retained by the Capell family, and the estate continued to be farmed by tenant farmers.

The Capells used the hall to entertain important guests, such as King William III of England, who visited in April 1698.

Members of the band supported the local community by playing at charity concerts to raise money for the church organ or the Police Orphans Fund.

The band's residence there ended in February 1971 when a lorry crashed into the Angel, severely damaging the property and destroying Swarbrick's bedroom.

[11][12] In 2014 The Angel was purchased by William Christopher Jones and Emily Waller Nunes, the later an American coincidentally from Fairport, New York.