[2] Sir John Audley of Markeaton fought for Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.

[3] The Audleys sold the manor in 1516 to Sir John Mundy, Lord Mayor of London in 1522.

[1] Sir John Mundy's descendants included a number of High Sheriffs of Derbyshire including Francis Noel Clarke Mundy who commissioned paintings from Joseph Wright of Derby to decorate his home and record the hunts that took place at Markeaton.

In 1929, the Markeaton Hall and 207 acres (81,000 m2) of its gardens were given to the Corporation by the Rev William Gilchrist Clark-Maxwell who had inherited the estate from the late Mrs Mundy, on condition that the whole area would be used as a public park and that the mansion would be maintained for cultural purposes, for example a museum or and art gallery.

The Hall was eventually declared to be unsafe and was demolished in 1964, leaving standing only the Orangery, a Grade II listed building.