It thus came into the hands of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland, the Lord Protector to Edward VI, but was attainted of high treason following the accession of Queen Mary.
In 1597, there was a dispute between his son Gilbert Lyttelton and Edward Sutton, 5th Baron Dudley, as the owner of Ashwood Hay.
Gilbert's son John Lyttelton died in prison, having been attainted for complicity in Essex's rebellion, so that his estates were forfeited.
On the death of the great-grandson, it passed to his sister Elizabeth Foley, who married John Hodgetts of Shut End.
[4][5] Prestwood House was in the past used as a tuberculosis sanatorium, this due to the fact that the air quality in the area is exceptional.