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Line 60: The Priory was seized in 1537 under [[Henry VIII of England\|Henry VIII]] during the [[Dissolution of the monasteries]]. The priory and its possessions was then granted to [[Thomas Cromwell]].{{sfn\|Salzmann\|1901\|p=250}} Following Cromwell's execution in 1540, it was granted to [[Anne of Cleves]]. Part of it was leased to [[Thomas Culpeper]], with the greater part of the site passing to [[William FitzAlan, 18th Earl of Arundel\|William, Earl of Arundel]].{{sfn\|Salzmann\|1901\|p=251}} In 1544, [[Henry FitzAlan, 19th Earl of Arundel\|Henry, Earl of Arundel]] exchanged Michelham Priory with [[Mary I of England\|Queen Mary]] for other property.{{sfn\|Salzmann\|1901\|p=252}} In 1556, the priory was sold to John Foote and John Roberts for [[£sd\|£1,249 16s 10d]]. Foote [[alienation (property law)\|alienated]] the [[manor]] and [[hundred (county division)\|hundred]] of Michelham Parkegate to Ambrose Smythe in 1574. In 1584, Smythe granted it to John Morely and Elizabeth, his wife. Morley granted the priory to Herbert Pelham in 1587.{{sfn\|Salzmann\|1901\|p=253}} The church and some of the buildings were demolished ~~and~~ between 1599 and 1601.{{citation needed\|date=June 2016}} In the former year, the priory was made over in trust to Thomas Peirse, [[Sir Thomas Pelham, 1st Baronet\|Thomas Pelham]] and James Thatcher to be sold to provide an [[annuity]] of £400 and pay off his debts. In 1601, the priory was sold to [[Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset]] (Lord Buckhurst) for the sum of £4,700.{{sfn\|Cooper\|1853\|p=161}} On his death in 1608, the property passed to his son [[Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset]]. In 1609, it passed to [[Richard Sackville, 3rd Earl of Dorset]]. On Richard's death in 1630, the priory passed to his wife, [[Lady Anne Clifford, 14th Baroness de Clifford\|Lady Anne Clifford]]. On her death in 1675, the property remained in the Sackville family, passing down the Earls (later Dukes) of Dorset until the death of [[John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset]] in 1799,<!-- wrong date in source--> then passing to his daughter Mary, Countess of Plymouth. She married [[William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst]] in 1839.{{sfn\|Cooper\|1853\|pp=161-62}} It was sold to James Gwynne in 1896 and was where his children [[Rupert Gwynne\|Rupert]], [[Roland Gwynne\|Roland]] and [[Violet Gordon-Woodhouse\|Violet]] grew up.<ref>Pamela Cullen, "Stranger in Blood: The case files on Doctor [[John Bodkin Adams]]", 2006</ref> The property remained in private hands into the 20th century, when it was restored by the Sussex architect and antiquarian, [[Walter Godfrey]]. It was used as a base for [[Canada\|Canadian]] troops during the winter of 1941-42 while they prepared for the [[Dieppe Raid]]. Later it was the East Sussex headquarters of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.

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