The Cook family lived at Hothorpe until 1881 when John Cook's great-nephew, Henry Everett sold the estate to Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet, who presented it to his second son Charles de Trafford.
In 1881, John Cook's great-nephew, Henry Everett, sold Hothorpe estate to Sir Humphrey de Trafford, 2nd Baronet, who then gifted it to his second son, Charles de Trafford.