Soon after this the manor was purchased by his cousin, Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Knt., (d.1638) and settled on James, his son by his second wife Dorothy, daughter of Michael Dalton. James died young after a fall from a horse, and the manor passed to his half-brother, William, 1st Lord Alington (1610-1648). By 1845 Lord Berners possessed West Hall.
Soon after, Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Knt., (d.1638), acquired the manor from his cousin and settled it on James, son of Dorothy by his second wife, daughter of Michael Dalton. James died young due to a horse-related incident, and the manor passed to William, 1st Lord Alington (1610-1648). By 1845, Lord Berners owned West Hall.