When the monasteries were dissolved for Henry VIII, Garendon Abbey surrendered its lands to the Crown which then sold or let them. Swinfen Grange was let to a John Pykeringe in 1531 for £7 per year. At this point the name seems to have changed to ""Pykeringe Grange"" after its first lay tenant, although there is some evidence that for some times the names Swinfen Grange and Pykeringe Grange may both have been used. The area that became Ellistown was called Swinfen Rushes at the start of the 19th century, while that now called Pickering Grange seemed to extend to the crossroads where the Hugglescote to Bagworth pony track crossed Beverley’s Lane. The manorial history is shown in detail in John Nichols' "History of the County of Leicester", Volume IV and by John Curtis 30 years later.