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Hinchingbrooke was sold to Sir Sidney Montagu on 20 June 1627. The Montagus were an influential and powerful family. Sir Sidney Montagu was one of the Masters of Requests to Charles I and an ardent supporter of the royalist side in the Civil War. In 1618 Sir Sydney Montagu married Paula Pepys and moved into the house at Barnwell, Northamptonshire. In 1627 Sir Sydney's brother the 1st Earl of Manchester bought Hinchingbrooke House from Sir Oliver Cromwell. Sir Oliver was Oliver Cromwell's uncle. The 1st Earl gave this house to Sir Sydney who also still retained the house at Barnwell. In 1634 Charles I and Henrietta Maria stayed at Hinchingbrooke House for two nights. On the 17th February 1638 Sydney’s wife, Paula, Lady Montagu died. On the 15th May Elizabeth married Sir Giblet Pickering and moved to Titchmarsh near Thrapston, Northamptonshire. On the 27th March 1639 Charles I again visited Hinchingbrooke House when he was on his way north to fight the Scots in the 1st Bishops' War. Another close friend of Sir Sydney was Oliver Cromwell.
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