Basing House

And of course, they wouldn't, so their houses were destroyed.

And Basing House, which would've been another house close by, was destroyed.

But it just so happens that this Sir Richard, when they came and knocked at Chawton House, he had just inherited and he was only two years old.

So he wasn't old enough to pledge allegiance for anyone.

A beautiful royal residence, and right next door, making their very own luxury goods, a very early Anglo-Saxon factory.

Next, we head to Basing House, a place synonymous with battle and bloodshed.

Basing House in Hampshire was a key site in the Civil War.

It was a royalist stronghold, and the parliamentarians were keen to take it.

And this year, archeologists have been digging up evidence of the house's bloody history, bringing us face to face with one of English history's most controversial characters.

In the 16th century, Basing House was one of the most impressive Tudor complexes in the country.

It was built on a Norman fort known as the Old House, and right next to it used to sit a huge mansion known as the New House.

This is where the team have put in a large trench.