Philip de Marmion was the holder of Tamworth and its castle and was further granted the nearby estates at Middleton when the previous holder* was stripped of them after backing Simon de Montfort in the Baron's rebellion. Marmion had no sons and the estate was divided on his death between his daughters and his grand-daughter. The latter received a third of the estate and it subsequently passed to Baldwin de Freville. The de Freville family were Marmion's successors at Tamworth castle.
Marmion was responsible for the first Manor House being built at Middleton. Since Middleton Park was at that time a deer park it may be assumed that the house was in the nature of a hunting lodge. Marmion had adequate accomodation only four miles away
* Stated by Stevenson, the reviewer of the Middleton Papers for the Historic Documents Commission to be Stephen de Lund. This is not in accord with the papers themselves.