Editing Isleworth (section)

===Acquired by Earl of Northumberland===
Forty-six years later, in 1594 Queen Elizabeth I granted a lease of the manor of Syon to [[Henry Percy, 9th Earl of Northumberland]] on his marriage to [[Dorothy Devereux]]  the younger daughter of [[Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex]], who later received a grant of the freehold from King James I in 1604.<ref>Victoria County History, A History of the Co. of Middlesex, Vol.3, Syon House, pp.97–98</ref> It has remained in the possession of the Percy family, now the Dukedom of Northumberland, for over four hundred years. The Royalist army occupied the house during the [[Battle of Brentford (1642)|Battle of Brentford]] in November 1642. Syon Park was rebuilt and landscaped by the Adam brothers and [[Lancelot "Capability" Brown|"Capability" Brown]] between 1766 and 1773. It became the new home of the [[Duke of Northumberland|Dukes of Northumberland]] when [[Northumberland House]] in the Strand was demolished in 1874.[[File:Old Isleworth.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Georgian houses in Church Street, next to the parish church and facing the Thames]]