From 1841 the ten-yearly censuses show that some of the families' names persisted through generations to recent times, and they had probably been here for previous generations too.
By 1881 Martin had retired, though he still lived in the farmhouse, and his sons Charles and Ernest Robinson had taken over the running of the farm. In 1921 the Petworth Estate decided to sell Saddlescombe, and at that point Ernest Robinson bought it, becoming the only Lord of the Manor known to have actually lived here.