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HISTORICAL NOTES: Domesday Book records that the King held a manor at Acklam (probably from Old English meaning a “place of oaks”).

In 1277, the King’s Treasurer made an inquiry concerning the duties of knights to supply men-at-arms for the King. The inquiry reported that William de Boynton had land at Acklam. A similar inquiry in 1303 reported that Acklam was held by Ingelram de Boynton. The manor of Acklam came to the Boyntons through the marriage of Sir Ingleram de Boynton to a daughter of the house of Acclun (or Acclam) in the time of Henry I.

In 1612, Francis Boynton rented Acklam Grange to William Hustler, a wealthy draper from Bridlington.

In 1637, Francis’ son Matthew Boynton, sold Acklam Grange to William Hustler.

The grandson of William Hustler I was knighted in 1678. This Sir William Hustler built the Hall in 1683 in the contemporary fashionable style, showing some Dutch influence in the gables (now gone).

The Hall continued in the Hustler family, but there were changes of name. For example, at the end of the 18th century, there was no direct male heir of the Hustler family; the two elder sons had died. The third child, Anne, married Thomas Peirse, and the house was owned by an eccentric sister, Everald. She settled the Hall and estate on her nephew, Thomas, on condition that he change his name to Thomas Hustler. He married Constance Boynton, a descendant of the previous owners of the estate. In the 19th century when there was no direct male heir, the estate passed to a nephew, Hustler Hopkins, who changed his name to Hustler Hustler on inheriting the estate.

The Hall even has a resident ghost!