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Sir Robert Swyft was appointed Lord of the Manor and built the Manor House, located in what is now Cedric Road, in 1606. The Swyft family held Streethorpe (now called Edenthorpe) as a part of the Manor of Coningsburgh.

Sir Robert interestingly was a Bow bearer of the Chace of Hatfield - an area set aside for deer hunting. He planted many yew trees to provide the raw materials for the bows and some still grow inside the grounds of Edenthorpe Hall which currently is the home of the Edenthorpe Hall Primary School.

It appears that the Swyft family died out around 1635 when the property was sold to one Daniel Baker, a London merchant.

The lands were again sold in 1769 to one George Cooke of Wheatley and at this time totalled around 2000 acres, stretching into nearby Armthorpe.