Little Lawford Hall became the temporary for the Rouse-Boughton family and while staying there one of the family members lost his leg and is said to haunt the area.
It became the ancestral home of the Rouse-Boughton family. According to folklore, one of the Boughtons lost his arm during the reign of Elizabeth I and his ghost known as 'One-handed Boughton' continues to haunt the area. 
