Survival.

After the dissolution the village of Dale became a peculiar free from all Episcopal control (C43).

In 1554 Francis Pole's tenure changed to grant in fee for £489 0s.I0d.
He then alienated the lands to Sir John *Porte (C43) *Port of Etwall and his son Sir John Port jun. (founder of Repton School), whose daughter (C43) Dorothy (FOX 68) married Sir George Hastings, 4th earl of Huntingdon.  This comprised the manor of Dale, with all its appurtenances and 20 messuages, 30 tofts, 1 water-mill, 1 dovecote, 1 orchard, 4000 acres of land, 3000 acres of meadow, 6000 acres of pasture, 3000 acres of wood, 8000 acres of open land and bracken and 40/- of rent… besides the advowson of the church of Dale… value £16 2s. 0d.

Anthony Pope and Nicholas Gover brought an action against Porte, and legal disputes over the rectory and manor of Dale seem to have continued throughout the 16th century (C43, details of his sources in his footnote).

In 1662 Elias Ashmole recorded a monumental inscription in the Chapter House (C43, quoted in D1990).

A descendant of the Hastings sold the site to Sir Henry Willoughby of Risley. He had four daughters:  the eldest died without issue;  the second married first Sir Thomas Aston, second the Hon. Anchitell Gray, second son of the Earl of Stamford (DAS) who gave the chalice, Bible and Prayer Book to the church in 1701;  the third married first Sir John Bellingham, Bart., second George Purefoy, Esq.;  the fourth married Sir Simonds D’Ewes, Bart. (C43 quoting FOX68).
Anchitell Gray lived at Risley Hall, and his chaplain was one of those who performed marriages etc. in Dale church, which was without any proper minister until 1702, when it was united with Stanton (Details in FOX.)

Gray sold his moiety to Philip, Earl of Chesterfield in 1716 for his son Alexander, father of the 1st Earl Stanhope.  The other moiety was bought by Earl Stanhope in 1778.

Stukeley's sketch 1710, described as rough and innacurate, statement and plan 23 Sep. 1730 *omits (C43) *shows the western range with windows, fireplaces and internal divisions.  It also omits the tracery of the clerestory window which is shown in Buck’s sketch of 1727 (C43).