"John Troutbeck had himself acquired further lands in the county through his marriage to Margery, the heiress of Thomas Hulse. The Hulse inheritance included lands in several counties, the most important being the manors of Oxhey in Hertfordshire, and Brimstage, Oxton, and Mobberley in Cheshire. It has been said that 'this marriage fully established the Troutbecks among the Cheshire gentry'."