Rolleston Hall

[1] In 1622, the estate was purchased by Sir Edward Mosley, Attorney-General of the Duchy of Lancaster, who wished to escape from the "dark satanic mills" of Manchester to the elegant Staffordshire countryside.During the English Civil War, King Charles I and his army came into Staffordshire and Royalist soldiers were quartered at Rolleston.[1][2] Rolleston Hall later devolved to Oswald Mosley (High Sheriff of Staffordshire for 1715), who was created a baronet (the second creation of the title) in 1720.During the ownership of Sir Tonman Mosley, 3rd Baronet, in 1871 the hall was devastated by fire and subsequently rebuilt to a higher standard.The estate however was sold in his father's lifetime in 1923 and after unsuccessful efforts to sell the hall it was largely demolished in 1928.