Rolleston of Maltby
MS. 611
Hunter comments:
In the Church of Warsop is a marble Mon. to the memory of John Rolleston of Rolleston, co. Staff., Secretary to Wm , Duke of Newcastle, leaving two children. He d. 18 Dec. 1681, aged 84. Erected by Eliz. his widow, then residing in that parish. This must, be the John Rolleston who wrote a Preface to the Duchess of Newcastle's ' Life of the Duke.' The widow was the 2nd wife of Sir Ralph Knight of Langold. As he is described of Rolleston in Staffordshire perhaps he may not belong to these. See his will in York Wills 1427. Geo. Pole of Heage, Esq., in his will 7 March 1673 speaks of his son in law Lancelot Rolleston, Esq., who had mar. Elizabeth his daughter. Who was Lionel Rolleston who mar. dau. of .... Copley of Batley, wid. of .... Bosvile of Gunthwaite and after a Cressy of Birkin ? See also Jane Rolleston of this family ; but they seem to be Rollestons of Tanshelf in Pontefract. Sylvester Rolleston, son in law of Tho. Frankish of Tickhill 1579. York Wills 183. Edward R., son in law of Gabriel, Anne of Cridling Park 1588, & Thos & Bridget his children. Anne another dau.& Edward R.'s wife named Mabel. Lionel another son of Edward & the youngest. Also Edw. & Elizab., children of Edw. Rolleston. See will of Gamaliel Rolleston 1630. York Wills 659. He makes his brother William Copley of Wadsworth Exr, Coz. Chris Copley & his wife, Coz. Godfrey Bosvile
Source:FMG
Robert ROLLESTON (1747-1826) Aston On Trent, Dbys. s/o John/Dorothy m. 1772 Margaret THORNHILL, children:
- b.1780 Robert London
- b.1782 Robert London
- b.1783 Lucy lived at Manor House, Maltby - 1862
- b.1785 Marianne
- b.(1793-1868) George Maltby
George Rolleston (1791–1868), son of Robert and Margaret Rolleston, was a Church of England clergyman and squire who came to Maltby in 1816 and bought Maltby Hall from Sir William Bryan Cooke (A descendant of the Cooke's of Wheatley), in May 1826 for £5000. He married Anne Nettleship (d. 29th March, 1852), the daughter of a well-known Gainsborough family, in May, 1818. Children:
- Marianne, born 1819, never married, died on 8th May, 1897 at Maltby Hall
- Robert was born in 1820 he married Lucy, and in 1881 was Rector of Stanford Rivers, Essex
- Rosamond, born 1825, never married, lived with Marianne at the hall
- Mary Frances born 1827 Maltby
- (1829-1881)George born 30 July 1829 at Maltby Hall m. Grace Davy
- William (1831-1903) went to New Zealand
- Jane born 1832
George snr established a school in Maltby in 1823.
George Rolleston (1829–1881), physician and physiologist, was born on 30 July 1829 at Maltby Hall, Rotherham. Educated initially by his father, he was able to read from Homer by the age of ten, when he entered Gainsborough grammar school. Two years later he moved to the collegiate school at Sheffield, and won an open scholarship to Pembroke College, Oxford. In 1846. He married, Grace, daughter of Dr John Davy and niece of Sir Humphrey Davy. Of their seven children, three sons, including Sir Humphry Davy Rolleston(1862–1944), became distinguished physicians. The family home in Oxford was at 15 New Inn Hall Street until 1868 when they moved to Park Grange, a house they had built in South Parks Road near the museum. George Rolleston died at his home in Oxford of kidney failure at the early age of fifty-one on 16 June 1881, soon after returning to England. He was buried in Holywell cemetery, Oxford. He was survived by his wife.
William Rolleston (1831–1903), was born at Maltby Hall, Yorkshire, on 19 September 1831. A farmer and politician, he settled in Rangitata, Canterbury, New Zealand. He married Elizabeth Mary Brittan in 1865 and they had 5 sons and 4 daughters.
1881 census
Living at Maltby,
Marianne ROLLESTON hd U 62 Stainton Income from Dividends
Rosamund sis U 56
Living at RECTORY HOUSE, STANFORD RIVERS, ESSEX:
Robert ROLLESTON hd M 61 Stainton Rector
Lucy G. wf M 40 Woodstone, Hunts.
Elinor d age 4 Stanford Rivers
Edmund R. BARRINGTON neph U 21 Newton, Cambs.
Mary RICHARDS servant M 49 Stawley, Somerset Cook
Eliza HAZLER U 37 Herne, Sussex, Nurse
Sarah RUDD U 24 Denton, Norfolk, Parlourmaid
Eliza BASS servant U 17 Stanford Rivers
Eve E. LANE servant 17
John RICHARDS servant M 47 Petminster, Somerset