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Rolleston Hall that became the family seat. Sir Edward (1569–1638) died unmarried and without issue, and his estates were inherited by his nephew—the Edward Mosley who was to become the 1st Baronet.
215:, in the Ravensdale barony, but didn't use the title. On his father's death in 1980, he also inherited the baronetcy of Ancoats, and became the seventh Baronet. On his death in 2017, he was succeeded in both titles by his grandson,
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The arms of the 2nd
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on 18 June 1720 for Oswald Mosley, a third cousin once removed of the second
Baronet of the 1640 creation. The title became extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1779.
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1518:) would fail, the titles would go separate ways. The baronetcy would continue in the Mosley family, but the barony would fall to a male-line descendant of
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1620:Origins of Street Names in the City of Manchester
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