{{Short description|Manor house in England}} thumb|300px|Dorlestone or Darlaston Hall<br />(from 'Staffordshire Past-Track' website) '''Dorlestone Hall''' was a manor house at Darlaston, a locality also known as Dorlestone, near Stone, Staffordshire, England, on the Trent.
The Hall was built prior to the Reformation. Prior to 1503, the Hall was leased by Jacobus Colyar, who had probably fought in Spain during the Reconquista, as he was given a letters patent with symbols of prowess in the Crusades. In 1503, the Hall was leased by his son, Robert Colyar. He became a wool trader and married Agnes Venables de Kinderton. His son, Thurston, also leased the Hall. In 1537, its ownership passed from Burton Abbey to Thurston's son, James Collier. The abbey was dissolved two years later. In 1685, a descendant, James Collier, sold the Hall to William Jervis.
The property is associated with Richard Barnfield, who is one of the candidates for Shakespeare's "Rival Poet".<ref>Leo Daugherty, ''William Shakespeare, Richard Barnfield, and the Sixth Earl of Derby'', Cambria Press, 2010</ref> A "Richard Barnfield of Dorlestone in the Countie of Stafford Esquire" who died here in 1627, was formerly believed to be the poet,<ref>For example, this was the view taken by A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature s:A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Barnfield, Richard</ref> but current thinking is that the death recorded was that of his father whose name he shared.<ref>Sonia Massai, ‘Barnfield, Richard (bap. 1574, d. 1620)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/1487, accessed 20 May 2015]</ref>
In 1880 the estate was acquired by the Meakin family from the Jervis family.<ref name=staffcc2>[http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=2764 The White House, Darlaston Hall Estate, Stone] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131216183052/http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=2764 |date=December 16, 2013 }}. Staffordshire County Council</ref> The house was demolished after the Second World War.<ref name="staffcc" />
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<ref name="staffcc">{{cite web |url=http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=2756 |title=Staffordshire Past Track -Aerial View of Darlaston Hall, Stone |author=Staffordshire Arts & Museum Service |year=2003 |publisher=Staffordshire County Council |accessdate=23 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209085213/http://www.search.staffspasttrack.org.uk/engine/resource/default.asp?resource=2756 |archivedate=9 February 2010 }}</ref>
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6. R. Glover, The Visitation of Staffordshire, 1583, Historical Collections of Staffordshire, Wm. Salt Archaeological Society Publications, Vol. 3-Part 2 at 64.
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Category:Former country houses in England Category:Country houses in Staffordshire