Person:Elizabeth Rawlinson (1)

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The Rawlinsons are of a long standing in High Furness, and were very numerous in the parish of Hawkshead and Colton. Alexander, the immediate predecessor of the last abbot of Furness, was of that name. The well-known Curwen Rawlinson has left a pedigree of his family from the reign of king Hen. VII. down to his own time; which is as follows.^‡

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"Robert Rawlinson, son and heir of William Rawlinson, as also heir to a fair estate of Mireside and Cark Hall, descended on him from Robert Curwen, gent, his mother's brother. He married Jane, daughter of Thomas Wilson, of Heversham Hall, in Westmorland : by her he had issue Curwen Rawlinson, his eldest child, and six daughters, viz. 1. Anne, married, first, to Christopher Crakenthorp, of Newbiggen, in Westmorland, esq. her second husband was George Bynard, physician, at Bristow ; 2. Elizabeth ; 3. Catharine ; 4. Ellen ; 5. Dorothy ; 6. Jane. He had also a younger son, William Rawlinson, who was a student at St. John's College, Cambridge.

‡ The original is in the possession of Mr. T. Atkinson, of Dalton.

—taken from: The Antiquities of Furness by Thomas West. A new edition with additions by William Close. Published in 1805—^S1

Note

In the paragraph above, which purports to be quoted from a pedigree of his family drawn up by Curwen Rawlinson, there is no 'Edward Rawlinson' listed amongst his brothers and sisters. There is however an Elizabeth Rawlinson. What is very odd about this is that while there are records of the christenings of all but one of these - including an 'Edward Rawlinson' – the one whose name does not appear in the Cartmel parish church register – (as transcribed and published in The Registers of the Parish Church of Cartmel in the County of Lancaster : Christenings, Burials and Weddings, 1559-1661) ^S2 – is Elizabeth. And if we are to take the sequence of the daughters as listed in Curwen Rawlinson's pedigree as the likely order by age, then Elizabeth comes next after Anne and before Catharine - which is precisely the same as where the supposed 'Edward' comes in the sequence of christenings. Of course, it is entirely possible that Edward may have died before 'brother' Curwen drew up his pedigree. Although surely that should not have caused him to leave him out! And there is no record (in the aforementioned work) of any burial at Cartmel of an 'Edward' (son of Robert Rawlinson) between 1643 and 1665.

In his will (written in 1665 - the same year he died), Robert Rawlinson mentions his second daughter Elizabeth by name but no son Edward:—

"... to my sonne and daughter Crackenthorpe (his then married eldest daughter, Anne) twentie shillings appeace as much to each of their children. ... to my eldest sonne Curwen Rawlinson ... to my sonne William and my ffive younger daughters unpreferred att the time of my death equallie amongst them ... And I doe further appointe that the said portions shall be raysed and payd in manner following that is to say ffirst to my sonne William then Elizabeth and soe to the next and eldest of age one after another, yett all to have competent maintainaince with dyett & apparrell and education in the meane tyme. ... And I do hereby revoke all former wills by me made and to this my will have subscribed my name and sett my sealle this eighteenth day of October in the seaventeenth yeare of the raigne of o'r soveraigne Lord King Charles the Second and in the yeare of our lord God one thousand six hundred sixty and five. [signed] ROBERT RAWLINSON."

—taken from 'CARK HALL' in Annales Caermoelenses or Annals of Cartmel, by James Stockdale, published in 1872.—^S3

1. ↑ The Antiquities of Furness. Illustrated with Engravings. By Thomas West. A new edition with additions by William Close. Printed and sold by George Ashburner, … 1805
   pp.317-318.

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2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 The Registers of the Parish Church of Cartmel in the County of Lancaster - Christenings, Burials and Weddings, 1559-1661. Transcribed by Henry Brierlley, Wigan. ... Printed and published with the permission of Rev. R.B.P. Wells, M.A., Vicar. Rochdale : Printed for the Lancashire Parish Register Society, by James Clegg, at the Aldine Press, 1907
   p. 100.

   CARTMEL PARISH REGISTERS. / CHRISTENINGS. / 1642-1643.
   « 2 p. 102 Anno Dni 1643. / ... /
   Edward son of Robert Rawlinson of Nether Carke gent : . . . 12 May »
   Accessed 16 Aug 2013 at: archive.org

3.   Annales Caermoelenses or Annals of Cartmel, by James Stockdale. Ulverston: Wllliam Kitchin, Printer, Market Street. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. 1872 pp. 433-469 ‘CARKE HALL’
   pp. 442–446.

   « THE WILL OF RORERT RAWLINSON, / (From the original in the possession of Henry Fletcher Rigge.)
   IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN I Robert Rawlinson of Carke in Cartmell in the Countie of Lancaster Esqr. beinge infirme of body yett of sound and p'fect memorie praysed be the Lord for the same and knowing the vanitie and uncertaintie of this life and how suddenly as a flower it fadeth doe make this my last will and testam'te in manner following ...
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   And I do hereby revoke all former wills by me made and to this my will have subsubscribed my name and sett my sealle this eighteenth day of October in the seaventeenth yeare of the raigne of o'r soveraigne Lord King Charles the Second and in the yeare of our lord God one thousand six hundred sixty and five.
   ROBERT RAWLINSON. »
   Accessed on 16 Aug 2013 at: books.google.co.uk

4. ↑ This is actually derived from the christening of an Edward son of Robert Rawlinson'. But it is likely that either the original entry in the parish register was written down incorrectly or it has been mis-transcribed. See 'Note' above.