Person:William Rawlinson (2)

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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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"John Rawlinson had, by his wife, two sons, William and John, betwixt whom he divided the tenement and mill: but the mill was afterwards sold back.

"William Rawlinson, eldest son of the last John Rawlinson: married the daughter of William Pennington, of Colton, in Furness, by whom he had a son and heir, William Rawlinson. Of this William there is a tradition, that he built (or rather rebuilt) the parochial chapel of Colton, on the common belonging to his family. He died in the year 1603, and was succeeded by William Rawlinson, his son and heir, ...."

‡ 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

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 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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