The Worthies of Westmorland: OR, NOTABLE PERSONS BORN IN THAT COUNTY SINCE The Reformation. BY GEORGE ATKINSON, Esq., Barrister-at-Law. 66 THE PROPER STUDY OF MANKIND IS MAN." London: J. ROBINSON, 40, HIGH HOLBORN. MDCCCL. John Barwick. CHAPLAIN TO HIS MAJESTY KING CHARLES THE SECOND; DEAN AND PREBENDARY OF THE CATHEDRAL AT DURHAM ; DEAN OF ST. PAUL'S, LONDON; PROLOCUTOR OF THE HOUSE OF CONVOCATION IN THE PROVINCE OF CANTERBURY; FELLOW OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, ETC. 1612-1664. "Blest be he of worth and sense, And ever high in station, That bravely stands in the defence Of Conscience, King, and Nation." ALLAN RAMSAY. IBBON, in his "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire," writes thus:-" Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest * See his Life, written in Latin by his brother, Dr. Peter Barwick; translated into English, with Appendix of Letters from King Charles I. in his confinement; from Charles II. and the Earl of Clarendon in exile; published from originals in St. John's College, Cambridge, 12mo. London, 1724. VOL. II. B |