The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . .d. 1627.^ He died in 1634, leaving two sons, Georgeand Thomas ; the former dying without issue left Coatflat to disclaimed the arms at Dugdales Visitation in 1666, so apparendywas supposed to be entitled to them. Chancellor Ferguson states thatat the Carlisle and Appleby Assizes of 1666 a large number of the countrygendemen were disclaimed because they would not pay the fee of 27s.,which was the Heralds due for entering their arms. Chancellor Fergusonquotes Machells Account of Mr. Dugdales visitation of Westmorlandof such as were
The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . .d. 1627.^ He died in 1634, leaving two sons, Georgeand Thomas ; the former dying without issue left Coatflat to disclaimed the arms at Dugdales Visitation in 1666, so apparendywas supposed to be entitled to them. Chancellor Ferguson states thatat the Carlisle and Appleby Assizes of 1666 a large number of the countrygendemen were disclaimed because they would not pay the fee of 27s.,which was the Heralds due for entering their arms. Chancellor Fergusonquotes Machells Account of Mr. Dugdales visitation of Westmorlandof such as were disclaimed at Appleby, same assize, 1666—(in/er alia)Thom. Birkbeck of Coatflat and T. B. of Orton : the reason and supposeof disclaiming them was their non-appearance to pay their fees.^ He wasChief Constable for the East Ward of Westmorland 1678, and was 1 Cliancery Bills and Answers, Charles I., B. 150, No. State Papers, Charles I., vol. Ixxii., fo. 26. ^ Transactions of Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society, vol. THE BIRKBECKS OF WESTMORLAND. 45 buried 4 June, 1707. His only son, Edward, had no surviving issue,and at his death, 3 June, 1728, Coatflat was divided between his two sisters,Isabel marrying John Metcalfe, and Elizabeth, married to Leonard Thorn-borrow. Coatflat Hall, which was situated a mile from Orton, was pulleddown in 1793, but I thought some of the interior walls of the presentfarmhouse and the barn were part of the original hall. Orton Hall, which is now called Petty Hall, is in the middle ofthe village, and very much as it was 300 years ago : what is now knownas Orton Hall being a modern house, the residence of Colonel Burn, thegrandson of the Historian. There is a description of the house in an article on Manorial Hals,by Dr. Taylor, in Transactions of Cumberland and WestmorlandAntiquarian Society, vol. xii., p. 19, from which I am enabled, by thecourtesy of Mr. Wilson, the Secretary, to copy the wood-cut of the stonepanel
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