The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . t manerium de Charwelton a° 30 Edw. IV. The arms allowed for this lady in the scheme of quarterings at thebase of the pedigree are :— Sable, a fess chequey argent and of the ist,between 3 Lions heads erased or (vide cut, p. 6). In Augustine Vincents MS., College of Arms, vol. xliv., fo. 68, thearms given to the above Katherina Berbeck are, Sable, on a chief or threeniascles of the first, but this would appear to have been a therefore there had been an earlier grant of arms before 1515,the son having bought the Manor of Cha
The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . t manerium de Charwelton a° 30 Edw. IV. The arms allowed for this lady in the scheme of quarterings at thebase of the pedigree are :— Sable, a fess chequey argent and of the ist,between 3 Lions heads erased or (vide cut, p. 6). In Augustine Vincents MS., College of Arms, vol. xliv., fo. 68, thearms given to the above Katherina Berbeck are, Sable, on a chief or threeniascles of the first, but this would appear to have been a therefore there had been an earlier grant of arms before 1515,the son having bought the Manor of Charwelton in 1480-1 (but this is theonly trace I found of it), though the arms are similar to those granted 1515 ;the blazoning is quite different. Who John Birkbeck of Yorkshire was I do not know. There was aJohn Burback, Professor of Sacred Theology and Vice-Chancellor of the 6 THE BIRKBECKS OF WESTMORLAND. University of Oxford 1435-6, but I have no proof that either heor another John Burback, Prebendary of Lincohi, ob. 1402, From Warburtons Arms of Yorkshire Families (Lansd. MSS. 908,British Museum) it appears that the Birkbecks of Osgoodby, co. York, usedthe arms (Warburton was Somerset Herald 1720—1759)- In 1741Charles Birkbeck of York had a freehold at Osgoodby which he inheritedfrom his father, Dr. Christopher Birkbeck of York, a very eminentsurgeon of this city, who died 1717 ( All Saints, York). Hewas the son of Edward Birkbeck of Aldborough, who died 1674. In a MS., Arms C, p. 123, in the College of Arms, Dublin Castle,are the arms of Birckbeck : Ar. a fess compony Or and az. between 2lions heads in chief and a boars head in base Gu. ; but the MS. is noofficial, nor is there any mention of locality. THE BIRKBECKS OF WESTMORLAND.
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