Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ed , second bishop of the Catholic diocese of Hexham andNewcastle. Bishop Chadwick was descended from an old and honourableLancashire family—the Chadwicks of Birkacre and Burgh ancestors were devoted Catholics and pronounced had remained faithful to the ancient creed of Christendomthrough all vicissitudes of fortune. Neither temptation nor per- 5o6 JAMES CHAD WICK. secution shook their allegiance to the Pope, nor weakened theirfidelity to the Stuarts. The estate of Burgh Hall came to them bymarriage in 1744, on the eve of g
Men of mark 'twixt Tyne and Tweed . ed , second bishop of the Catholic diocese of Hexham andNewcastle. Bishop Chadwick was descended from an old and honourableLancashire family—the Chadwicks of Birkacre and Burgh ancestors were devoted Catholics and pronounced had remained faithful to the ancient creed of Christendomthrough all vicissitudes of fortune. Neither temptation nor per- 5o6 JAMES CHAD WICK. secution shook their allegiance to the Pope, nor weakened theirfidelity to the Stuarts. The estate of Burgh Hall came to them bymarriage in 1744, on the eve of great political disturbance, and theymade it a centre of Catholic and Jacobite influence, and a refuge forpersecuted and destitute followers of their faith. To their fosteringcare was chiefly due the preservation of the Catholic faith in thatpart of Lancashire after the political crash of the 45 rebellion. Onemember of the family, the Rev. John Chadwick, distinguishedhimself especially in disarming Protestant hostility against the.
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