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entrance of the porch. In consequence of some misapprehension 
on the part of the late Mr. John Robertshaw, he had it taken 
down and destroyed. During a visit to the Burwains a short 
time ago, I found in the north-west angle of the mansion a small 
room that had formerly been a Roman Catholic chapel; the 
mouldings on the ceiling, and niches on the walls, with their 
antique Norman arched pattern, together with the two family 
erests of the Briercliffes and Parkers on each side of the mantel- 
piece, are ina remarkable state of preservation. The original 
fireplace built in the style of the sixteenth century, is walled up, 
and a modern one supplies its place. At the end of the dining 
room opposite the fireplace is a large oak frame, well filled with 
fine specimens of old English pewter plates and dishes, some 
bearing the date 1709. On the landing at the top of the stairs 
there isa fine oak cist, richly carved on the frames and round 
the panels, and bearing the following inscription :—‘‘ M.S., 1666.” 
This cist was the property of Margaret Briercliffe, granddaughter 
of John Briercliffe, afterwards the wife of William Sagar, the 
founder of Catlow Hall. The inscription over the door of the 
latter mansion is, ‘“ William Sagar and Margaret his wife, July 
24, 1666.” It appears from a number of old documents placed 
at my disposal by Mrs. Robertshaw, that frequent marriages have 
taken place between the Sagars of Catlow Hall and the Robert- 
shaws. I also found one among the number bearing date 1663, 
in which Richard Tattersall, of the Ridge and Hurstwood (an 
ancestor of the Tattersalls of Hyde Park Corner, London), gives 
a receipt to his brother-in-law, William Sagar, of Catlow, for the 
sum of £80, being the balance of his wife’s dowry, and absolves 
him from all further responsibility from the beginning of the 
world up to the above date. During the troubles that occurred 
in the middle ages, when every township supplied its quota of 
men-at-arms, the weapons were generally stored at a convenient 
central depot. It appears that Burwains was the repository for 
Briercliffe, and some of these primitive weapons, in the shape of 
rusty rapiers and flint firelocks, are to be seen there at the 
present day. In an old building formerly used as a coach-house, 
with harness-room above, I was informed that the Baptists held 
their meetings in the latter place over a century ago, prior to the 
building of the old chapel at the east side of Haggate. 
: AN OLD QUAKER BURIAL GROUND. 
Crossing the glen, thickly planted with oak, sycamore, and 
orchard trees, are the Quaker burial ground, and the quaint old 
house, with its rough grit corners and chimney, a model of rural 
- comfort and beauty. A plain low room on the ground floor is 
ointed out as the meeting house. Opposite the old house the 
its of ‘‘God’s acre” are indicated by a low wall on the north 
