Family and Legacy
Rawlinson died unmarried and intestate, and his landed estates passed to the issue of his father's sisters Anne and Katherine. The furniture of Carke Hall was sold by auction at his death, and his manuscripts were at the same time disposed of in bundles, and were bought for pence by the villagers. Rawlinson had made valuable collections for the history of Lancashire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, all of which have probably perished. Sir Daniel Fleming had, however, copied extracts from the portion relating to Westmoreland. These extracts were deposited in the collection of manuscripts at Rydal Hall, and were used about 1777 by Richard Burn and Joseph Nicolson for their Westmoreland and Cumberland.
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