Dr John Barwick (d. 1664) left £26 p.a. to the Minister of Witherslack and £4 p.a. for the upkeep of the chapel. Gastrell noted: 'The curate is obliged by Dr Berwick's will in consideration of what he has left to the Chapel to teach school freely'. The Cumbria Parishes, ed. L.A.S. Butler, Cumb. & Westmor. Antiq. & Arch. Soc., vol. 12 (1998), 104.