Richard Barwis (1601 – 13 April 1648) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England between 1628 and 1648.
[2] In summer 1645, in an incident known as the "Barwis Affair", Barwis and his associates were accused by the Scots commissioners in London of protecting royalist delinquents and of depriving the Scottish forces in the area of proper maintenance.
There is a large stone at Ilekirk which it is claimed he could easily throw the length of the courtyard.
He is said to have walked round the courtyard of Ilekirk Hall, carrying, at arm's length, his wife on one hand, and an enormous stone on the other.
It is also said that he once walked along Eden Bridge, at Carlisle, holding his wife seated on his hand held over the battlements.