CAWDRAY ------- Reproduction for the purpose of financial gain is prohibited. Redistribution of this material to a genealogical listing/service which resells or charges for access is also prohibited. This material is public domain, unless specified otherwise in the sources, and cannot, by international copyright law ("Intellectual Rights") be copyrighted by a third party. I make no claim regarding the accuracy of this chart; the original sources are not free from error and a degree of guesswork is involved in genealogy. Last revision: 01/2/1999 (c) David Powell, http://roots-boots.net/ft/names.html NOTE: This is a "point" file, that means I have only one individual with this surname (ie: a wife). I am only including information on the first generation in this file. For the rest of my line of descent from this person, see the file on her husband's surname. CAWDRAY [Cawthra] "In the 1379 poll tax this name appeared at Adel, Bramhope and Kirkby Overblow in lower Wharfdale as Caudra, Cawdra and Caudray. None of the examples had the preposition 'de' although later in 1391 it appeared in Adel, e.g. de Cawdray [Test.Ebor.]. Despite the temptation to compare it with the well-known Cowdray, it seems likely that the true origin is a nickname, c.f. 1290 John de Quir de ray, 1324 John Querederay (Ilkley) [Y.Deeds]. This family was well established in lower Wharfedale. At the present day the many variants are all found in Leeds and Bradford, the main ones being Cawthra, Cawthraw, Cawthrow, Cawthray and Cawtheray. At one stage popular etymology associated the name with 'cold wray' (i.e. nook) c.f. 1712 Caldrey [Bolton-by-Bowland P.R.] and Coldray survives. Cawdra - Swillington Poll Tax for 1379 Cawdrey - Bolton by Bowland P.R. 1558-1566 From "Origins of Yorkshire Names", extract supplied by Tana, Reference numbers are denoted by [..]'s and are listed at the end. 11. William Ingham, clerk & farmer,[1] born c.1605.[1] Was a juror in the Arthington Manorial court in 1660, 1661, 1662 & 1669.[1] He appeared before the court in 1661 and was ordered to "scoure his ditch betwixt Michael Illingworth halfe acrer and his R'fen hills before tenth June next" and fined 3s.4d.[1] Not long after in the same year he was again fined for a similar offence and ordered to "scoure his ditch betwixt his hill and Henery Pattison stone inge before lady day next and so upholde it from timt to time" and fined one shilling.[1] Juror's were selected from the chief tenants of the manor.[1] In 1662 William was mentioned in the Arthington Manorial Records: he gave evidence, under oath: "We present William Wood of Cowrigg and John Dawson of Breary for a blood and affray made upon William Rudcliffe, butler to the Lord of this Manor and upon William Ingham, another servant to the said Lord, given to us upon oath by the said William Ingham".[1] Both Wood and Dawson were found guilty and fined 10 shillings (a sizable sum back then).[1] Wood was the son of Francis Wood, "gentleman and Juror of the Manorial Court", and the family claimed to be entitled to "arms" (ie: nobility).[1] The incident appears to be been over William's daughter, Ann, who gave birth to a daughter in 1664 and married William Wood a month latter - presumably the child was William Wood's.[1] That the son of a claimed nobleman would consent to marry William's daughter indicates that William's status was fairly high in the manor court, also William took the lead in bringing Wood and Dawson to court.[1] In his latter life William was a farmer and a lintel date-stone, originally from Eccup, marked "W.I. 1668" is believed to have been William's.[1] The stone was latter moved to Manor Farm.[1] William died 1672/1673, Arthington, Yorkshire & buried 10/2/1672-1673, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] Married Mary Cawdray, 9/2/1630-1631, St John the Baptist Church, Adel Parish, County Yorkshire, England.[1,3] Mary was born about 1610 and was buried 2/11/1676, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] Children of William Ingham and Mary Cawdray: i. Elizabeth Ingham, born c.1632, Arthington, Yorkshire. Died 1633, Arthington, Yorkshire, and buried 10/5/1633, St John the Baptist Church, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] * ii. John Ingham, born c.1640, Arthington, Yorkshire.[1] iii. Mary Ingham, born about 1642, Arthington, Yorkshire. Died 1644, Arthington, Yorkshire, and buried 13/12/1644, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] iv. Robert Ingham, born 1644, Arthington, Yorkshire. Baptised 14/4/1644, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] v. Ann Ingham, born about 1645, Arthington, Yorkshire.[1,2] Died 1690, Arthington, Yorkshire, and buried 12/9/1690, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] Married William Wood, 18/7/1664, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] Children Ann (1664-1680), William (1666), Mary (1668), William (1669-1687) & Isabel (1674) of Arthington, Yorkshire.[1] vi. William Ingham, born about 1645, Arthington, Yorkshire.[1,2] Died 1673, Arthington, Yorkshire, and buried 6/3/1673, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] vii. Richard Ingham, born about 1650, Arthington, Yorkshire. Died 1658, Arthington, Yorkshire, and buried 2/11/1658, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] viii. Alice Ingham, born c.1650, Arthington, Yorkshire. Died 1707, Arthington, Yorkshire, and buried 12/11/1707, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] Married William Waddington, 1/7/1672, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] Children: William (1673) of Arthington, Yorkshire.[1] ix. un-named son Ingham, born 1659, Arthington, Yorkshire. Died 1659, Arthington, Yorkshire, and buried 1/4/1659, Adel Parish, Yorkshire.[1] [1] Information sourced and supplied by Harold & Carole Ingham. Sourced from the IGI, parish records, wills, manorial records, deeds etc. [2] Adel PR show that William had a child baptised 16/2/1646. Probably Ann or William, tho' it could have also been Richard or Alice. The PR's for the 17th century are incomplete and, in parts, illegible. [3] International Genealogical Index, LDS; 1994 edition, 1997 addendum (v.4.0); Ba: M007001, So: 098497