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CAWDRON, Frances (16??-16??)
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1620 - 1692 (72 years)-
Name CAWDRON, Frances (16??-16??) Gender Female Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I56 Edgoose Last Modified 1 Feb 2026
Family EDGOOSE, Anthony, b. 1620, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
d. 1692, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 72 years) Marriage 7 Jul 1663 Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire Children 1. EDGOOSE, Mary, b. 1664, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1716, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 52 years)2. EDGOOSE, Elizabeth, b. 1667, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire d. 1706, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire (Age 39 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F10 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Marriage - 7 Jul 1663 - Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire 
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Biographies 
EDGOOSE, Frances born CAWDRON (????-????)
The date and place of Frances CAWDRON's baptism has not been discovered, but see Maddison's 'Lincolnshire Pedigrees'.
Anthony EDGOOSE married Frances CAWDRON at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 7 July 1663.
Mary, daughter of Anthony and Frances EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck on 24 June 1664.
Elizabeth, daughter of Anthony and Frances EDGOOSE, was baptised at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 24 February 1666/67.
Anthony EDGOOSE, labourer, was buried at Pinchbeck on 2 April 1692.
NOTES & QUERIES:
1. "The CAWDRONS first appear as gentry in 1634, though they have a very decent pedigree back to William CAWDRON, the King's Bailiff, of Heckington, who died in 1544, and whose daughter married "old Robert Carre," of Sleaford, who so enormously developed the wealth of his family, and who died in 1590, perhaps one of the richest commoners in England.
No doubt this alliance helped on the CAWDRONs. They intermarried with the KINGs of Ashby-de-Launde, and took the side of the Parliament. Robert CAWDRON, Esq., of Great Hale, was indicted for high treason, in 1643, for having joined with the Parliament against Charles I. Coming down to the 18th century we find them intermarrying with the DYMOKEs of Scrivelsby. They are supposed to be now extinct; but in 1714, Robert CAWDRON, of Great Hale, who married Jane, daughter, and eventually co-heir of Sir Charles DYMOKE, knt., mentions his sons Robert, Edward, Lewis, George, Dymoke, and Austin. His widow Jane died in 1734."
(From Rev. A. R. Maddison's Introduction to Lincolnshire Wills Second Series 1600-1617, page xxvii)
2. From the Will of Elizabeth CAWDRON, of Heckington. 28 Sept. 1556. To be buried in the church near my late husband William CAWDRON. To my son Anthony CAWDRON 40 marks. To my son Francis CAWDRON a silver salt. To my daughter Eleanor CLARKE 40s. To William CANTRELL 40s. To Elizabeth WARBERTON 40s. I make my sons John and George CAWDRON exrs. Witness, Robert CARR, Esqr., of Sleaford. Prob. 2 Decr. 1556.
The testatrix was the widow of the King's Bailiff, at Heckington. Her daughter Elizabeth married Robert CARR, of Sleaford, founder of the immense wealth of that family. The CAWDRONs appear in the Vis. of 1634 ; they pass away in the 18th century.
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Lincolnshire Wills, 1500-1600. Page 51, footnote)
3. There is a reference to Anthonye CAWDRON, gentleman, in the will of Nicholas HARRYMAN of Quadring, Lincolnshire, dated proved in 1567. (PROB 11/49)
4. From the Will of William CAWDRON of Great Hale. Jany. 6 1580. To be buried in the church. My wife Marie. My son Robert CAWDRON, and my daughters Elizabeth and Elinor CAWDRON, all under age. I make my father Mr. George CAWDRON, exr. Witness: Anthony CAWDRON. Probate 10 April 1581.
(Rev. A. R. MADDISON's Lincolnshire Wills 1500-1600 No. 254 on page 93)
5. From the Will of Thomas CAWDRON, of Heckington. 1 Sept. 1582. My uncle Anthony CAWDRON. My sister Anne BROWNE. To my sister Elizabeth CAWDRON iiij li. My sister Jeane WHIETNEY. My mother. I make my brother George CAWDRON, exr.
Prob. 17 Octobrer 1582.
Probably another grandson.
(Rev. A. R. MADDISON's Lincolnshire Wills 1500-1600 No. 255 on Page 93)
6. From the Will of Robert CAWDRON, single man, of Little Hale. 1 Sept. 1596. To be buried in the Church of Great Hale. To my sisters Margaret and Margery CAWDRON 40s. apiece. To my brother John CAWDRON 40s., and my brother Anthony CAWDRON xs. To the children of my sister Ann CAWDRON xs. To Mr. John CAWDRON, " my maister's son" xs. To Elizabeth BROWNE, daughter to my Mistress Browne xs. To my brother William CAWDRON, whom I make exr., 40s. and my gray filly. Prob. 29 October 1596.
See Wills 254 and 255. The testator was evidently a relation.
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Linconshire Wills 1500-1600 No. 356 on page 132)
7. From the Will of Jane CAWDRON of Spalding, dated 14 March 1582/83, witnesses Anthony CAWDRON, Robert MASSYE and Jane CAWDRON. "To Elizabeth CAWDRON five poundes."
Proved at Lincoln 28 November 1607.
NOTE: "She was the daughter of James ASHTON, of Chadderton, in Lancashire, and was the wife of first, Nicholas WOLRICH, of Spalding; secondly, of Anthony CAWDRON, of Heckington, Co. Lincoln. Her daughter by her first husband, Jane, married Sir Matthew GAMLYN Knight, of Fulney Hall, in Spalding."
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Lincolnshire Wills Second Series 1600-1617 No. 28 on pages 26-27. See footnote.)
8. From the Will of Baruch WHITTINGHAM of Sutterton, Lincolnshire, made 12 February 1609, Probate Boston 2 May 1610:
"......debts which I owe unto Mr. CAUDRON [sic] for my lands latelie purchased of him."
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Lincolnshire Wills Second Series 1600-1617, Will No. 47 on pages 42 and 43)
9. From the Will of William WILLOUGHBY, gentleman, of Heckington, Lincolnshire, made on 2 December 1609. Probate Lincoln 3 July 1610:
"Among debts due to testator, George CAWDRON xl li. a schedule annexed"
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Lincolnshire Wills Second Series 1600-1617, Will No. 50 on pages 45 and 46)
10. From the Will of George CAWDRON of Little Hale in the parish of Great Hale, Lincolnshire, gent., proved at Lincoln on 22 January 1612. His wife Ellinor CAWDRON, his only son John CAWDRON.
Note: "The CAWDRONs rose in the social scale partly through their connection with the CARREs of Sleaford. Old Robert CARRE, of enormous wealth, married Elizabeth, daughter of William CAWDRON the King's Bailiff at Heckington. The family do not appear in the Visitations of the 16th century, but they are in that of 1634, and their arms are given in Yorke's Union of Honour."
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Lincolnshire Wills Second Series 1600-1617, Will No. 75 on pages 74 and 75.
11. From the Will of Richard WHITTINGHAM, gent., of Sutterton in Lincolnshire, made on 6 March 1615/16 and proved at Boston on 11 April 1616:
"And all my lands etc. in Sutterton late CAWDRON's"
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Lincolnshire Wills Second Series 1600-1617, Will No. 125 on pages 128-130)
12. From the Will of Edward KINGE of Ashby Delaland, Lincolnshire, esq., proved at Lincoln on 26 September 1617:
"Item I give unto my daughter CAWDRON my lesser blacke Tablett havinge a pearle hanging at ytt.
Item to every of her children vli . a peece.
Item to my sonne CAWDRON a Ringe of golde, lor a Jacobine to buy one with."
(Rev. A. R. Maddison's Lincolnshire Wills Second Series 1600-1617, Will No. 155 on pages 159-160)
13. Frances CAWDRON: Where was she baptised? No trace at Pinchbeck between 1638 and 1646.
A Frances, daughter of Robert CAWDRON, was baptised at Great & Little Hale, Lincolnshire, on 23 March 1619 (=1619/20?)
(IGI)
14. Frances CAWDRON:
Was CAWDRON her maiden name or was she a widow?
Anthony EDGOOSE (1620-1692) married Frances CAWDRON at Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, on 7 July 1663. She was his second wife.
Did she remarry after his death?
When did she die?
15. From Gosberton Parish Register:
1729 Widow CAWDRON buried at Gosberton 14 May.
1729/30 William CAWDRON buried at Gosberton 4 March.
(revised 09.02.2026)