Richard Ardington

1754 – 1824

✓ Validated against records · 2026-07-08

Richard Ardington was the shoemaker who moved the family off the land and into a trade. He was baptised at Bubwith on the 5th of May 1754 — the register writes him plainly the son of William Ardington of Gribthorpe — a yeoman's son from the little hamlet in the parish of Bubwith. But Richard did not farm. By the time he married he was a shoemaker at Howden, the market town a few miles south, and there the family settled.

On the 6th of May 1784 he married Hannah Garnett at Howden by banns, both of them signing the register with a mark — the last generation of this line we see marking, where their son and his children would write their names. The trade is on the marriage line: "Richard Ardington of this parish, Shoemaker." It passed to his son William — and stopped there, when William's son Robert took up joinery instead.

The records that survive of Richard's household are mostly of grief. In 1792 the family lost three children in a single stretch: an infant John dead of fits before his first year, and then, in the same month, Edward at five and Mary at two and a half — both, Mum's notes record from the register, of smallpox. A second son named Edward, born in 1794, died of smallpox too, in 1798. Of the children who lived, it was William, baptised in 1785, who carried the line. Richard himself was buried at Howden on the 5th of October 1824, aged seventy — a shoemaker to the end — and Hannah followed in 1832, at seventy-four. Behind him stands the wall of this family: his father, William Ardington of Gribthorpe, of whom the register says only that, and no more.

Composed from validated records · 2026-07-08

Baptism: May 5th 1754, Bubwith (Parish Records)
Marriage: May 6th 1784 to Hannah Garnett in Howden
Burial: October 5th 1824, Howden aged 70 years
Parents: William Ardington of Gribthorpe and Mary
Siblings: Jonathan Ardington baptised July 17th 1744, Bubwith Hary (sic) Ardington baptised March 2nd 1746, Bubwith William Ardington baptised February 1st 1749, Bubwith Richard Ardington baptised May 5th 1754, Bubwith Ann Ardington baptised March 4th 1759, Bubwith
Children: William Ardington baptised November 26th 1785, Howden Edward Ardington baptised October 16th 1787, Howden, died November 26th 1792 Mary Ardington baptised February 20th 1790, Howden, died November 9th 1792 John Ardington died May 14th 1792 aged under 1 Edward Ardington baptised December 16th 1794, Howden, died March 20th 1798 John Ardington baptised June 1797, Howden
Occupation: Shoemaker
1784: Marries Hannah Garnett in Howden 'Banns of marriage were published between Richard Ardington and Hannah Garnett, April 18th. 25th and May 32d. The said Richard Ardington of this parish, Shoemaker and Hannah Garnett, spinster were married in this church by banns this sixth day of May, 1784 in the presence of ? Birtwhistle and Ann Mariet' Both Richard and Hannah made their marks (x)
1792: Lost three children. John died from fits aged under 1, and then, in the same month, Edward aged 5 years and Mary aged 2 and a half years from smallpox.
1798: Edward dies also from smallpox
1824: Death of Richard aged 70 years
1832: Death and burial of Hannah on the 29th November 1832 aged 74 years

In your grandmother’s words · from her notebook

Family

Parents

WAFatherWilliam Ardington1720–1765 MAMotherMary Ardingtond. 1771

The children of William & Mary

· · Richard Ardington b. 1754this page ·

Marriage

HGSpouseHannah Garnett1759–1832

Children

WAChild · the line continuesWilliam Ardingtonmain line1785–1845

Life

Confirmed — anchored to a recordEstimated — inferred

1754

Baptised — Bubwith, son of William of Gribthorpe

5 May 1754

May 5 — Richard, Son of W.m Ardington of Gribthorpe.— Baptism, 1754 — Bubwith (the link to Gribthorpe)

Read at the image record Evidence

Confirmed against the original record, read at the image:

Baptism, 1754 — Bubwith (the link to Gribthorpe) — Yorkshire Baptisms (findmypast) — Bubwith parish register / Bishop's Transcript, baptisms May 1754 ('A true and perfect Copy of the Register of Bubwith Parish from March 25th 1754 till the same Time 1755'). Read at the register image, 8 July 2026. The record that ties this generation to the wall: Richard is the son of William Ardington of Gribthorpe, written, not inferred. read at the image

1784

Married Hannah Garnett

6 May 1784 at Howden Minster

Banns of marriage were published between Richard Ardington and Hannah Garnett,
April 18th, 25th and
May 2nd. The said Richard Ardington of this parish, Shoemaker, and Hannah Garnett, spinster, were married in this church by banns this sixth day of
May, 1784. Both Richard and Hannah made their marks (x).
— Marriage, 1784 — Howden (both made their marks)

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

Marriage, 1784 — Howden (both made their marks) — Howden parish register, marriage 6 May 1784, transcribed on Mum's page — not in findmypast's Yorkshire Marriages set for 1784 (a coverage boundary, not a missing record), and to be cross-checked on FamilySearch in round two. Credited to Mum's own reading of the register, which quotes the banns and notes both marks. from Mum’s research

1792

In 1792

1792

Lost three children. John died from fits aged under 1, and then, in the same month, Edward aged 5 years and Mary aged 2 and a half years from smallpox.— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

1792

Three children lost

1792 at Howden

Lost three children [1792]. John died from fits aged under 1, and then, in the same month, Edward aged 5 years and Mary aged 2 and a half years, from smallpox. [1798] Edward dies also from smallpox.— The children, and the losses of 1792

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

The children, and the losses of 1792 — Howden baptism and burial registers, transcribed on Mum's page. The burial causes are her reading of the register; not re-read at the image this pass. from Mum’s research

1798

In 1798

1798

Edward dies also from smallpox— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

1824

In 1824

1824

Death of Richard aged 70 years— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

1824

Buried

5 October 1824

Burial: October 5th 1824, Howden, aged 70 years. [Hannah] Death and burial of Hannah on the 29th November 1832 aged 74 years.— Burial, 1824 — Howden (and Hannah, 1832)

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research, cited — not yet re-verified at the image:

Burial, 1824 — Howden (and Hannah, 1832) — Howden burial register, transcribed on Mum's page: Richard buried 5 October 1824 aged 70; Hannah buried 29 November 1832 aged 74. Not re-read at the image this pass; a round-two upgrade. Richard's age at burial gives a birth year of about 1754, consistent with the Bubwith baptism read above. from Mum’s research

1832

In 1832

1832

Death and burial of Hannah on the 29th November 1832 aged 74 years— From Janet Brock’s research

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

Occupation

Mum’s record Evidence

From Janet Brock’s research notebook.

Our research

Richard, and the move from Gribthorpe

Research · Bubwith & Howden

Richard's 1754 Bubwith baptism is read at the register image — the record that names his father, William of Gribthorpe, and holds the line to the wall. His 1784 Howden marriage to Hannah Garnett, the children's baptisms, and his 1824 burial rest on Mum's own transcriptions: the Howden marriage of 1784 is not in findmypast's Yorkshire set (a coverage boundary, since the same register is indexed there from 1810), so it is credited to Mum. Round-two upgrades: cross-check FamilySearch's Yorkshire Bishop's Transcripts for the 1784 marriage and the 1792/1798 burials with their causes (FamilySearch often fills findmypast's gaps); read the Howden burial register for Richard (1824) and Hannah (1832) at the image. Hannah Garnett's own Howden line is a later pass.