Sir Francis Baildon

     Francis was born in 1560 in Kippax, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. He was the son of George Baildon and Anne Husse Folkingham. Francis married Margaret Goodrick, daughter of Richard Goodricke and Clare Norton, circa 1584 in Ribston Manor, Yorkshire, England. Francis & France had Francis & three other children. France Johnson & Margaret Goodrick were cousins. He was also married to Isabel Tyrwhit & Anna Coleby.
Francis was an English Squire and built Kippax Hall [demolished in 1800] at Yorkshire, England. He owned twenty horses, ten cottages, one corn mill, 200 airable acres, 20 acres of meadow, and was considered a rich man. He was sheriff of Kippax in 1588, bailiff of Cowick & Snaith in 1596-1596 & 1604-1605, Justice of the Peace in 1608. He was knighted on 23 July 1603 by King James I at Coronation at Whitehall. Francis married France Johnson after 22 September 1598 in Yorkshire, England. Francis departed this life on Saturday, 4 June 1622 in Monk Frystone, Kippax, Yorkshire, England. He was buried 20 June 1622.