 He was also the school master of Prince Henry's Grammar School, Otley between 1789 and 1806.Bawdwen married Ann, daughter of William Shackleton, of Wakefield on 30 December 1793, and died at Hooton Pagnell on 14 September 1816, leaving twelve children.The estate of Stone Gap, which had been in his family for two hundred years, was sold by Bawdwen soon after he succeeded to it.