Sundry entries taken from PR transcripts (pre 1813) and the NBI (post 1812)
Burials
George Richards son of George & Elizabeth at Cardington 23 Nov 1793
George Richards age 35 at Cardington on 12 May 1830
George Richards age 75 on 29 May 1835 at Cardington
Elizabeth dau of George & Elizabeth on 8 Apr 1799 at Cardington
Joseph Richards age 70 at Cardington on 16 Sept 1813
Baptisms at Cardington show no additional detail to what's on the IGI.
The were no Richards living in Cardington in the 1782 Inhabitants of Cardington.
A Judith Richards had what appears to be an illegitimate son, George, baptised in Potton on 14 Dec 1814, and a member submission on the IGI (not to be relied on) shows she married William Tear in Potton on 10 Jan 1814. The date looks iffy and I'd like to see it confirmed. William 50 and Judith 48 Tear were living in Potton in 1841 and there's a burial of Judith Tear in Potton on 5 Sept 1841 aged 50, which just about ties up with Judith baptised in Cople on 6 Oct 1791. It would therefore tend to support the notion that George and Elizabeth moved from Cople to Cardington to Potton and possibly dropped into Bedford on the way. The only other Richards burial in Potton was Mary Richards aged 27 on 25 March 1829, which seems to be the Mary baptised at Cardington on 19 March 1802.
Naomi Richards born in Potton in 1804 seems to disappear. I wonder if she was the Naomi Richards, a pauper from the workhouse, whose daughter Jane was baptised at St Martin in the Fields, Middlesex, on 29 May 1830. In 1841 there's a Jane Richards, 11 not born in Beds a servant in the household of Joseph & Mary Clifton living in George St, which might be her. Or it might not!
A Cordelia Richards married Thomas Horley at St Marylebone on 14 Nov 1813. Looks to be the right one as in 1861 there's a Cordelia Horley widow 71 b Bedford living in Paddington
David