Bristol Potters - B
Research by Reg Jackson
BUTLER James
Born c1839 in Vauxhall, London (81C, 01C).
| 1881 | Stone ware potter, 12 Miles Street, Vauxhall, Lambeth, London (42), living with his wife Catherine (33), born in Bristol, and daughter, Lily (8), born in Portobello, Scotland (81C). |
| 1901 | Potter, 2 Upper Culver Street, St Augustine’s parish (62), living with his wife Catherine (53), born in Bristol (01C). |
| 1911 | Possibly his widow, Catherine (64), who was living in 1 Foster’s Almshouse, Colston Street, St Augustine’s parish (11C). |
BUTT Charles
Born c1841 in St Philip’s parish, Bristol (61C).
| 1858 | 28 Dec. Albert Road, the son of Charles Butt, labourer, he married Leonora Lavinia Cole, the daughter of Thomas Cole, potter (HTPR). |
| 1859 | 13 Nov. Marsh, St Philip’s parish, on the baptism of his son Thomas (born 20 Oct 1859) (PPR). |
| 1861 | Redware potter, St Philip’s Marsh, St Philip’s parish (20), living with his wife Leonora (19) and child (61C). |
| *In 1871 he was a red ware potter in Acton Turville, Gloucestershire (71C). In 1881 and 1891 he was a red ware potter in Whiteparish, Wiltshire (81C, 91C). In 1901 he was a red ware potter in Bexhill, Sussex (01C) and in 1911 he was a red ware potter at Semington, near Trowbridge, Wiltshire (11C). |
BYE Edward
The son of Thomas Bye of Kingsweston, Gloucestershire, yeoman and the father of John Bye (A).
| 1676 | 19 Feb. He was apprenticed to Robert and Sarah Wastfield (A).
Pountney has wrongly recorded the apprenticeship as being that of Henry Bye (Pountney 1920, 295). |
| 1677 | 10 Jul. He witnessed the will of Robert Wastfield (PRO Prob. 11/355). |
| 1681 | 11 Oct. John the sone of E. Bye and Grace his wife was borone (BrisPR). |
| 1685 | 30 Feb. Edward the sone of the fore sd. E. Bye and Greace his wife was borone (BrisPR). |
| 1687 | 28 Nov. Joseph the sone of the fore sd. E. Bye and Greace his wife was borone (BrisPR). |
| 1698 | 14 May. He was described as a gallypotmaker of Brislington when his son, John, was apprenticed to Mary Orchard (A, Ar). |
| 1698 | 12 Sep. He was described as a gallypotmaker of Brislington when his son, Edward, was apprenticed to Mary Jenkins, weaver (Ar). |
| 1702 | 22 Oct. The wife of Edward Bye buried (BrisPR). |
| 1703 | 15 Apr. A gallypotmaker of Brislington he was granted a licence to marry Hester Cable, widow, of St Philip and Jacob parish (M). |
| 1704 | 6 Jul. Will: I Edward Bye of Barton Regis in the County of Gloucester gallypotmaker Doe make and ordayne this my last will and testament in manner and former following first and principally I commend my soule into the hands of Almighty God that gave it my body I commit to the Earth to be decently buried in Christian Buriall and as touching such worldly goods which God of his mercy hath bestowed upon me I dispose as followeth Item I doe give unto my son John Bye one shilling Item I doe give unto my son Edward Bye one shilling Item I doe give unto my son Joseph Bye one shilling Item I doe give unto my son Benjamin Bye one shilling Item All the rest of my goods and chattels my debts and Legacies being paid and funeral expences discharged I doe give unto my loving wife Hester …The above will was proved at Bristol on 4 October 1704 and probate was granted to his widow, Hester (BRO Will 1704). |
| 1704 | 7 Aug. The Baptist Burial Ground Register (Redcross Street) records: Brother Edward Bye, a potter died at the Blue Bowl in Barton Hundred, was interred in sis. Hyett’s grave (Pountney 1920, 45). |
| 1704 | 4 Oct. The inventory of an Edward Bye of Barton Regis, Gloucestershire survives: Item in the Kiching 60 pounds of pewter £1.14s.0d Item in Crocks and kittels brass £2.4s.0d Item in Iron Ware on 3 brass kandellsticks 10s.0d Item in the hall one tabell borde, Chest & Chaires 10s.0d Item in the Chamber over the Kiching one bed & furniture £1.10s.0d Item 2 Chests one Case of Draws 6 Chairs £1.4s.0d Item a paire of Brass Indirons 5s.0d Item one Chest 2 tabels 3 old flock beds with [illegible] £2.5s.0d Item in Barrels and Ware £2.10s.0d Item 2 peggs 10s.0d Item in Ready Mony £4.0s.0d Item his wearing apparel £1.0s.0d Item in Lumber goods and other goods not Apreysed 10s.0d Item in debts desperate 10s.0d Sum totall £19.2s.0d (BRO Inventory 1704 No.8) |
BYE George
Born c1804 (Ao).
| 1818 | 23 Sep. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney (Ao). |
| 1827 | 3 Jun. Bedminster (PPR). |
| 1829 | 20 Sep. St Augustine’s parish (PPR). |
| 1830 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1833 | 13 Jan. St Augustine’s parish (PPR). |
| 1835 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1835 | 3 May. West Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1837 | Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish (P). |
| 1837 | 27 Aug. Castle Precincts (PPR). |
| 1841 | He is not mentioned in the census. His wife Elizabeth (35) was living in Limekiln Lane, St Augustine’s parish, with her children Alice (8), Henry (4) and Richard (7 mths) (41C). |
| 1861 | 8 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son Henry Strange Bye a hatter of Jacob Street (23) married Elizabeth Riley (PPR). |
| Children: Wife Elizabeth George, bapt 3 Jun 1827 (PPR), William, bapt 20 Sep 1829 (PPR), Ann, bapt 13 Jan 1833 (PPR), Alice, bapt 3 May 1835 (PPR), Henry Strange (aged 3 wks), bapt 27 Aug. 1837 (PPR) |
BYE John
The son of Edward Bye of Brislington, gallypotmaker (A) and the father of Philip Bye (T).
| 1681 | 11 Oct. John, son of Edward and Grace, born (BrisPR). |
| 1698 | 14 May. John Bye, son of Edward Bye of Brissleton, alias Bussleton, Somerset, gallypotmaker, apprenticed to Marie Orchard, widow of John Orchard, deceased, to learn from Marie and co-partners the art of gallypotmaking for 7 years (A, Ar). |
| 1704 | 6 Jul. He was left one shilling in his father’s will (BRO Will). |
| 1705 | 1 Oct. He became a free gallypotmaker (F, G). |
| 1722 | 6 Oct. John Buy, son of John Buy of Bristol potter, deceased apprenticed to John Allen, glazier … (A, Ar). |
| 1732 | 20 May. He was described as a Bristol potter, deceased, when his son, Philip was discharged from his apprenticeship to Henry Rudge, clothworker (T). |
| 1732 | 20 May. Described as a Bristol potter, deceased, when his son Philip was apprenticed to John Weaver (A, Ao, Ar). |
BYE Philip
The son of John Bye (T).
| 1732 | 20 May. He was discharged from his apprenticeship dated 13 February 1729 to Henry Rudge, clothworker, in order that he may be bound to another trade (T). |
| 1732 | 20 May. The son of John Bye of Bristol, potter, deceased, he was apprenticed to John and Hester Weaver. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |