Bristol Potters - F

Research by Reg Jackson

FRANK Richard

See the Potteries List section for the Redcliff Back Pottery 1, Redcliff Back Pottery 2 and the Water Lane Pottery.

Redcliff Back Pottery 1
He succeeded his father, Thomas Frank 1 at the Pottery.

c1744-65	Richard Frank operated the Pottery.
1766-77	Richard Frank and his son, Thomas Frank II, operated the Pottery.

The Redcliff Back Pottery 1 closed in 1777.

Redcliff Back Pottery 2
He succeeded John Harwell at the Redcliff Back Pottery 2.

1759-60

Richard Frank operated the Redliff Back Pottery 2.

The Redcliff Back Pottery 2 closed in 1760.

Water Lane Pottery
In 1777 he closed the Redcliff Back Pottery 1 and took over the Water Lane Pottery from William Taylor I.

1777-85

Richard Frank ran the Water Lane Pottery.

He probably operated the Pottery until his death in 1785, although it may have been taken over by his son-in-law, Joseph Ring, in 1784.

He was succeeded at the Water Lane Pottery by Joseph Ring I.

Born on 13 Nov. 1711, the son of Thomas I and Elizabeth Frank, gallypotmaker, the father of Thomas Frank II, and the father-in-law of Joseph Ring (QR).

1727	9 Feb. He was apprenticed to his parents (A, Ao, Ar).
1734	23 Mar. He became a free gallypotmaker (F, G).
1734	Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1737	13 Sep. A potter of St Mary Redcliffe parish he was granted a licence to marry Mary Hellier of Christchurch parish, at Christchurch or St Philip and Jacob (M).
1737	15 Sep. He married Mary Hellier (PPR).
1739	Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1741	14 Nov. Potter, Redcliff Back (Ao).
1743	18 May. A reference to a lease dated 30 July 1697 of ‘garden ground still used as a drying place on Redcliff Hill between the cliff called Adercliff on the North and the wall of a ground belonging to the vicarage house of Redcliff on the south, and a piece of ground belonging to the Dean and Chapter of the Cathedral Church …on the East, and ground called Adercliff ground in the holding of wm. Prewett and now of — on the West part, whichsd. garden ground or drying place contained in length 26 yards in breadth 20 yards together with a Ragg of ground or way leading from the street there unto the same ground’. The ‘lease of all that sd. garden ground … and so much of a tenemt. now in the possession of Richd. Franks potter as is lately built and stands on part thereof with the ground behind the same tenemt …’ was vested in Elizabeth Noblett, a widow (BB; BRO DC/E/3/4; BRO Plan Book A page 103-105). By the 5 Dec. 1752 the tenement had passed from Richard Frank to Henry Gresley (BB).
1743	7 Jul. A potter of Bristol, he was bondsman for Edmund Lewis of Bristol, baker (Adm.).
1745	25 Jun. Richard Frank, potter, and his wife, Mary, were mentioned in the administration of the estate of Thomas Hellier of Bristol, glover (Adm.).
1752	He stood surety of £5 for William Chatterton, potter, to keep an alehouse in St Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL).
1754	Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1754	25 Jun. ‘Mill for pottery glaze. Opposite Hotwell, across the river lies a mill for the stamping and grinding of glazes for pottery. It is driven by another spring, which gushes forth at the foot of the beetling limestone crag on that side in the same way as the Hotwell spring does on the opposite bank. However, this mill only has a head of water twice in 24 hours, when the water in the river is low [at low tide]. Pottery glaze. The glaze is prepared in the following way: lead and tin are burnt to ash in a reverberatory furnace and then melted together with quartz and sand. The product is a white glass, which is red in spots after the melting but becomes white when it is stamped and ground. The design of stamps and the mills is shown by … drawing no.136, letters ‘a’ and ‘b’. The trundle wheel ‘c’ drives six pairs of stones in addition to the stamps. After stamping, the glass is ground in a tub full of water. The man who lives here and supervises the grinding is paid 7s per week and has a cold bath as well, which is also of some value to him [possibly a bath fed by the spring, and used, as at Howells, for public bathing for which he could make a charge]. The mill belongs to ‘Mr Franco’ [presumably Mr Franks] who has a glass furnace near the Church of St Mary Redcliffe, where the mixture is turned into glass [probably a mistake for ‘glaze’]. (Berg, T. & P. 2001. R.R. Angerstein’s illustrated travel diary 1753-1755. London: Science Museum).
1754	30 Oct. Potter, Redcliff Back (Ao).
1760	3 Jun. A lease to Stephen Bagg of Bristol, currier, of ‘All that Plott, Piece, Parcel, late void, of ground containing from end to end 60 feet and in depth or breadth from East to West 60 feet And also all those two messuages or tenements and Potthouse sometime since erected and built thereon now in the sevl. possessions or Occupations of James Cox, limeburner, John Hope, potter, and Richd. Franks, potter, all of which are situated lying and being on Redcliff Backs …’ (BB; BRO 01717(2)b).
1762	1 Mar. A leased to Stephen Bagg of ‘All that piece of void ground situate on Redcliff Backs in the parish of St Mary Redcliffe … late in the possession of James Cox, limeburner, but now void containing in breadth in the front against the River Avon 60 feet or thereabout and in depth from east to west 38 feet or thereabout bounded on the north side by a stable belonging to Edward Bright, brewer, and on the south side by a warehouse belonging to Richard Frank potter, on the west side by the River Avon aforesaid and on the east by a public road leading to a glasshouse and limekilns’. (BRO 0117(2)c).
1764	6 Dec. Decribed as a potter when his son Thomas, a merchant, married Elizabeth Fry (PRO RG6/0128).
1765	4 Jul. Decribed as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth married Joseph Ring (PRO RG6/0128).
1765	6 Jul. ‘Thursday was married at the Quaker Meeting House, Mr Joseph Ring, cabinetmaker in Thomas Street, to Miss Franks, daughter of Mr Richard Frank, potter, on Redcliff Backs’ (FFJ).
1769	6 Sep. Mary Frank of Redcliffe parish, wife of Richard Frank, buried (QR).
1769	25 Sep. ‘Bristol, Saturday, September 23 … Deaths … Mrs Franks, Wife of Mr Franks, Potter, on Redcliff-Backs’ (Bath Journal – information from Marek Lewcun).
1770	23 Sep. He imported ‘500 Stone Bottles and 100 Worp Mugs’ from Rotterdam (PB-IMP).
1770	20 Jan. He imported ‘40 T Irish Clay’ from Carrickfergus, Ireland (PB-IMP).
1770	12 Jun. He imported ‘400 Strings Chamber Pots, 1000 Worp Jugs and Mugs, 900 Stone bottles’ from Rotterdam (PB-IMP).
1770	2 Jul. He imported ‘15 T Irish Clay’ from Carrickfergus (PB-IMP).
1770	9 Apr. The information of ‘Magnus Lundberg Foreman to Mr Richd Franks and Son, Potters’ on Redcliff Back (Q). For full details see under Redcliff Back Pottery 1 and Magnus Lundberg.
1771	22 Aug. Described as a potter when his daughter Mary married Robert Ring, cooper, the son of Joseph Ring, cooper, deceased (PRO RG6/0128).
1772	30 May. ‘To let immediately, a large piece of ground on Redcliff Backs, adjoining to Mr Franks, inclosed on each side, except that against the river …’ (FFJ).
1773	2 Dec. ‘To be Lett … a Piece of void ground about 60’ square, adjoining to Mr Frank’s Pot-House, on Redcliff-back …’ (BG).
1773	9 Dec. ‘For sale Brewhouse, etc., late Saml. Sanford, brewer, near adjoining Messrs. Frank’s Pothouse on Redcliffe-backs …’ (BG).
1774	Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1775	24 Jul. He imported ‘400 Strings Chamber Pots, 200 Worp Jugs’ from Rotterdam (PB-IMP).
1776	10 Aug. Refers to a lease dated 3 June 1760 granted to Stephen Back of ‘all that piece of void ground and also 2 messuages or tenements and Potthouse sometime since erected and built thereon’. The Pothouse ‘now converted into sundry dwellings and in the possession of Messrs More, Phillips and Stockman’ (BB).
1777	15 Jan. A lease of a piece of void ground in Redcliff Backs states that it was bordered ‘on the south by a warehouse belonging to Richard Frank, potter …’ (BB).
1777	29 May. ‘To be lett and entered upon at Midsummer. A house and several large warehouses situated on Redcliff Back adjoining the River Avon, now and for many years past in the occupation of Messrs. Frank & Co., Potters – The premises lie close to the River, where there is a slip for loading goods, and are very well adapted for the business of a Potter, a Brewer, a Distiller, or any other Business that requires Room …’ (BG).
1777	12 Jun. ‘Richard Frank & Son, earthen and Stone Pot Works are removed from Redcliff Backs to Water Lane, where they continue the same business in all its Branches’ (BG).
1778	22 Aug. Thomas North granted to William Green ‘all that parcel of late close of ground called Rack Close adjoining a certain tenement formerly in the tenure of … — Ward potter deceased and now of Philip James hallier on the east side towards the River Avon and on the west side a messuage formerly in the tenure of John Bartlett hooper and victualler and now of Richard Frank potter and in front ranging along a lane called Water Lane on the north side …’ (BRO).
1778	Richard Frank and Son imported ‘66 strings chamber pots, 66 strings jugs and mugs’ from Rotterdam (PB-IMP).
1781 & 1784	Gallypotmaker, Temple parish (P).
1783	Richard Frank & Co., potters, Temple Street (BWMD).
1784	20 Sep. An inventory was prepared on the sale of Richard Frank’s Pottery to Joseph Ring: ‘The Stock and Utensills in Trade at the Pot House in Water Lane, Bristol, as Appraised as following, viz:- Black Ware £27.6s.2½d; Red China Ware £3.16s.2d; Tortoishell Ware 18s.0d; Blue and White Sprig’d Ware £14.15s.6d; Blue and White Stone Staffordshire Ware £2.18s.9½d; Dutch Ware – 18 Jugs, one to ye Warp 18s.0d; Delph Ware £7.5s.0d; 21 doz. and ½ Copperplate tiles £4.4s.0d; Best Nottingham Ware £25.16s.8½d; Blue China glaz’d Ware £11.3s.2½d; Enamelled China Glaze Ware £14.8s.11½d; Common Enamelled Ware £3.13s.3d; Copperplate Ware £2; Cream Colour Ware £90.13s.4½d; White Stone Ware £52.0s.9d; Brown Stone Ware £159.16s.11½d; Materials: 27 tons Clay at 2s.6d, 80 bags Sand at 1s.2d, 11 cwt Salt at 5s.6d: £3.0s.6d; Tools: 324 Pot Boards, 3 Benches, 1 Pounding Trough, 1 Mixing Trough, 1 Clay Chest, 3 Compleat Wheels and Wheel Frames with Working Benches, etc., Moulds and Drums for making Slugs, Kiln ladder, Salting Boxes, Lignum Vitae blocks and Hand Mill £10; Old Iron pot in the Yard 4s.6d’ (Owen 1873, 343).
1785	Richard Frank, Water Lane, potter (RD).
1785	16 Apr. ‘The same day died Mr Richard Frank, in Water Lane, Temple Street; who has carried on the Pottery business in this city many years, with the greatest integrity’ (BMBJ).
1785	23 Apr. A potter of Temple, he died, aged 73, and was buried on 26 Apr at Redcliff Pit (PRO RG 6/936, Quarterly Meeting of Bristol and Somerset. Burial Notes 1776-1795).
1787	13 Jan. ‘Monday died Mrs Frank, sister of Mr Frank, late a potter of this city, and one of the people called Quakers’ (BMBJ).
1787	6 Oct. ‘Lately was married in the island of Jamaica, Capt. Lundberry, of this port, to Miss Frank, daughter of the late Mr Richard Franks, potter, of this city’ (BMBJ). Capt. Lundberry was the son of Magnus Lundberg I.
	Apprentices: With wife Mary: William Chatterton, 14 Nov 1741 (A, Ao, Ar) – 3 Oct 1751 (F, G) William Thomas, 30 Oct 1754 (A, Ao) John Williams II, date of apprenticeship unknown – 16 Jun 1792 (F)
	Tax and rate book entries: Property 1: 29 Sep 1737-25 Mar 1738] Richd Frank ‘From the Lower End of ye Hill to ye Gate’ (SMR-L) [25 Mar 1738-29 Sep 1738 Richard Frank void ‘From the Lower End of ye Hill to ye Gate’ (SMR-L)Property 2: 25 Dec 1739-29 Dec 1740 Richard Frank (SMR-LS) 25 Mar 1750-1765 Richard Frank Potthouse/house and yard Redcliff Back (SMR-W,PR,L,H,Wa) [1766-1777] Richard Frank/Richard Frank & Son Redcliff Back house/pothouse/warehouse and yard (SMR-W,L,LS,Pa,Wa) 25 Mar 1778-25 Mar 1779] Richard Frank void Redcliff Back (SMR-W) [25 Mar 1779 James Jones for the Prison Redcliff Back (SMR-L) 25 Dec 1780-25 Dec 1781 French Prison void Redcliff Back (SMR-LS)Property 3: Previously occupied by John Harwell, potter [25 Mar 1759-25 Mar 1760 Richard Frank Stone pothouse Redcliff St and Back (SMR-PR) [29 Sep 1759-29 Sep 1760] Richard Frank Small Pot House Redcliff Back (SMR-Wa) [29 Sep 1760-29 Sep 1761] Richard Frank pot house void Redcliff Back (SMR-Wa) [29 Sep 1761 Step Bragg warehouse late Frank Redcliff Back (SMR-Wa) Property 4: Previously occupied by Thomas Cantle II 25 Mar 1777-25 Mar 1784 Richard Frank/Richard Frank & Co. Water Lane (Temple-W,Wa,LS)
	Children: Thomas II, born 8 Nov 1738 (QR), Elizabeth, born 27 Oct 1739 (QR), Richard, born 8 Nov 1740 (QR), Elisha, born 10 Dec 1741 (QR), William, born 11 Jan 1743 (QR), Mary, 29 May 1744 (QR), Hannah, born 22 Aug 1745 (QR), Richard, born 20 Sep 1746 (QR), Richard, born 14 Jun 1748 (QR), George, born 17 Aug 1749 (QR), John, born 8 Mar 1751 (QR), Samuel, born 19 Feb 1754 (QR)

FRANK Thomas I

See the Potteries List section for the Redcliff Back Pottery 1.

He succeeded ‘John Frank’ at the Redcliff Back Pottery 1. However, ‘John Frank’ may be a mistake for Thomas Frank I, as the latter was exporting earthenware from at least 1705.

c1709-38	Thomas Frank I ran the Redcliff Back Pottery 1.
1738-c44	Thomas Frank I and his son, Richard Frank, ran the Redcliff Back Pottery 1.

From c1744 Richard Frank was operating the Redcliff Back Pottery 1 alone.

The son of Thomas Frank of London, tailor, deceased. He was the father of Richard Frank.

1689	8 Aug. He was apprenticed to Edward I and Deans Ward. 40 shillings to be paid to apprentice at the end of his term (A, Ar).
1696	He was living with the Ward family in Temple parish (Ralph & Williams 1968, 253).
1697	25 Mar. A gallypotmaker of Bristol he married Hester Martine (QR).
1698	11 Jun. He became a free gallypotmaker (F).
1700	19 Jul. ‘Esther Frank, Philip’s parish, wife of Thomas of Bristol, buried’ (QR).
1701	23 Jun. A gallypotmaker of Bristol he married Elizabeth Collins, daughter of Richard Collins, late of Bath, Somerset (QR).
1705-26	From at least 1705 until 1726 (the Port Books studied to date) Thomas Frank was regularly exporting earthenware to Nevis, Montserrat, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, St Kitts, Boston, Carolina, Pennsylvania, New York, Philadelphia and ports in Ireland (PB-EXP).
1707-27	He was described as a gallypotmaker (A, Ao, Ar).
1721	3 Apr. He was named as an executor in the will of Mary Orchard, potter (BRO Will 1732/82).
1722	Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1726	Apr. ‘By Tho. Franks for Tiles for the Parish house £1.8s.0d’ (BRO P/St Aug/ChW/1(b)).
1726	May. A deed of settlement mentions a pothouse occupied by Thomas Frank, St Mary Redcliffe parish, as a tenant of Abraham Lloyd, merchant (BRO Whiting MSS).
1728-38	[Otherwise undated] Thomas Frank of Bristol, gallypotmaker, and Elizabeth, his wife paid £30 for a 99 year lease of a messuage and garden in Broad Street [Bath] … on the lives of Elizabeth Frank, and Hannah and Mary Frank their daughters. He to pay the money due from his late father-in-law, Richard Collins, to the Corporation (Bath Council Book No.5 – information from Marek Lewcun).
1733	A gallypotmaker, Redcliff Back (A, Ao, Ar).
1733	16 Aug. ‘Ended … Joseph Thrall agt John Robins at Mr Frank’s pothouse, Redclift Backs’ (C).
1734	Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1736	Potter, Redcliff Back (A, Ao, Ar).
1736	4 Nov. John Barton, potter, stated to be at ‘Mr Frank’s pothouse, Redcliff Backs’ (C).
1737	27 Jun. ‘Thomas Franks, quaker, potter, Redcliff Backs’ (JB) and again on 3 Jul 1738.
1739	Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P).
1740	10 Jul. ‘Elizabeth Horler spst. agst. John Mearne works at Mr Frank’s potthouse’ (C).
1745	28 Sep. The Corporation of Bristol paid Thomas Frank £3.16s.0d ‘for Chimney Tile’ used in the New Exchange (G).
1746	5 Dec. Possibly the Thomas Frank of St Leonard’s parish, gentleman, who was granted a licence to marry Mary Williams, widow, of St James’s parish at St James or St Leonard (M).
1746	7 Dec. Thomas Frank married Mary Williams (LPR).
1754	Gallypotmaker, St Philip and Jacob parish (P).
1757	17 Mar. Of St Philip and Jacob parish he was buried at Redcliff Pit (QR).
1757	21 Mar. ‘Bristol, March 19th … Monday morning died suddenly, Mr Thomas Frank Sen. one of the People call’d Quakers’ (Bath Chronicle – information from Marek Lewcun).
	Apprentices: With wife Hester: Peter Griffiths, 11 Jul 1698 (A, Ar)-28 Apr 1707 (F,G) With wife Elizabeth: Galfridus Pinnell, 24 Nov 1707 (A, AR) Thomas Taylor I, 18 Mar 1709 (A, Ao, Ar)-22 Mar 1718 (F, G) James Lewis, 5 Apr 1709 (A, Ao, Ar) James Gane, 17 Aug 1709 (Ao, Ar) William Arney, 27 Sep 1712 (A, Ao, Ar) Joseph Taylor I, 17 Jul 1714 (Ao, Ar)-14 Mar 1722 (F, G) James Gaynard, 13 Nov, 8 or 13 Dec 1714 (A, Ao, Ar)-14 Mar 1722 (F) Joseph Griffiths, 23 Mar 1720 (A, Ao, Ar) Hugh Taylor, 27 Jun 1720 (A, Ar)-24 Jul 1747 (F, G) Joseph Cherry, 15 Apr 1721 (A, Ao, Ar)-12 Aug 1728 (F, G) Henry Farr, 16 Apr 1724 (A, Ao, Ar) Richard Frank, 9 Feb 1727 (A, Ao, Ar)-23 Mar 1734 (F, G) Richard Taylor, 7 Apr 1733 (A, Ao, Ar) Thomas Taylor II, 13 Oct 1733 (A, Ao, Ar)-26 Jun 1747 (F, G)Alone: Joseph Flower, 14 Aug 1736 (A, Ao, Ar)-12 Mar 1744 (F, G) Henry Mearn apprenticeship date unknown- 6 Aug 1713 (F)
	Rate and tax book entries: Property 1: St Anne’s Mill, he took over this property from Edward Ward I 1704 ‘Tho Franck for ye Mill’ (Brislington-Ch)Property 2: Redcliff Back Pottery 1 1709-25 Mar 1738] Thomas Frank Dwellinghouse/pothouse/warehouse Redcliff Back (SMR-W,L,LS,PR) [25 Mar 1738-25 Dec 1744 Thomas and Richard Frank, Dwellinghouse, Pothouse, etc. Redcliff Back (SMR-L,LS)Property 3: 25 Mar 1736-29 Sep 1738 Thomas Frank for a Warehouse Redcliff Back (SMR-L) Property 4: [29 Sep 1736-25 Mar 1757 Thomas Franks garden (Locks garden) Guinea Street (SMR-L) Property 5: 25 Dec 1728-25 Dec 1740 Ths. Frank (SMR-LS) 25 Dec 1742 Thos. Frank Redcliff Hill (SMR-LS) Property 6: [25 Mar 1738 Thomas Frank Cathay (SMR-L) Property 7: [21 Dec 1746-21 Dec 1747 Thomas Frank Head of the Key (St Leonard’s-LS)
	Children: Hester, born 27 Sep 1699 (QR), Mary, born 21 Jan 1702 (QR), Thomas, born 20 May 1703, buried 15 Mar 1707 (QR), Hannah, born 26 Feb 1705 (QR), Elizabeth, buried 21 Jun 1708 (QR), Richard, born 13 Nov 1711 (QR)

FRANK Thomas II

See the Potteries List section for the Redcliff Back Pottery 1 and the Castle Green Pottery.

Redcliff Back Pottery 1

1766-77

Thomas Frank II ran the Redcliff Back Pottery 1 with his father, Richard Frank.

By 1778 Thomas Frank II was described as a merchant rather than a potter.

Castle Green Pottery

1771-c81

Thomas Frank II was in partnership with Richard Champion and others in the Castle Green Pottery.

It is not known how long the partnership lasted, but the Castle Green Pottery closed in 1781.

Born 8 Nov 1738, the son of Richard and Mary Frank, gallypotmaker (QR).

1764	18 Jul. He became a free merchant as he was the son of Richard Frank, potter (F).
1770	9 Apr. He was in partnership with his father, Richard Frank, at the Redcliff Back Pottery 1 (Q).
1771	He was one of the original investors in William Cookworthy’s Pottery in Castle Green (Selleck 1978, 65).
1771	29 Aug. It was probably Thomas Frank II (the ‘Mr Frank, potter on Redcliff-back’) whose daughter, Polly, married Robert Ring, cooper, of Thomas Street (BG).
1770	21 Mar. He imported ‘300 Stone Pots, 300 Stone Bottles’ from Rotterdam (PB-IMP).
1775	2 Mar. He imported ‘200 Stone Bottles’ from Rotterdam (PB-IMP).
	He later became a grocer in Castle Street (Pountney 1920, 160).
1778	9 Aug. Elizabeth Frank died, aged 35, the wife of Thomas Frank of Castle Green, merchant. She was buried on 14 Aug (PRO RG 6/310, Monthly Meeting of Bristol: Burials, 1743-1788).

FRANKLIN —-

1825

26 Nov. Coroner’s Inquest: … on the body of Mary Franklin, who was reported to have been killed by her husband. – By the evidence of James Grady, who stated that he lived in the same house with the deceased and her husband; it appeared that the parties resided in Queens Court, Redcliff Street; that the husband was a labourer in a pottery; … [he had a fit and broke her neck] (FFJ).

FRANKLYN Thomas

1827 & 30	Temple parish (TPR).
	Children: Wife Mary Mary Ann, bapt 6 May 1827 (TPR), Thomas Llewellyn, bapt 29 Aug 1830 (TPR)

FREESTONE Charlotte

Born c1886 in Bristol (01C).

1901	Pottery printer, 104 Meriton Street, St Silas parish (15) (01C).

FREESTONE Henry

Born c1835 in Westbury, Wiltshire (61C).

1854	6 Jun. He married Louisa Honeywill at Temple church (Ancestry website).
1861	Potter’s labourer, 5 Weavers Arms Court, Temple Street, Temple parish (26), living with his wife Louisa (28) born in Bristol and children (61C).
1871	Labourer, unemployed, 3 Mitchells Court, Temple parish (37), living with his wife Louisa (38) and children (71C).
	Children: William A., born c1856 in Bristol (61C), Henry, born c1858 in Bristol (61C), Francis, born c1861 in Bristol (61C), Anna, born c1865 in Bristol (71C), Emma, born c1870 in Bristol (71C)

FRENCH Henry George Daniel

Born c1869 in Clifton (91C).

1891	Potter’s clerk, Park Villa, Bushy Park Road, Bedminster (22), living with his father and siblings (91C).
1898	9 Jun. He was described as being employed at Price’s Pottery in Thomas Street (Bristol Mercury).
1901	Commercial traveller, manufacture stoneware, Priory Road, Knowle (32), living with his wife Matilda (31), born in St Mary Redcliffe parish, and children Irene (6) and Marguerite (3), both born in Knowle (01C).
1907	9 Dec. He was described as a ‘representative’ when he presented the address on behalf of the employees of Price’s Pottery, on the occasion of the marriage of John Harold Price (Western Daily Press).
1911	Commercial traveller, pottery, Towerhurst, St Martin’s Road, Knowle (42), living with his wife Matilda (41), and children Irene (16), Marguerite (13), Doreen (8) and Geoffrey (6), all born in Bristol (11C).
1943	6 Aug. ‘Mr and Mrs Henry G.D. French, now living in retirement with their only son at Syston Farm, Mangotsfield, will celebrate their golden wedding tomorrow. Mr Harry French was engaged in business for 53 years with the Bristol Stoneware Pottery, Thomas Street. He was a Freemason of the Whitson Lodge and a special constable’ (Western Daily Press).
1957	18 Jun. He died at Syston Farm, Syston, Gloucestershire. Effects valued at £2,549.5s.6d. (PRO National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995).

FRICK Elizabeth

Born c1858 in St Peter’s parish (71C).

1871	Earthenware printer’s cutter, 53 Lincoln Street, St Philip’s parish (13), the daughter of William, a coachsmith (71C).

FRICKER Stephen

See the Potteries List section for the Westbury-on-Trym Pottery.

The Pottery had previously been run by George Hart.

1775-c80

Stephen Fricker ran the Westbury-on-Trym Pottery.

Fricker went out of business, caused by the loss of trade during the American War of Independence (1775-1783), and was succeeded at the Pottery by Roger Yabbicom.

1760	16 Oct. Sarah, daughter of Stephen and Martha Fricker, baptised (PPR).
1773	14 Oct. Stephen Fricker moved from the Wine Vaults, St Thomas Street, to the Fountain Tavern (BG).
1775	Victualler, Fountain Tavern, 12 High Street (SD).
1775	Presumably the vintner of St Mary le Port parish for whom George Hart, potter, stood surety (AKL).
1775	16 Dec. ‘Stephen Fricker at the Fountain Tavern in High Street, Bristol, begs leave to acquaint the public, that he hath taken and entered upon The Sugar House Pottery, at Westbury, (lately carried on by Mr George Hart, who is now retired from business) where he will make it his study to be attentive to that manufactory and hopes for the kind encouragement of sugar-bakers, merchants and others, and as the quality of the goods speaks for itself, he is silent on that head, but will endeavour to merit the favours of his employers. N.B. Chimney, garden and flower pots are also manufactured there …’ (BG, FFJ).
1778	Jan. He was living at Burfield house as a tenant when George Hart sold it to John Trehawke of Liskeard in Cornwall for £2,400, the property then being described as ‘two messuages, two pothouses, one stable, two gardens, four acres of land, four acres of meadow, twenty acres of pasture and common pasture for all manner of cattle’ (BRO 21782, box 17, bundle 6).
1780	6 Jul. ‘For Sale by Auction … Lot I A modern new built House situate at Westbury-on-Trim … Lot II Two very good Houses, the one lately built, with Kitchen and Pleasure Gardens, and adjoining the same is a valuable Pottery, which for Conveniency and Repute, is not to be equalled in this Kingdom, and has been so for these 40 Years last past, and is now let to Mr Stephen Fricker (tho’ much under let) at the yearly rent of £105.5s … on a lease of seven years, five of which will expire on 29 day of September next …’ (BG).
1783	23 Jun. ‘Recd of Mr Stpn Fricker one years rent for the Claypits due Lady day 1783 … £5.5s’ (BRO AC/E37).
1788	22 Apr. William Fricker, possibly Stephen Fricker’s son, buried (WPR).
1788	20 Jun. Probably the Stephen Fricker buried in Bristol (Ancestry website).
	Fricker’s four daughters were married after his death; one, Sara, married Samuel Taylor Coleridge, another, Edith, married Robert Southey, both of whom were eminent literary figures of the 19th century. The other sisters, Mary and Martha, married repectively Robert Lovell and George Burnett (Cottle 1980, 3).
1795	10 Oct. ‘Sunday … was married at St Mary Redcliff Church, Mr Coleridge, of this city, to Miss Sally Fricker, daughter of Mrs Fricker, school-mistress, on Redcliff Hill’ (BMBJ).
1795	21 Nov. ‘Saturday was married at St Mary Redcliff church Mr Southey, of this city, to Miss Edith Fricker, daughter of Mrs Fricker, school-mistress on Redcliff-Hill’ (BMBJ).
	Southey’s son was to write: ‘at Bath … Mr Coleridge first became acquainted with his future wife Sarah Fricker, the eldest daughter of the three sisters, one of whom was married to Robert Lovell, the other having been engaged for some time to my father. They were the daughters of Stephen Fricker, who had carried on a large manufactory of sugar pans or moulds at Westbury, near Bristol, and who having fallen into difficulties, in consequence of the stoppage of trade by the American war, had lately died, leaving his widow and six children wholly unprovided for’ (Southey 1849, Volume 1, 216-217).

FROST George

Born c1856 in Bristol (91C) or c1855 in Hotwells, Clifton parish (71C), the father of Henry Frost (01C).

1855	12 Dec. He was baptised, the son of James and Eliza Frost (St Andrew’s, Clifton PR).
1871	Presser at pottery, boarding at 1 Hampton Place, St Philip’s parish (16) (71C).
1881	Whiteware potter, 9 Albert Street, St Philip’s parish (25), living with his wife Emily (21), a laundress, born in Bridgwater, Somerset (81C).
1891	Potter, 43 Queen Victoria Street, St Philip’s parish (35), described as single, but living with his son George H. (9), born in Bristol (91C).
1901	Potter’s printer, boarding at 38 Lewis Street, St Silas parish (45), with his son, Henry (19) (01C).
1904	14 Dec. ‘The City Coroner … held an inquest at Stapleton Workhouse on the body of George Frost, clay presser, 50 years of age. John Frost identified his father. He said his father seemed to be ailing of late, and frequently complained of pains in his sides. He was taken to the Workhouse on Saturday morning last and died the following day. The post-mortem showed that there were distinct signs of lead poisoning. Part of the lungs were very hard and black, and there were blue marks on the gums. Death was caused by cirrhosis, accelerated by lead poisoning. Mr T.S. Johnston, the managing director at Messrs Pountney’s pottery, St Philip’s, said Frost worked in the pressers’ department. Inquiries had been made into the case by the Inspector of Factories, and he said it was not a case of lead poisoning. The deceased had no right whatever in the dipping department, nor would he go there, and he could not conceive how he could get lead poisoning from their works. They had made great efforts to minimise the danger of their workmen contracting anything like that. The conclusion he had come to was that he must have taken it elsewhere, for there was little chance for him to get it in the dipping department. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence’ (Western Daily Press).

FROST Henry

Born c1882 in Bristol, the son of George Frost (01C).

1901	Potter’s presser, boarding at 38 Lewis Street, St Silas parish (19), with his father George Frost (01C).
1911	Mason’s labourer, 2 Goodrich Avenue, Caerphilly, South Wales (11C).

FRY Charles

Born c1841 in Bristol, the son of Elizabeth Fry and the father of James Fry (71C, 81C).

1861	Packer at pottery, 4 Taylors Court, Temple parish (20), living with his parents and siblings (61C).
1871	Earthenware packer, 4 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (30), living with his wife Emma (29) born in Bristol and children, and mother-in-law Elizabeth Fry, transferer potter (71C).
1881	Lamplighter, 7 Atlas Terrace, St Philip’s parish (40), living with his wife Emma (39) and children (81C).
1891	Packer, railway, widower, 60 Mill Street, Bedminster (50) (91C).
1901	Clay potter, widower, Bristol Union Workhouse, Manor Road, Fishponds (60) (01C).
	Children: James C., born c1867 in Bristol (71C), Walter, born c1871 in Bristol (71C), Charles, born c1874 in Bristol (81C), Edwin, born c1876 in Bristol (81C), George, born c1880 in Bristol (81C)

FRY Elizabeth

Born c1809 in Brighton, Sussex, the mother-in-law of Charles Fry (71C).

1861	No occupation, 4 Taylors Court, Temple parish (52), living with her husband John (57), a general labourer, born in Bristol, and children Charles (20) and Sarah (18), both born in Bristol (61C).
1871	Transferer potter, 4 Ash Lodge, Temple parish (62), living with her son-in-law Charles Fry, earthenware packer, and family (71C).

FRY James

Born c1865 in Temple parish, the son of Charles Fry (81C, 91C).

1881	Warehouse boy at pottery, 7 Atlas Terrace, St Philip’s parish (14), living with his parents and siblings (81C).
1891	Potter’s warehouseman, 18 Whitehall Road, St George (24), living with his wife Selina (22), born in East Clevedon, Somerset, and daughter Emma (3 wks), born in St George (91C).
1901	Pottery warehouseman, 18 Bright Street, St George (34), living with his wife Selina (31), and children Emma (10) (Emily in 1911 census) and James (8), both born in Bristol (01C).
1911	Warehouseman (china), 18 Bright Street, St George (44), living with his wife Selina (43) and children (11C).

FRY John

Born c1830 in Clifton, Bristol (81C).

1841	Scholar, Avon Crescent, Clifton parish (11), living with his parents John, an engineer, and Sarah (41C).
1846	23 Nov. He was apprenticed to William Powell (Ao).
1851	Stone potter, Avon Crescent, Clifton (21), living with his parents (51C).
1855 & 56	Bedminster (TPR).
1861	Stoneware potter, Somerset Street, Bedminster (31), living with his wife Elizabeth (32), born in Clifton, and children (61C).
1871	Stoneware potter, 12 Somerset Street, Bedminster (41), living with his wife Elizabeth (42) and children (71C).
1873	29 Jul. John Fry the younger, stone ware potter, late apprentice of Wm. Powell, stone ware potter, a free burgess dec’d. Indenture of apprentice dated 23 Nov. 1846 endorsed produced (FM).
1881	Stoneware potter, 2 Hope Cottage, Bedminster (51), living with his wife Elizabeth (53) (81C).
1891	Stoneware potter, 58 Thomas Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (62), living with his wife Elizabeth (63) (91C).
1901	Stoneware thrower, widower, 10 Kingstree Street, Knowle (71) (01C).
1907	He died aged 77 years (Ancestry website).
	Children: William G.W., born c1854 in St Augustine’s parish (61C), Elizabeth, bapt 11 Nov 1855 (TPR), Emma Elizabeth, bapt 28 Dec 1856 (TPR), Sarah Ann, born c1859 in Bedminster (61C), John, born c1863 in Bedminster (61C), Rosetta, born c1864 in Bristol (71C)

FRY William

Born c1870 in Temple parish (91C).

1891	Earthenware packer, lodging at 21 Atlas Street, St Philip’s parish (91C).

FUDGE (TUDGE) Richard

The son of Ogdobni Fudge of Bristol, blacksmith (A).

1718	7 Oct. He was apprenticed to Jonathan Hibbs (A, Ao, Ar).
1728	16 Aug. A potter of Bristol, he was bondsman for the administration of John Addis, cidermaker (Adm.).
1732	18 Oct. A potter of St Augustine’s parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Zacharis Stokes, butcher (M).
1733	25 Sep. A potter of St Augustine’s parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Thomas Hill, yeoman (M).
1739	29 Mar. A gentleman of St Augustine’s parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to William Brown, potter, to marry Rebecca Fudge (M).
1739	31 Oct. He became a free potter (F, G).
1739	He stood surety of £5 for Edward Wilkins, potter, to keep an alehouse in St Michael’s parish (AKL).
1739	Potter, St Augustine’s parish (P).

FULLFOOT Thomas

1732	16 Oct. ‘Sarah Smith agst Thomas Fullfoot, potter in Bear Lane. Thurs the 19th of Oct 1732 Pltf. proved Deft. indebted to her 12s.2¾d for diet ordered it be paid with costs at 12d p. week’ (C).