Bristol Potters - P
Research by Reg Jackson
PATIENCE Thomas
See the Potteries List section for the Counterslip Pottery.
The Pottery had previously been run by Joseph and William Read.
| 1783-85 | Thomas Patience and Joseph Gadd ran the Counterslip Pottery, trading as Patience and Gadd. |
Following Thomas Patience’s death in December 1785, Joseph Gadd ran the Counterslip Pottery alone.
| 1725 | 31 Oct. Thomas, son of Thomas Patience, lighterman, baptised (RPR). |
| 1747 | 26 Jun. He became a free potter, as he was the son of Thomas Patience, lighterman (F, G). |
| 1748 | 29 Dec. Thomas Patience married Sarah Cantle (RPR). |
| 1752 | A Thomas Patience was landlord of the Punch Bowl alehouse in St Mary Redcliffe parish (McGrath & Williams 1979, 34). |
| 1753 | 22 Jan. Probably the Thomas Patience who was to appear with William Chatterton at the next General Quarter Session to answer for an assault on William and Sarah Lewis (T). |
| 1754 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1757 | He stood surety of £5 for Thomas Watkins to keep an alehouse in St Stephen’s parish (AKL). |
| 1757 | Thomas Taylor II, potter, and John Quarman, potter, stood surety of £5 each for Thomas Patience to keep an alehouse in St Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL). |
| 1759 | 16 Jul. Margaret Avery and others were proposed purchasers of a property on Redcliffe Hill comprising a tenement in the possession of Thomas Patience, victualler, being part of the lands of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (PBk). |
| 1762 | John Harwell, potter, stood surety for Thomas Patience to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1764 | A Thomas Patience of Temple Street signed a petition concerning the state of the common sewer called the Law Ditch (BRO Wooden Box 1764 Bundle 2 No.1). |
| 1764 | Thomas Patience was the landlord of the Cross Keys alehouse in Temple Street (BRO Wooden Box 1764 Bundle 11 No.2). |
| 1765 | William Chatterton, potter, stood surety of £5 for Thomas Patience to keep an alehouse in St Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL). |
| 1766 | Richard Phillips, potter, stood surety of £5 for Thomas Patience to keep an alehouse in Temple parish (AKL). |
| 1766 | 27 May. A potter of Temple parish he was bondsman to a licence granted to William Barber, maltster (M). |
| 1769 | 3 Nov. He stood surety of £10 for the appearance of Richard Pook, gentleman, at the next Sessions to answer for an assault (T). |
| 1771 | 13 Jan. Susannah Patience buried (RPR). |
| 1771 | 19 Jan. ‘Yesterday fennight died the wife of Mr Patience at the Cross Keys in Temple Street’ (FFJ). |
| 1771 | 16 Dec. A potter and widower of Temple parish he was granted a licence to marry Ann Hayes of St Mary Redcliffe parish at St Mary Redcliffe (M). |
| 1772 | 27 Dec. Thomas Patience of Temple parish, married Ann Hayes (RPR). |
| 1773 | 22 Sep. A potter of Temple parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Joseph Kelston, accountant (M). |
| 1774 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
| 1775 | Potter and victualler, 139 Temple Street, Cross Keys Public House (SD). |
| 1781 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
| 1785 | Patience and Gadd, Potters, Counterslip (BBD). Patience was in partnership with Joseph Gadd. |
| 1785 | 17 Dec. ‘Yesterday fe’nnight died Mr Patience, at the sign of the Cross-Keys in Temple Street’ (BMBJ). |
| 1793 | 15 Apr. He was described as deceased when his son, Edward, was apprenticed to Joseph Gadd, potter (A, Ao). |
| 1796 | 10 Sep. ‘Lately was married at Newton, near Bath, Miss Ann Patience, daughter of Mrs Patience, at the Cross Keys, Temple Street’ (BMBJ). |
| 1810 | 11 Aug. ‘Died Tuesday (7th) … at her house in Queen-square, Bath, Mrs Patience, widow of Mr. Thomas Patience, potter, of this city, and mother of Mrs Booth, Westgate-street, Bath’ (FFJ). |
| Apprentice: With wife Ann: Charles Price, 4 Oct 1785 (A, Ao)-9 Dec 1796 (F) |
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| Rate and tax book entries: Property 1 25 Mar 1750 Thos Patience Poor Redcliffe St (SMR-W) 6 Aug 1751 Thomas Patience Redcliffe St (SMR-H) 29 Sep 1755-29 Sep 1758] ‘Thos Patience & t’ents Redcliffe St’ (SMR-Wa)Property 2 29 Sep 1755-29 Sep 1757 Thomas Patience jnr Redcliffe Hill (SMR-Wa) [29 Sep 1758-29 Sep 1761] Thomas Patience Redcliffe Hill and Pit (SMR-W,Wa) The property then passed to Michael Edkins, potter. Property 3 |
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| Children: Wife Susannah: Thomas, bapt 16 Jul 1750 (RPR) Joseph, bapt 14 Nov 1751, buried 9 Aug 1754 (RPR), Mary, bapt 14 Nov 1751 (RPR), Thomas, bapt 7 Jun 1753, buried 16 Jul 1756 (RPR), James, bapt 30 Sep 1754, buried 21 Apr 1756 (RPR), Susannah, bapt 31 Aug 1757 (RPR), Joseph, bapt 24 Sep 1760, buried 17 Oct 1760 (RPR), Michael, bapt 24 Sep 1760, buried 14 Oct 1766 (RPR). Wife Ann: Thomas, bapt 18 Dec 1775 (TPR), Betty, bapt 9 Mar 1777 (TPR), George, bapt 4 May 1781 (TPR), Edward, apprenticed 15 Apr 1793 (A), Ann, married Sep 1796 (BMBJ) |
PAVEY (POVEY) Aaron
Born c1828 in St George (61C).
| 1851 | Labourer, Upper Easton Street, St George (23), living with his widowed mother, Susanna (51C). |
| 1853 | 27 Feb. Stapleton Road (27), the son of James Povey, a ropemaker, he married Ann Coller (28) of Stapleton Road, the daughter of Robert Coller, a gentleman (PPR). |
| 1861 | Labourer at pottery, 5 Back Lane, St Paul’s parish (33), living with his wife Ann (34), born in Wiltshire, and children (61C). |
| 1871 | Labourer at pottery, Cottage, Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (43), living with his wife Ann (45) and children George (17) born in Bedminster, Mary (14), Robert (11), Christiana (7) and Ann (4), all born in St Philip’s parish (71C). |
| 1881 | Labourer, 22 Victoria Terrace, St Philip’s parish (53), living with his wife Annie (49) and children including Walter Ernest (2), born in Bristol (81C). |
PAVEY Jack
Born c1880 in Bristol (01C).
| 1901 | Potter, 12 Philip Street, St Silas parish (21) (01C). |
PAVEY John Thomas
Born c1880 in St Philip’s, the son of William Charles Pavey (01C, 11C).
| 1901 | Potter, living with his widowed mother and siblings at 12 Philip Street, St Silas (21) (01C). |
| 1911 | Red ware thrower, widower, 18 Park Street, Barton Hill (31), living with his two children Lillian Rose (7) and William J.C. (4), both born in St George (11C). |
PAVEY (PEAVEY) William
Born c1875 in Bristol, the son of William Charles Pavey (91C).
| 1891 | 95 Meriton Street, St Philip’s parish (16), living with his parents and siblings (91C). |
PAVEY (PEAVEY) William Charles
Born c1850 in Bristol, the father of William and John Thomas Pavey (91C, 01C).
| 1871 | 6 Victoria Road, St Philip’s parish (22), living with his wife Sarah (21) born in St Philip’s parish (71C). |
| 1881 | 20 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (31), living with his wife Sarah Ann (30), and children (81C). |
| 1882 | 21 May. 9 John Street, St Philip’s parish on the baptism of his son Henry Charles (born 7 May 1882). Wife Sarah Ann (PPR). |
| 1891 | 5 Merton Street, St Philip’s parish (41), living with his wife Sarah A. (41), and children Sarah A. (19), William (16), Eliza (13), John (11), Henry (9), Joseph (7), Mary (5) and Frank (2), all born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | His wife was a widow (01C). |
PAYE Thomas
| 1830 | New Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
PAYNE Charles A.
Born c1881 in Alderney, Channel Islands (01C).
| 1901 | Labourer stoneware pottery, 56 Queen Square, St Stephen’s parish (20) (01C). |
PAYTON —–
| 1725 | 15 May. ‘Elizabeth wife of —- Payton, potter, St Peter’ buried (RB). |
PEARCE Caroline
Born c1877 in Temple parish (91C).
| 1891 | ‘Pottery’. 31 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (14) (91C). |
PEARCE Caroline
Born c1877 in Temple parish (91C).
| 1891 | ‘Pottery’, 31 Pipe Lane, Temple parish (14) (91C). |
PEARCE Colston
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 4.
The Pottery had previously been run by his mother, Elizabeth Pearce.
| 1815-c18 | Colston Pearce ran the St Philip’s Pottery 4, probably in partnership with his brother Thomas Pearce I |
A court action brought against Colston Pearce in 1839 shows that he was then still in possession of the Pottery. However, it seems likely that George Cox had taken over the running of the Pottery by 1823.
| 1825 | There is a reference to Coles and Pearce running a Pottery in Avon Street.
This is probably a reference to John Cole I’s Pottery (see St Philip’s Pottery 6). |
The son of Earl I and Elizabeth Pearce. The brother of Earl Pearce II and Thomas Pearce I.
| 1785 | 13 Nov. Baptised, the son of Earl and Elizabeth Pearce, Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1812 | 2 Oct. He obtained his freedom because he was the son of Earl Pearce I (F). |
| 1812 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1815 | Colston & Pearce, potters, Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (MD). (Presumably this is a mistake for Colston Pearce). |
| 1816-18 | Colston & Pearce, brown ware potters, Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (ED). (Presumably this is a mistake for Colston Pearce). |
| 1816 | Thomas Pearce, brown stone pottery, Avon Street (MD). (Presumably in partnership with his brother, Colston Pearce). |
| 1825 | Coles and Pearce, brown ware potters, Avon Street (MD). This is probably a reference to John Cole I’s pottery in Avon Street (see St Philip’s Pottery 6). |
| 1830 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1839 | 24 Aug. An action was brought by Hannah Chubb Wildgoose to recover possession from her brother, Colston Pearce, of certain property held by him in Avon Street, St Philip’s parish. She claimed that under a codicil to her father, Earl Pearce’s, will dated October 1793 he had bequeathed the Avon Street property to his wife Elizabeth, and on her death, to his children in equal portions. The widow continued to reside on the premises, which consisted of a pottery and a house and garden, and afterwards let them to Colston Pearce at one guinea per week. Elizabeth had died eight years ago prior to which Hannah’s husband, Henry Wildgoose, now deceased, had bought up the interests in the property of all the other children. A jury returned a verdict in favour of Hannah’s claim on the property (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1840 | Colston Pearce, aged 54, was convicted of assault at the Bristol City Sessions and fined 40s. The potter Samuel Spokes was also convicted of assault at the same Sessions (PRO HO27, Piece 60, page 291). |
PEARCE Earl I
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 4.
The Pottery had previously been run by Alexander Edgar.
| 1792-95 | Earl Pearce I ran the St Philip’s Pottery 4. |
He died in 1795 and his widow, Elizabeth, carried on the Pottery.
The son of William Pearce of St Philip and Jacob parish, farrier, deceased (A) and the father of Earl Pearce II (PPR).
| 1761 | 31 Jan. He was apprenticed to William I and Mary Maynard (A, Ao). |
| 1763 | 30 Jul. ‘I, Earl Pearce at the Pot House in Bread Street, Bristol, being afflicted with Rheumatism in my limbs for six months, was in the infirmary in this city for months without the least relief. I applied to Dr George of Bath, at the Naked Boy in Broad Street, Bristol. He through God’s assistance made a perfect cure of me in three weeks …’ (FFJ). |
| 1772 | 22 Feb. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1772 | 17 Sep. Sale of lands including: ‘Lot 5. All that Pothouse, Yard and Buildings, situate in Avon-street … now lett to Alexander Edgar, Esq., for a term of twenty-one Years, about sixteen Years whereof is now to come, at the Yearly Rent of £4.10s’ (BG). |
It is known that Pearce succeeded Edgar at the Pottery (BRO B4978).
| 1773-92 | Potter, Bread Street (PPR). |
| 1774 | Potter, St Philip and Jacob parish (P). |
| 1779 | 29 Dec. Potter, Old Market (Ao). |
| 1781 | Potter, St Philip and Jacob parish (P). |
| 1782 | 7 Sep. ‘To be sold in Separate Parcels, a Freehold Estate, consisting of a Brick-Yard, several Sheds and Tile Kilns, with about 14 Acres of Meadow Land, a compleat Vitriol Work, a Limekiln and Wharf, and a Pottery upon the Bank of the River Avon, in the Parish of St Philip and Jacob … now in the several occupations of Messrs Rawlins, Cave, Kendon, and Pearce; for the Purchase whereof the late Mr William King, deceased, entered into a Contract with Mr Joseph Hill, Brickmaker’ (BMBJ). |
| 1784 | Potter, St Philip and Jacob out parish (P). |
| 1784 | 9 Sep. Potter, Old Market (Ao). |
| 1791 | 6 Aug. Potter, Bread Street (Ao). |
| 1792 | Brown potter, St Philip’s (RD). |
| 1794 | 8 Mar. Potter, Old Market (Ao). |
| 1794-95 | Potter, Bread Street (MD). |
| 1795 | 3 Jun. Earl Pearce, aged 57 years, buried (cause of death: gout) (PPR). |
| 1812 | 2 Oct. His son, Colston, became a free potter (F). |
| 1812 | 3 Oct. John Cantle obtained his freedom as an engineer because of his marriage to Earl Pearce’s daughter, Ann Maynard (F). |
| 1812 | 7 Oct. He was noted as dead when his apprentice, William Pearce, became a free potter (F). |
| Apprentices: With his wife Elizabeth: William Miles, 28 Feb 1772 (A, Ao) Moses Brain, 22 or 29 Dec 1779 (A, Ao) William Pearce, 9 Aug or 9 Sep 1784 (A, Ao)-7 Oct 1812 (F) John Rexworthy, 6 Aug 1791 (A, Ao)-11 Jun 1818 (F) Edmond Rexworthy, 8 Mar 1794 (A, Ao) |
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| Children: Earl Pearce II, bapt 22 Sep 1771 (PPR), Ann Maynard, bapt 17 Aug 1773 (PPR), Sarah Taylor, bapt 30 Jun 1775 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 25 Dec 1776 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 8 Oct 1778 (PPR), Hannah, bapt 2 May 1781, buried 3 Aug 1781 (PPR), Hannah-Chubb, bapt 10 Mar 1782 (PPR), Fanny, bapt 9 Jun 1784 (PPR), Colston, bapt 13 Nov 1785 (PPR), Martha, bapt 12 Dec 1787 (PPR), Thomas Palmer, bapt 3 Apr 1791 (PPR), William, bapt 14 Oct 1792 (PPR) |
PEARCE Earl II
| 1771 | 23 Sep. Earl, the son of Earl Pearce I, baptised (PPR). |
| 1790 | 26 Dec. Potter, The Plain (PPR). |
| 1792 | 14 Oct. Potter, Narrow Plain (PPR). |
| 1795-99 | Potter, Bread Street (PPR). |
| Children: Wife Mary Ann, bapt 26 Dec 1790 (PPR), Mary, bapt 14 Oct 1792, buried (cause of death: decline) 10 Sep 1799, age 7 years (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 29 Apr 1795 (PPR), Earl (aged 3 years), bapt 29 Sep 1799, buried (cause of death: smallpox) 26 Nov 1801, aged 5½ years (PPR), Elizabeth (aged 10 months), bapt 29 Sep 1799 (PPR) |
PEARCE Elizabeth
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 4.
The Pottery had previously been run by her husband, Earl Pearce I.
| 1795-1814 | Elizabeth Pearce ran the St Philip’s Pottery 4.
Between 1797 and 1798 she may have been in partnership with Samuel Quarman, trading as Pearce and Quarman. |
The Pottery was then taken over by her son, Colston Pearce.
The widow of Earl Pearce I and the mother of Earl Pearce II, Colston Pearce and Thomas Pearce I.
| 1797-98 | 1797-98 Elizabeth Pearce, potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1797-97 | Pearce and Quarman, potters, Bread Street (MD). |
| 1801 | Elizabeth Pearce, potter, Bread Street (MD). |
| 1803-14 | Elizabeth Pearce, potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| c1831 | She died in an almshouse (Bristol Mercury). |
PEARCE Frederick
| 1843 | 17 Dec. Cathay, St Mary Redcliffe parish on the baptism of his daughter Matilda Mary Gane. Wife Matilda (RPR). |
PEARCE George
Born c1855 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (81C).
| 1880 | 21 Nov. Redcross Street, St Philip’s parish (25), the son of Thomas Pearce, a tile maker, he married Emily Farren (21) of St Philip’s parish, the daughter of John Farren, an iron worker (PPR). |
| 1881 | 12 Aberdeen Street, St Philip’s parish (26), living with his wife Emily (22), born in Warwickshire, and daughter Elizabeth Ellen (11), born in Stapleton, Gloucestershire (81C). |
PEARCE John I
The son of Henry Pearce of Bristol, basket maker (A).
| 1766 | 17 May. He was apprenticed to William I and Mary Maynard (A, Ao). |
PEARCE John II
| 1891 | 2 Aug. Noted as a potter when his daughter Clara (23) a tailoress of 5 Morley Terrace married Charles Thomas Cox (HTPR). |
PEARCE Joseph
Born c1842 in Bedminster (61C).
| 1861 | Lodging at 2 Great Ann Street, St Philip’s parish (19) (61C). |
| 1871 | Stoneware potter, 3 Francis Place, Bedminster (32), living with his wife Margaret Rose (31), born in Bristol, and children (71C). |
| 1881 | Stoneware potter, 25 Chatterton Square, St Mary Redcliffe parish (39), living with his wife Margaret R. (39) a tailoress, born in Bristol, and children, and his niece Elizabeth (16) an unemployed tailoress, born in London (81C). |
| 1901 | Stoneware potter, 131 Bath Road, Knowle (59), living with his wife Margaret (59) and daughter Mary A. Smith (30), and her children (01C). |
| Children: William E., born c1867 in Bristol (81C), Florence, born c1869 in Bristol (81C), Mary Ann, born c1871 in Bristol (81C). |