Bristol Potters - R
Research by Reg Jackson
READ (REED) Charles
See the Potteries List section for the Counterslip Pottery.
| c1764-76 | Charles Read ran the Counterslip Pottery. |
| 1776 | Charles Read died, but the Pottery was carried on by his executor(s) for the benefit of his sons, Joseph and William Read, presumably until 1783. |
Joseph Gadd and Thomas Patience took over the Counterslip Pottery in 1783.
The son of Charles Read of Calne, Wiltshire, woolcomber (A).
| 1741 | 12 Oct. He was apprenticed to Paul and Elizabeth Townsend with £10, the gift of the Wiltshire Society. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1764 | 17 Mar. ‘At Read & Co’s Pothouse at Counterslip near Temple Cross, Bristol, Merchants and others may be supplied with all Sorts of Stone Bottles as cheap as imported. Also Pickling Jars, etc, 30 per cent under common selling Price in this city. Also all sorts of Muggs, etc, at Lowest Prices’ (FFJ). |
| 1774 | 28 Sep. ‘Thursday died (sincerely regretted by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance) Mrs Reed, wife of Mr Reed, potter, in Temple Street’ (BG). |
| 1775 | Potter, 3 Counterslip (SD). |
| 1776 | 26 Mar. ‘All persons who have demands on the late Charles Read, Potter in Temple St., are desired to send their Particulars to Mr Edward Lacon, linendraper, Bristol, Admin., who respectfully acquaints the Friends and Customers of the Deceased that the Trade is carried on at the usual Place by and for the Benefit of his sons Joseph and William Read (till they come of Age) where any Orders they mat be favoured with, shall be punctually executed and gratefully acknowledged by them as well as their obedient humble servant Edward Lacon’ (BG). |
| Rate and tax book entries: Property 1 [29 Sep 1764-25 Mar 1783 Charles Read Counterslip (Temple-Wa,L,W)Property 2 [29 Sep 1764-25 Mar 1783 Charles Read a warehouse and yard Counterslip (Temple-Wa,LS,W) |
READ Joseph
See the Potteries List section for the Counterslip Pottery and the 124 Temple Street Pottery.
Counterslip Pottery
Previously ran by his father Charles Read.
| 1776-83 | The Pottery appears to have been run by the executor(s) of Charles Read’s estate for the benefit of his sons, Joseph and William Read, until they came of age.
Joseph Read was born in about 1757 and would have come of age in 1778 while William Read’s birth date is not known and no further reference to him as been found. |
Joseph Gadd and Thomas Patience took over the Counterslip Pottery in 1783.
124 Temple Street Pottery
It is not known when Joseph Read became involved with Charles Price I in running the 124 Temple Street Pottery. His name was first recorded in connection with the Pottery in 1799. He was referred to as an accountant in 1794 and it is possible that he subsequently reverted to his previous trade as a potter.
| 1799-1803 | Charles Price I and Joseph Read ran the 124 Temple Street Pottery, trading as Price & Read. |
The Pottery was still operating as ‘Price and Read’ in 1804, despite Read’s death in 1803, and the name of the firm seems to have been retained subsequently at the 123 (or 125) Temple Street Pottery until 1817, although Charles Price I was the only surviving partner.
Then John Duffett succeeded Charles Price I at the 124 Temple Street Pottery.
Born c1757 in Bristol, the son of Charles Read, and the brother of William Read.
| 1776 | 26 Mar. The Counterslip Pottery was to be carried on for his benefit, until he came of age (BG). |
| 1778 | 14 Aug. A potter of Temple parish, he was granted a licence to marry Ann Jones of St James’s parish, at St James’s (M). |
| 1778 | 17 Aug. Joseph Read of Temple parish married Ann Jones (JaPR). |
| c1780 | Married his second wife, Eliza (information from the Price family). |
| 1794 | Accountant, Barrs Street (MD). |
| 1796 | 23 Aug. A potter of Bristol, he was bondsman in respect of the will of John Tagg of St Philip and Jacob parish, limeburner (BRO Will 1796). |
| 1798 | 23 Mar. Presumably the Joseph Read who witnessed the will of Joseph Gadd, potter. |
| 1799-1801 | Price & Read, brown stone potter, Temple Street (MD). (This was Charles Price I and Joseph Read). |
| 1802-04 | Price & Read, brown stone potter, 124 Temple Street (MD). |
| 1803 | Potter, Barrs Street (MD). |
| 1803 | 29 Dec. ‘Joseph Read, aged 46 years, late of Barrs Lane in St Paul’s parish, was interred in the Baptist Burial Ground, near Redcross Street’ (PRO RG4/1826 Broad Mead (Baptist), 1789-1803). |
| 1805-08 | Price & Read, brown stone potter, 123 Temple Street (sometimes Price & Read (late Alsop) (MD). |
| 1809-17 | Price & Read, brown stone potters, 123 Temple Street, next to the Bunch of Grapes, Thomas Street (MD). |
| Children: | |
| Anna Maria, married 1807; Sophia; Anne, married 1808, died 1812; Eliza, born 1786, married 1807, died 1838; Lydia; Ellen (all information from the Price family). |
READ William
See the Potteries List section for the Counterslip Pottery.
The son of Charles Read and the brother of Joseph Read.
| 1776 | 26 Mar. The Counterslip Pottery was to be carried on by the executor(s) of the estate of his father, Charles Read, for his benefit until he came of age (BG). It seems unlikely that William Read was active in the business. |
REDMAN Rose
Born c1858 in St George (81C).
| 1881 | Potter warehousewoman, 2 Henry Row, St Philip’s parish (23) (81C). |
| 1891 | She had moved to Mells, Somerset, where her husband was a police constable (91C). |
REDWORTHY (REXWORTHY) John
| 1820 | 27 Nov. St Thomas parish on his marriage to Ann Nation of St Thomas parish (ThPR). |
| 1821 | 29 Apr. Temple parish on the baptism of his son John Edward (born 20 Jan 1821). Wife Ann (TPR). |
REED John
The son of John Reed of Bristol, coachmaker (A).
| 1794 | 5 Apr. He was apprenticed to Michael and Elizabeth Edkins (A). |
REES Charles
Born c1846 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Potter, 2 Brick Street, St Philip’s parish (15), living with his parents Charles and Susan Rees, labourer at oil factory (61C). |
| 1871 | Labourer in oil mills, 24 Wade Street, St Philip’s parish (25), living with his wife Anna (24) and daughter Harriet (2), both born in Bristol (71C). |
REES James
Born c1817, the son of Joseph Rees (A).
| 1831 | 21 Jul. (or 1832; Ao). The son of Joseph Rees he was apprenticed to William and Constance Powell, aged 15 years, and with 40s from Alderman Kitchen’s Charity (A, Ao). |
REES Joseph
The son of Joseph Rees of Bristol, hallier (A), he was the father of James Rees (A).
| 1804 | 8 May. He was apprenticed to Edward Patience (A, Ao). |
| 1815 | 3 Dec. St John’s parish on the baptism of his son Joseph. Wife Mary (JaPR). |
| 1830 | Crown Court, Temple parish (P). |
| 1831 or 32 | 21 Jul. Noted as a potter when his son James was apprenticed to William and Constance Powell (A, Ao). |
| 1832 | Crown Court, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 | Crown Court, Temple parish (List if Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 | Crown Court, Temple parish (P). |
REESE Charles
Born c1846 in Bristol (61C).
| 1861 | Braggs Lane, St Philip’s parish (15), living with his grandmother Elizabeth Henson, a widow (61C). |
REEVES George
| 1736 | 10 Aug. ‘Assignment of the residue of a term of 99 years by Thomas Cave the elder of Bristol, pewterer, and George Reeves, potter, of a piece of ground on which Thomas Cave has built a house in a lane leading from Redcliff Pitt to Redcliff Backs’ (BRO Quaker Deeds SF/D2/8). |
| 1741 | He stood sureties of £5 for Joseph Bale and Jeffrey Bedford to keep alehouses in St Mary Redcliffe parish (AKL). |
| 1748 | 25 May. ‘Assignment absolute for 99 years, George Reeves, potter, and others re. the above property’ (BRO Quaker Deeds SF/D2/10). |
REID Thomas
The son of John Reid of Bristol, gardener (A).
| 1777 | 25 Aug. He was apprenticed to William II and Elizabeth Maynard. Friends to find apparel and washing (A, Ao). |
REXWORTHY Edmund
The son of Edward Rexworthy of Bristol, cornmeasurer (A).
| 1794 | 8 Mar. He was apprenticed to Earl I and Elizabeth Pearce with £2 from Alderman Kitchen’s Charity (A, Ao, K). |
REXWORTHY Harry
Born c1862 in Horfield, Gloucestershire, the son of Henry Rexworthy (71C, 91C).
| 1881 | Potter, 11 Jocky Lane, St George (18), living with his mother Eliza and siblings (81C). |
| 1891 | 17 Ducie Road, St George (28), living with his wife Selina (28) and children Gertrude (4) and Harry (2), all born in Bristol (91C). |
| 1901 | Inn keeper, 44 Lawrence Hill, St Lawrence parish (39), living with his wife Selina (38) and children Gertrude, Harry, Dorothy (7) and Gladys (7 mths), all born in Bristol (01C). |
REXWORTHY (RIXWORTHY) Henry
Born c1833 in St Philip’s parish, the father of Harry Rexworthy (51C, 61C, 71C).
| 1851 | 1 Penn Street, St Peter’s parish (18), he was living with his parents William and Mary Rixworthy, a tanner, born in Wiltshire (51C). |
| 1854 | 26 Dec. He married Eliza Regan at St Paul’s church (Ancestry website). |
| 1861 | Potter, Fronting Road, Horfield (28), living with his wife Eliza (30), born in Clifton, and children Alice Emily (5), Mary (2) and Frederick Henry (1), all born in Horfield (61C). |
| 1871 | Potter, Cribbs Causeway, St George (39), living with his wife Eliza (41) and children including Henry/Harry (9), Ellen (7), both born in Horfield, and Emily (4), born in St Philip’s parish (71C). |
| 1879 | 9 Aug. Described as being employed at the Crown Pottery for the last 27 years. He brought an action against Alfred Bruton, the owner of the World’s End public house in St George, for seducing his daughter, Mary Augusta, aged 21, and getting her pregnant. The action was dismissed through want of evidence (Western Daily Press). |
| 1881 | Potter, lodging at 49 Matthew Street, Swansea (49). His wife was living at 11 Jocky Lane, St George, with heir children (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter, boarding at Burchills Green Road, St George (58). His wife Eliza was described as a widow and living at 97 Twinnell Road, St Philip’s parish, with heir daughter Mary (91C). |
| 1898 | He died in Bristol, aged 66 (Ancestry website). |
| 1901 | His wife was a widow (01C). |
REXWORTHY John
The son of Edmund Rexworthy of Bristol, victualler (A).
| 1791 | 6 Aug. He was apprenticed to Earl I and Elizabeth Pearce with £10, the gift of Edward Colston to Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital (A, Ao). |
| 1818 | 11 Jun. He became a free potter (F). |
| 1820 | 27 Nov. A potter of St Thomas parish, he married Ann Nation of the same parish (ThPR). |
REYNOLD Henry
Born c1858 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | Potter’s lad, 12 Tennis Court, St Mary Redcliffe parish (13), living with his mother Ann A. Reynold, a charwoman (71C). |
REYNON Peter
| 1735 | 10 Jan. ‘Henry Reynon, aged 7 years, son of Peter Reynon, potter’ was one of the lives on a lease (BRO Temple Ab 244). |
RICH John
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 9.
The Pottery had previously been run by his grandfather, William Rich I, who died in 1872.
| 1872-79 | John Rich ran the St Philip’s Pottery 9. |
After 1876 the firm traded as ‘John Rich and Boon’. This was probably John Boon, an ironmonger, one of the executors of William Rich I’s will.
The Pottery was advertised for sale by auction in 1878, although John Rich was still working there in 1879 and in 1880 it was taken over by a ‘Mrs Rich’, possibly John Rich’s wife, Ann.
| 1880-83 | Mrs Rich ran the St Philip’s Pottery 9. (The directories show the Pottery being run by Mrs Rich while John Rich is listed as a grocer. The 1881 census return records him as a ‘drain pipe maker, unemployed’. However, for the 1891 and 1901 census returns he gave his occupation as a ‘retort maker’ and ‘pot maker in clay’ respectively, though he was presumably then working as an employee and not on his own account.). |
The Pottery seems to have closed after 1883. It may have been a Pottery advertised for sale or to let in 1884.
Born c1844 in St Philip’s parish, the son of Samuel Rich and the grandson of William Rich I.
| 1861 | Drain pipe maker, Avon Cottage, St Philip’s parish (17), living with his parents and siblings (61C). |
| 1868-88 | Albert Road, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1871 | Drain pipe maker, 2 Albert Villa, Albert Road, St Philip’s parish (27), living with his wife Ann (25), born in Publow, Somerset, and children (71C). |
| 1874-75 | John Rich, Albert Road, St Philip’s Marsh (WD). |
| 1876-79 | John Rich and Boon, drain pipe works, Albert Road (WD). |
| 1878 | 13 Jul. ‘Avon Cottage Pottery, St Philip’s Marsh, Bristol. Messrs Tricks, Sons & Co. are instructed by the Trustees of the late Mr W.P. Rich to sell by auction, on the premises … the whole of the machinery, plant and stock-in-trade of a drain pipe and fire brick pottery; and comprising 10 horse power engine, egg-end boiler, runners, pug mill, pipe machine, moulds of all descriptions, tiles, fire bricks, burrs, drain pipes, ejects, junctions, chimney pots and the usual materials used in the above mentioned business. Also a useful horse and tip cart’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1878 | 18 Nov. The stock-in-trade of the pottery was again offered for sale by auction (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1880-83 | Mrs Rich, drain pipe works, Albert Road (WD). |
| 1881 | Drain pipe maker, unemployed, Grocers Shop, Albert Road, St Philip’s parish (37), living with his wife Ann (35), shopkeeper, and children (81C). |
| 1884 | 29 Apr. Possibly the pottery advertised: ‘To manufacturers of drain pipes, pottery and terra-cotta goods. To be let or sold, 11 acres of first class clay, with two kilns, sheds and cottage thereon, together with plant and machinery for brick, tile and pipe working. Moderate and convenient terms to responsible party’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1891 | Retort maker, 97 Albert Road, St Philip’s parish (47), living with his wife Ann and children (91C). |
| 1901 | Pot maker in clay, 9 Avenue, Langton Court Road, St Luke’s, Brislington (57), living with his wife Anna (55) and children (01C). |
| 1911 | His wife was a widow (11C). |
| Children: Florence, born 13 Jul 1868, bapt 16 Aug 1868 (PPR), George William, born 27 May 1870, bapt 3 Jul 1870 (PPR), John Ernest, born 25 Aug 1871, bapt 24 Sep 1871 (PPR), Lilian Blanche, born 25 Apr 1875, bapt 23 May 1875 (PPR), Lilian Blanche, born 24 May 1876, bapt 18 Jun 1876 (PPR), John Holbrook, born 19 Dec 1880, bapt 9 Jan 1881 (PPR), Fred Lissold, born 6 May 1882, bapt 28 Jan 1883 (PPR), Annie Louisa, born 4 Sep 1883, bapt 30 Sep 1883 (PPR), Harold Arthur, born 10 Dec 1887, bapt 15 Jan 1888 (PPR) |
RICH Joseph
Born c1845 in St Philip’s parish (71C).
| 1871 | Labourer in pottery, 52 Grafton Street, St Philip’s parish (26), living with his wife Elizabeth (26) in Swansea, South Wales (71C). |