Bristol Potters - R
Research by Reg Jackson
RILEY James
| 1765 | 17 Jun. A potter of St Thomas parish, he was granted a licence to marry Grace Beale of the same parish at St James’s (M). |
RILEY Joseph
He was the son of Richard Riley (F).
| 1761 | 12 Aug. He was described as a potter of Bristol in a property transaction (BRO Wooden Box 1760 Bundle 3 No.27). |
| 1774 | 19 Oct. He became a free potter as he was the son of Richard Riley, gallypotmaker, deceased (F, G). |
| 1774 | Potter, Temple parish (P). |
RILEY (or RELEY, REELY) Richard
The son of Robert Riley of Bristol, yeoman, he was the father of Joseph Riley (A, F).
| 1717 | 21 Feb. He was apprenticed to Thomas and Sarah Dickson, £10 paid with the apprentice (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1727 | 1 May. He became a free gallypotmaker (F, G). |
| 1729 | 6 Jul. ‘Mary the daughter of Richard Reley was baptised’ (BrisPR). |
| 1734 & 1739 | Gallypotmaker, Brislington (P). |
| 1750 | 25 Nov. Possibly the ‘Richd Rely’ buried (BrisPR). |
| 1756 | 28 Jul. ‘Shusanah Riley was buried’ (BrisPR). |
| 1774 | 19 Oct. He was dead when his son, Joseph, became a free potter (F, G). |
| Rate book entries: 1733-46 Richard Riley (Brislington-Highway) |
RIMINGTON Alfred H.
Born c1854 in Beckingham, near Newcastle, Lincolnshire (11C).
| 1901 | Wholesale druggist’s clerk, 53 Belvoir Street, Sculcoates, Kingston-Upon-Hull, Yorkshire (47), living with his wife Sarah (47) (01C). |
| 1911 | Timekeeper, caretaker of pottery works, The Lodge, Bristol Pottery, Fishponds (57), living with his wife Sarah (60), born in Brigg, Lincolnshire (11C). |
RING Elizabeth
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
She succeeded her husband, Joseph Ring I, in the existing partnership with William Taylor I and Henry Carter.
| 1788-91 | Elizabeth Ring, William Taylor I and Henry Carter ran the Water Lane Pottery. |
The partnership between these three was dissolved on 31 December 1791 and Elizabeth Ring retired from the firm which continued under the name of Ring and Carter (Robert Ring and Henry Carter), Robert Ring being the brother of Joseph Ring I.
However, Elizabeth Ring seems to have still been associated with the firm of Ring and Carter, as she operated a pottery saleroom in Bath Street.
The daughter of Richard Frank Ring, potter, she married Joseph Ring I, potter, on 4 Jul 1765 (QR).
| 1788 | 5 Apr. Her husband, Joseph Ring I, died (Q). |
| 1788 | 19 Apr. ‘The Manufacture of Queen’s-Ware on Temple Backs, is continued to be carried on in its several Branches by the Widow of the late Joseph Ring, and her Partner, under the firm of Ring, Taylor and Carter …’ (BMBJ). |
| 1789 | 1 Mar. ‘Hannah Ring died 25.2.1789 aged 21 years, Temple parish, daughter of Elizabeth, buried Redcliff Pitt’ (QR). |
| 1789 | 11 Aug. ‘Sarah Ring, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Ring of Bristol, married Frederick Cookworthy of Bristol’ (QR). Frederick Cookworthy, a haberdasher, was the son of Benjamin and Sarah Cookworthy of Plymouth, Devon (QR) and was thus the nephew of William Cookworthy, the porcelain manufacturer. |
| 1791 | Water Lane, Temple parish (Ao). |
| 1792 | 11 Feb. The partnership between Elizabeth Ring, William Taylor and Henry Carter was dissolved on 31 December 1791 (BMBJ). |
| 1793 | 16 Apr. ‘Lydia Ring died 12 April 1793 aged 22, Temple parish, daughter of Elizabeth, buried at Redcliff Pit’ (QR). |
| 1797 | 25 Jan. A list of persons whose gouts led into the common sewer between Temple and St Thomas parishes included Elizabeth Ring, earthenware shop, Bath Street (Q). |
| 1802 | 4 Mar. Advertisement for Henry Carter’s Bristol Pottery mentioned ‘his large and extensive Ware-Room, at Mrs Ring’s, No. 14, Bath Street, opposite the Porter Brewery’ (BG). |
| 1813 | 15 Jul. Will of Elizabeth Ring: ‘I give as follows: viz to my Daughter Sarah Cookworthy my cr.. [illegible] Stand & Casters to my daughter Elizabeth Ring my silver cup with glass Bottom and my mother’s Gold ring – to my daughter Sophia Ring 1 grevay spoon 6 Tea spoons and sugar tongs to my daughter Rebecca 1 silver spoon cream jug and punch ladle with a piece of coin in the Bottom to my son Richard Frank Ring 1 Mahogany Ward Robe and to my son John Ring the sum of five guineas … all my household furniture Books Weiring apparel to my Daughters Elizabeth Sophia and Rebecca Ring share and share alike … N.B. my mothers Watch and any small things in silver I request my daughter Elizabeth to Dispose of as She may see proper’. |
| 1814 | 4 Mar. She made a codicil to her will: ‘I give and bequeath unto my Daughters Elizabeth Ring and Sophia Ring all such stock capital share right and interest profits arrears of profits and money as shall belong to me at the time of my decease of and in the trade or business of Earthenware China and Glass Dealers now carried on by me and by my said Daughters under my name in High Street in the City of Bristol …’ (BRO Will 1816). This will was proved 12 August 1816. |
| 1816 | 16 Feb. ‘Elizabeth Ring died 8 February 1816 aged 76 years of Temple parish relict of Joseph, potter, buried at Redcliff Pit’ (QR). |
| Apprentices: William Howell, 5 Aug 1791 (A, Ao) Benjamin Radford, 27 Oct 1791 (A, Ao)-1 Oct 1812 (F) John Williams II, date of apprenticeship unknown – 16 Jan 1792 (F) |
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| Rate book entries: 29 Sep 1787-29 Sep 1789 Widow Ring Water Lane (Temple-Wa) |
RING George
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 10.
| c1870-79 | George Ring ran the St Philip’s Pottery 10. |
There are no further references to the Pottery and it appears to have closed.
Born c1814 in St James’s parish, the son of Thomas Ring, labourer (61C, PPR).
| 1812 | 6 Sep. Possibly the George Ring, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ring, baptised (JaPR). |
| 1841 | Labourer, Rose Street, Temple parish (25), living with his wife Sarah (30) (41C). |
| 1861 | Wilmotts Vale, Temple parish (47), living with his wife Sarah (52), born in Somerset (61C). |
| 1870-79 | George Ring, potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1871-75 | George Ring, potter, 4 Avon Street (WD). |
| 1871 | Potter employer, 4 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (55), living with his wife Sarah (56) born in Pill, Somerset (71C). |
| 1872 | 20 May. Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish (53), a widower, the son of Thomas Ring, a labourer, he married Emma James (49), a widow, of Broad Plain, the daughter of John Pool, a shoe maker (PPR). |
RING John
| 1828 | 18 Jan. Temple parish on the baptism of his son John Frank (born 7 Mar 1807). Wife Ann Morley Ring (JaPR). |
RING Joseph I
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
He took over the Water Lane Pottery from his father-in-law, Richard Frank, probably on Frank’s death in 1785, although Owen (1873) states that he purchased the Pottery in 1784.
| 1785-88 | Joseph Ring I ran the Water Lane Pottery. |
| 1788 | Joseph Ring I ran the Water Lane Pottery in partnership with Henry Carter and William Taylor I. |
On Joseph Ring I’s death in 1788, his widow, Elizabeth Ring, carried on the business in a partnership with William Taylor I and Henry Carter.
Born 1740, the son of Joseph and Sarah Ring, the brother of Robert Ring, the husband of Elizabeth Ring and the father of Joseph Ring II.
| 1740 | 24 Mar. Born in Bristol, the son of Joseph and Sarah Ring (Ancestry website). |
| 1765 | 4 Jul. Joseph Ring of Bristol, cabinetmaker, the son of Joseph and Sarah Ring, late of Bristol, married Elizabeth Frank at Bristol (QR). |
| 1765 | 6 Jul. ‘Thursday was married at the Quaker Meeting House, Mr Joseph Ring, Cabinet Maker in Thomas Street, to Miss Frank, daughter of Richard Frank, Potter, on Redcliff Backs’ (FFJ). |
| 1783 | 17 Jan. ‘William Frank Ring died 14.1.1783 aged 2 days, Thomas parish, son of Joseph, buried at Redcliff Pit’ (QR). |
| 1784 | He apparently purchased the Water Lane Pottery from Richard Frank (Owen 1873, 343). |
| 1785 | 7 May. ‘Joseph Ring, Rectifier, Raisin Wine and Vinegar Maker, takes this opportunity to inform his Friends, that he has removed his Business to the Pottery, Water-Lane, Temple-Street; and likewise has taken the Pottery Business carried on by his late Father-in-Law, Richard Frank, and returns his Thanks to the Merchants and others for continuing their Favours. The Brown Stone Manufactory is carried on as usual and sold in the lowest Terms’ (BMBJ). |
| 1785-87 | Joseph Ring purchased stock from the following firms between these dates: Wilson & Astbury, Burslem, red china ware; William Adams & Co., Burslem, cream ware; James Brindley, Longport, cream ware; Tim & John Lockett, Burslem, white stone ware; G. & T. Twemlow, Shelton, blue ware; E. Brocksop, Lye, near Stourbridge, Nottingham ware; Bell & Thursfield, Broseley, cloudy ware; Aaron Simpson, Broseley, cloudy ware; John Hassells, Shelton, fine ware; Christopher & Charles Whitehead, Hanley, black ware; John Yates, Shelton, printed ware; William Clowes & Co., Longport, cyphered ware; John & George Rogers, Burslem, festoon ware; John Mare, Hanley Green, green-edged ware; Wilson & Dawson, Burslem, enamelled ware (Owen 1873, 344). |
| 1786 | ‘In June 1786, Mr Ring commenced his preparations for manufacturing Queen’s-Ware. Anthony Hassells of Shelton was engaged at a guinea a week to assist him. Hassells had been in business, and Mr Ring purchased his stock in hand, some one hundred and forty-eight dozens, and paid him £5.5s.0d for the cost of his journey to Bristol, £3.14s.6d for the expenses of workmen who accompanied him – and £5.5s.0d for ‘moulds” (Owen 1873, 347). |
| 1786 | 23 Dec. ‘Bristol Pottery, Temple-Backs. Joseph Ring, takes this opportunity to inform merchants, and others, that he has established a manufactory of Queen’s and other earthenware, which he will sell on as low terms wholesale and retail, as any of the best manufactories in Staffordshire can render the same to Bristol’ (FFJ). |
| c1786 | An undated business card: ‘Joseph Ring, successor to Richard Frank in the Pottery Business, continues the manufactory of the Bristol Stone Ware and sells all Sorts of Queen’s and other Ware, wholesale and retail’ (Owen 1873, 344). |
| 1787 | ‘Joseph Ring, the only Manufacturer of Queen’s Ware’, Temple Back (BD). |
| 1788 | 9 Jan. Joseph Ring entered into a partnership with William Taylor and Henry Carter: ‘Sold Ring, Taylor and Carter under the firm of Ring and Taylor, all the stock and utensils in trade at the pot house in Water Lane as per inventory taken this day: Wares, etc., as per list £1035.6s.9d; In the colour room £16.0s.9d; Lawns (sieves) £3.16s.0d; Office furniture and sundries £31.5s.3d; Utensils £449.13s.5d; Lease machinery and utensils of the mill at Woollard when assigned over £500; Sundries to capital agreed to be brought into the partnership of Ring, Taylor and Carter under the firm of Ring and Taylor for carrying on the trade or manufactory of Queen’s Ware £4500; Joseph Ring his proportion of two thirds £3000; Taylor and Carter for their one third £1500’ (Owen 1873, 350) [Note: The mill for grinding materials at Woollard, near Pensford, Somerset, was worked by a small stream which, as work increased, soon proved inadequate. Hanham was next tried, and finally, years afterwards, a steam engine was erected in the Pottery (Owen 1873, 350)]. |
| 1788 | 7 Apr. An inquest into the death of Joseph Ring stated that ‘the said Joseph Ring on the Fifth Day of … April in the year aforesaid … standing under a Beam supporting a loft on which was a weight of Goods. It so happened that the said Beam accidentally casually and by misfortune by the weight broke and crushed him to Death under the Materials …’ (Q). |
| 1788 | 8 Apr. ‘Joseph Ring died 5 April 1788 of Water Lane, Bristol, buried at Redcliff Pit’ (QR). |
| 1788 | 12 Apr. ‘Saturday last Mr Joseph Ring, Potter, in Temple-Street, was unfortunately killed by the falling in of a warehouse. He has left a wife and nine children’ (BMBJ). |
| Rate and tax book entries: 29 Sep 1785-29 Sep 1786 Joseph Ring Water Lane (Temple-Wa) 5 Apr 1786-5 Apr 1788 Joseph Ring Water Lane (Temple-W)Children: Hannah, born 1767, died 1789 (QR); Elizabeth, born 1769, died 1853 (QR); Lydia, born 1770, died 1798 (QR); Joseph, born 2 Sep 1772, died 1813 (Ancestry website, QR); Richard Frank, born 1774 (QR), still alive in 1855; John, born 1776 (QR); Sophia, born 1778, died 1853 (QR); Rebecca, born 1781, died 1858 (QR); William Frank, born 1783, died 1783 (QR) |
RING Joseph II
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
In 1798 the Water Lane Pottery had been operated by Henry Carter alone but by 1800 a partnership existed between Henry Carter and Joseph Ring II, both Joseph Ring II and Henry Carter being described as potters in Water Lane, and the concern being known as Henry Carter and Company. However, at some point Carter and Ring also entered into partnership with John Decimus Pountney, although the date of this is not known.
| 1800-13 | Joseph Ring II ran the Water Lane Pottery in partnership with Henry Carter and, in 1813, also with John Decimus Pountney. |
The partnership between Henry Carter, Joseph Ring II and John Decimus Pountney form in April 1813 ended with Joseph’s death in May 1813 and the partnership was then between Henry Carter and John Decimus Pountney.
Joseph Ring II carried on his mother, Elizabeth’s, pottery and glass warehouse in Bath Street from at least 1808, probably after she had opened a pottery saleroom in High Street.
After Joseph Ring II’s death the china warehouse was carried on by his widow, Sarah Ring.
Born c1772, the son of Joseph Ring I, he was the brother of Richard Frank Ring I, and the husband of Sarah Ring (QR).
| 1772 | 2 Sep. Born, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Ring (Ancestry website). |
| 1795 | 14 Sep. Joseph Ring married Sara Wallis in the parish of St Peter and Paul in Bath. The register was signed by Peggy and Anthony Amatt as witnesses (Pountney 1920, 104). |
| 1796 | 30 Apr. He obtained his freedom as he was the son of Joseph Ring, a cabinet maker (F). |
| 1797 | 8 Apr. ‘To be Sold by Auction. A Good Substantial Brick-fronted Messuage, with a Garden adjoining … situate at the upper end of Water lane, opposite Temple Back … and consisting of a good parlour, 4 good lodging rooms, two garrets, counting house, kitchen, cellar, convenient out houses, and well supplied with both sorts of water, in the occupation of Mr Joseph Ring, as tenant at will, at the nett yearly rent of £15’ (BMBJ). |
| 1800-02 | Joseph Ring, potter, 2 Water Lane (MD). |
| 1802-06 | Water Lane (Ao). |
| 1803-07 | Joseph Ring, potter, 3 Water Lane (MD). |
| 1804-05 | Joseph Ring, Water Lane [next to Henry Carter], potter, windows 19 (Temple-W). |
| 1805 | 8 Aug. He was described as an enamel painter on Joseph Bull’s apprenticeship (A). |
| 1805-07 | Henry Carter & Co. Sugar, chimney and garden pot manufactory, Water Lane, Temple Back (MD). |
| 1807 | 10 Sep. ‘The retail warehouse, at no. 14, Bath Street, opposite the Porter Brewery, carried on by Joseph Ring, who has a constant supply of the most elegant and fashionable assortments of china, glass, and earthen-ware, which he is enabled to sell on the most reasonable terms’ (FFJ). |
| 1807 | 5 Dec. ‘Patent etching on glass and china, warehouse, no. 14 Bath Street, Bristol. Joseph Ring, respectfully announces to his friends and the public, that in addition to a large and general stock of goods, he has just received for their inspection an elegant assortment of patent etching on glass, with historical and rural subjects, borders, etc., of a very recent invention …’ (FFJ). |
| 1808-13 | Temple Back (Ao). |
| 1808-13 | Henry Carter & Co. Manufacturers of printed, painted, enamelled and cream coloured earthenwares, Water Lane, Temple Back. Retail warehouse for glass, china, earthenware, etc., 14 Bath Street (MD). |
| 1808-14 | Joseph Ring, china and glass warehouse, 14 Bath Street (MD). |
| 1808-12 | J. Ring was exporting earthenware to Cork, Limerick, St Vincent, Barbados, Jamaica and St Croix (PB-EXP). |
| 1809-13 | Joseph Ring, manufacturer of earthenware, china and glass warehouse, 14 Bath Street, residence at the Pottery, Temple Backs (MD). |
| 1809 | 11 Mar. ‘Joseph Ring, earthenware manufacturer, respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has a large assortment of useful and ornamental earthenware, china, plain and cut glass, of the best manufacture, at his warehouse, No.14 Bath Street, which he is enabled to render on the most reasonable terms. NB China warranted to stand hot water’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1810 | 1 Sep. ‘Bristol manufacture of fine earthenware, Coalbrookdale china, plain and fine cut glass warehouse, 14 Bath Street. Joseph Ring respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he manufacturers goods of a very superior quality, and in great variety; particularly fine blue and white table, desert, and tea services, with which families may now be supplied at the wholesale prices. Also an extensive assortment of Coalbrookdale and Worcester china … Goods made to order, and executed with dispatch’ (FFJ). |
| 1812 | 26 Sep. A further advertisement for the china and glass warehouse (FFJ). |
| 1812 | 24 Oct. ‘China and glass warehouse, No.14 Bath Street, opposite the Bristol Porter Brewery. Joseph Ring, manufacturer of earthenware, respectfully informs his friends and the public, that he has an elegant assortment of goods in the above line, consisting of table, desert, and tea services, a great variety of richly cut and plain glass &c &c, which will be rendered at the lowest terms. Cards of admission to view the manufactory on Temple Back may be had at the above warehouse’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1813 | 29 May. Died: yesterday se’ennight, after a lingering illness, Mr Joseph Ring, earthenware manufacturer, Temple Back (FFJ). |
| 1818 | 5 Oct. He was described as deceased on the freedom of his apprentice James Hankins (F). |
| 1827 | 5 Oct. His son, Alfred Joseph Ring, was apprenticed to John Palmer, a carver (A). |
| 1842 | 17 Oct. The baptism of Maria Ring (adult), the daughter of Joseph and Sarah Ring of St Michael’s parish, potter (JaPR). |
| 1842 | 19 Nov. On 18 Oct Maria, youngest daughter of the late Mr Joseph Ring of the Bristol Pottery, married Mr P. Sullivan of Cork, Ireland, at the Catholic Chapel (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1847 | 25 Mar. The marriage of Elizabeth Backwell, widow, of Stapleton Road, the daughter of Joseph Ring, potter, to Samuel Toleman (HTPR). |
| 1852 | 8 May Died, April 25, in London, Lydia, eldest daughter of the late Mr Joseph Ring, many years proprietor of the Bristol Pottery, and wife of Evan Hopkins, Esq., CE, FGS (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1875 | 16 Jan. ‘Died lately at Montpelier, Elizabeth, the second daughter of the late Joseph Ring of the Bristol Pottery, and widow of the late Samuel Toleman, aged 69’ (Western Daily Press). |
| Rate book entries: Property 1 21 Dec 1795-21 Dec 1797 Joseph Ring Water Lane (Temple-LS) 29 Sep 1798-29 Sep 1799 Joseph Ring Water Lane (Temple-Wa)Property 2 25 Mar 1808-25 Mar 1811 Joseph Ring Bath St (Temple-Wa,H) |
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| Apprentices: With wife Sarah James Rivers, 18 Oct 1802 (A, Ao) Thomas Wallis, 14 May 1805 (A, Ao) Joseph Bull, 8 Aug 1805 (A) James Thomas, 24 Dec 1805 (A, Ao) George Richmond, 28 Jul 1806 (Ao) James Hankins, 31 Dec 1806 (Ao) Thomas Williams II, 27 Jul 1808 (A) Robert Green, 30 Sep 1809 (A) Thomas Lewis, 15 Aug 1810 (A, Ao) John Lent, 27 Aug 1811 (A, Ao) William Naish, 27 Aug 1811 (A, Ao) Charles Privett, 12 Jan 1813 (A) or 9 Jan 1813 (Ao) |
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| Children: Joseph, born 1796 (QR); William Frank, born 1798 (QR); John, born 1799 (QR); Lydia, born c1802 (QR); Sarah, born 1804 (QR); Elizabeth, born 1805 (QR), married 25 Mar 1847 (HTPR); Henry, born 1807 (QR); Sarah Wallis, born 1809 (QR); Maria, born 1811 (QR), bapt as an adult 17 Oct 1842 (JaPR); Alfred Joseph, born 28 Aug 1813, bapt 3 Dec 1820 (JaPR) |
RING Richard Frank I
Born 1774, the son of Joseph Ring I, he was the brother of Joseph Ring II (QR).
He became a clay tobacco pipe maker (see Price & Jackson 1979 for more details).
| 1802 | 10 Jun. He obtained his freedom as he was the son of Joseph Ring, a cabinet maker (F). |
| 1812 | Guinea Street, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
RING Richard Frank II
Born c1855 in Redland, Gloucestershire (71C).
| 1871 | Scholar, Hengrove, Brislington (16), living with his father Richard C. Ring, coal merchant, mother Eliza, and siblings (71C). |
| 1879 | 7 Nov. Fire brick manufacturer, St George, on the baptism of his daughter Katherine Florence Muriel (born 21 Sep 1879). Wife Louisa (HTPR). |
| 1881 | Brick and sanitary pipe manufacturer, Bath Road, St George (26), living with his wife Louisa (29), born in Clifton, Bristol, and Katherine (1), born in St George (81C). |
| 1891 | Secretary to a limited company, 3 Dent de Lion Road, Hampstead, London (36), living with his wife Louisa (39) and children Richard F. (14), Winifred (9), born in St George, Violet (8), born in St George and Reginald (6), born in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset (91C). |
RING Robert
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
The partnership between William Taylor I, Henry Carter and Elizabeth Ring was dissolved on 31 December 1791 and Elizabeth Ring retired from the firm which continued under the name of Ring and Carter (Robert Ring and Henry Carter).
| 1792-97 | Robert Ring and Henry Carter ran the Water Lane Pottery. |
In 1798 the Pottery was being operated by Henry Carter alone.
Born c1739, he was the brother of Joseph Ring I.
| 1739 | 2 May. He was born in his parents house in Thomas Street, the son of Joseph and Sarah Ring (PRO RG6/1655 Monthly Meeting of Bristol: Birth Notes, 1721-1750). |
| 1760 | 4 Sep. Probably the Robert Ring, hooper, who became free as he was the apprentice of Sarah Ring, widow of Joseph Ring, hooper (F, G). |
| 1771 | 22 Aug. A cooper, he married Mary Frank, the daughter of Richard Frank (PRO RG6/0128 Monthly Meeting of Bristol: Marriages, 1703-1776). |
| 1771 | 29 Aug. ‘Thursday was married at the Quaker Meeting, Mr Robert Ring, cooper, Thomas Street, to Miss Polly Frank, daughter of Mr Frank, potter, on Redcliffe-back’ (BG). See also Richard Frank. |
| 1791 | 31 Dec. He entered into partnership with Henry Carter at the Water Lane Pottery, the firm being known as Ring and Carter (BMBJ for 11 Feb 1792). |
| 1792 | 11 Feb. It was advertised that the partnership in the Water Lane Pottery between Elizabeth Ring, William Taylor and Henry Carter had been dissolved on 31 December 1791 and that ‘The Manufactory being now carried on in future by Robert Ring and Henry Carter, under the firm of Ring and Carter, who take this opportunity of claiming the attention of the Merchants, Captains, Traders and the Public in general, assuring them their orders shall be attended to with the utmost punctuality and dispatch’ (BMBJ). |
| 1792 | 28 Sep. He was described as a potter of St Thomas Street (Ao). |
| 1793/4 | Ring and Carter, only manufacturers of Queen’s Ware, Temple Back (MD). |
| 1794 | 8 Feb. ‘Queen’s Ware Manufactory. Ring and Carter, Manufacturers, Having opened a Retail Warehouse, at No. 7 Bath-Street, take the liberty to inform their Friends and the Public, that they can be supplied there upon the same terms as at their Manufactory, Water-lane, Temple-street, where all export and country orders continue to be received and executed with their usual punctuality and dispatch’ (BMBJ). |
| 1795 | Ring and Carter, only manufacturers of Queen’s Ware, Temple Back, and retail warehouse, 7 Bath Street (MD). |
| 1796 | 2 Jul. ‘Ring and Carter. Potter and Manufacturer of Earthen Wares, Having removed their Retail Trade from No. 7 to No. 14 Bath-Street take the liberty to solicit the attention of their Friends, assuring them that from the extensive Ware-Rooms they are now removed to, they are enabled to supply them and the Public with every variety of Articles, either ornamental or useful. N.B. The Manufactory carried on at Temple Backs, where all Wholesale and Export Orders are executed with punctuality and expedition’ (BMBJ). |
| 1797 | 4 Mar. The firm of Ring and Carter added their name to the resolution that ‘In order to prevent any Inconvenience that may result to the Community and to preserve Public Confidence in this Emergency, that we will accept and we earnestly recommend to all our Fellow Citizens to take in Payment, the Promissory Notes of the several Bankers of this city …’ (BMBJ). [Note: the Panic of 1797 occurred when the Bank of England suspended specie payments during concerns that a run on banks might cause their collapse. This had been precipitated by an attempted French invasion of South Wales on 25 February]. |
| 1818 | 11 Jun. He was described as deceased when William Distin took his freedom (F). |
| Rate and tax book entries: Property 1 29 Sep 1796-21 Dec 1797 Ring and Carter Water Lane (Temple-L,LS,W)Property 2 25 Sep 1796-29 Sep 1798 Ring and Carter Bath Street (Temple-L,LS,Wa) |
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| Apprentices: William Distin, 28 Sep 1792 (A)-11 Jun 1818 (F) Benjamin Dungey, 28 Sep 1792 (A) Thomas Page, 28 Sep 1792 (A) |
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| Children: Mary, born 1772 (QR); John, born 1773, died 1773 (QR); Robert, born 1774, died 1835 (QR); Thomas, born 1776 (QR); Ann, born 1777 (QR); Martha, born 1779 (QR); Dennis, born 1782 (QR) |
RING, Sarah
The widow of Joseph Ring II.
| 1814-15 | Sarah Ring, manufacturer of earthenware, china & glass warehouse, wholesale, retail and for exportation, 14 Bath Street (MD). |
| 1814 | 20 Aug. ‘Notice is hereby given, that the Partnership between Richard Frank Ring and Sarah Ring, widow and administratrix of the late Joseph Ring, in the business of Pipe Box and Lathe Makers, carried on under the firm of Richard Frank Ring and Company, is this day by mutual consent, dissolved …’ (FFJ). |
| 1815 | 17 Jun. ‘Bankruptcy awarded. Sarah Ring, glass & china seller, dealer & chapwoman’ (FFJ). |
| 1820 | Bankrupt: Sarah Ring, Bristol, earthenware and glass dealer (Bristol Mercury). |
RING, TAYLOR AND CARTER
See the Potteries List section for the Water Lane Pottery.
In 1788, Joseph Ring I entered into partnership with William Taylor and Henry Carter at the Water Lane Pottery. After Ring’s death, his place in the partnership was taken by his widow, Elizabeth Ring.
On 31 December 1791, the partnership between Elizabeth Ring, William Taylor and Henry Carter was dissolved, the new partnership being between Robert Ring and Henry Carter.
| Rate and tax book entries: 5 Apr 1789-5 Apr 1793 Ring, Taylor and Carter Water Lane (Temple-W,Wa,L,LS) |
RIVERS James
The father of James Philips Rivers.
| 1802 | 18 Oct. He was apprenticed to Joseph and Sarah Ring (A, Ao). |
| 1812 | 4 Jan. He obtained his freedom (F). |
| 1812 | Avon Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1813 | 25 Apr. Temple Street, Temple parish on the baptism of his son James Philips. Wife Susan (TPR). |
| 1827 | 15 May. Coronation Road when he to his son James Philips Rivers as an apprentice (Ao). |
| 1830 | Temple Street, Temple parish (P). |
| 1832 | Charlotte Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1835 | Charlotte Street, Bedminster (P). |
| 1841 | [Occupation illegible], Cart Lane, Temple parish (60) (41C). |
| 1851 | Potter, widower, lodging at Back Street, St Nicholas parish (66) (51C). |
RIVERS James Philips
The son of James Rivers.
| 1827 | 14 May. He was apprenticed to his father, James Rivers, aged 14 years (Ao). |
ROACH Thomas I
The son of Thomas Roach of Reading, Berkshire, mariner, deceased (A).
| 1707 | 28 Apr. He was apprenticed to James and Mary Ward (A). |
ROACH Thomas II
| 1778 | 9 Aug. Ann, daughter of Thomas and Susannah Roach of Ann Street, potter, baptised (PPR). |
ROADS Daniel
Born c1829 in Staffordshire (61C).
| 1861 | Lodging at Ash Lodge, 1 Church Lane, Temple parish (32) (61C). |
ROADS Timothy
| 1764 | 31 Mar. ‘Last Week Timothy Roads, belonging to the Pothouse at St Anne’s, near Brislington, with his Wife, Apprentice, and Journeyman, were committed to Ilchester Gaol, for making base Shillings; they were discover’d thro’ the Apprentice’s endeavouring to pass one of them, which the Person refusing, he innocently said he would go home and change it, for that his Master made them. Hereupon the house was searched, and sufficient Proof appear’d for their Commitment as above. They will be tried for the same at Taunton Assizes, which begins on Monday next the 2d of April’ (FFJ). |
| 1764 | 14 Apr. ‘On Thursday fe’nnight the Assizes ended at Taunton, for the County of Somerset … eight were discharged for Want of Prosecution, among whom were James Roads, Elizabeth his Wife, William Bennett, and James Fox, for counterfeiting the Coin of this Kingdom’ (FFJ). |
It is not clear whether Roads was a potter or simply living at the Brislington Pottery, which had been advertised for sale in 1745.