Bristol Potters - R
Research by Reg Jackson
ROPER John Colston
Born in 1849 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the son of Richard Colston Roper I and brother of Richard Colston Roper II (RPR, 71C).
| 1863 | 6 Aug. John Colston Roper, son of Richard Colston Roper of the city of Bristol, potter, puts himself to William Augustus Frederick Powell, of the said city, stoneware potter, for 7 years. No premium. Friends find everything. Wages 4s, 5s, 7s and during the remainder of the term one half earnings (Ao). |
| 1871 | Stoneware potter, 5 Pools Crescent, Bedminster (24), living with his father and siblings (71C). |
| 1873 | 29 Jul. Stone ware potter, late apprentice of W.A.J. Powell, stone ware potter, a free burgess. Indenture of apprentice dated 6 Aug 1865 duly endorsed by master and produced (FM). |
| 1881 | Stoneware potter, 18 Pooles Crescent, Bedminster (34), living with his wife Eliza (34), born in Pawlett, Somerset, and son John C. (4), born in Bristol (81C). |
| 1891 | Stoneware potter, 79 Park Street, Bedminster (44), living with his wife Eliza (44) and son John Colston (14), born in Bedminster (91C). |
| 1901 | Stoneware potter, 77 Park Street, Knowle (54), living with his wife Eliza (54) and son John C. (24) (01C). |
| 1911 | His wife was a widow and an inmate at the Bristol City Workhouse, Stapleton (11C). |
ROPER Richard
Born c1857 in Bristol, the brother of Frederick Roper (71C)
| 1871 | Potter’s boy, 5 St Adelaide Place, St Mary Redcliffe parish (14), living with his parents Robert and Emma Roper, a corn porter (71C). |
ROPER Richard Colston I
Born c1827 in ST Mary Redcliffe parish, the father of John Colston Roper and Richard Colston Roper II (61C, 71C, Ao).
| 1827 | 30 Dec. He was baptised in Temple church, the son of John and Rebecca Roper (Ancestry website). |
| 1841 | 1 Dec. He was apprenticed to William and Constance Powell with 1s (A, Ao). |
| 1849 | 16 Dec. Harris’s Cottages, St Mary Redcliffe parish (RPR). |
| 1849 | 30 Dec. Cathay, St Mary Redcliffe parish (RPR). |
| 1850 & 52 | Cathay, St Mary Redcliffe parish (RPR). |
| 1851 | Potter thrower, 10 Harris Cottages, Bedminster (24) (51C). |
| 1861 | Potter’s labourer, 19 Somerset Square, Bedminster (34), living with his wife Elizabeth (27) a housekeeper, born in Bristol and children John (14), Richard (9) and Sarah (9) all born in Bristol (61C). [Note: his wife was called Sarah Ann in the baptism of his children]. |
| 1863 | 6 Aug. He was noted as a potter when his son John Colston Roper was apprenticed to W.A.F. Powell (Ao). |
| 1865 | 2 Oct. He was noted as a stoneware potter when his son Richard Colston Roper II was apprenticed to W.A.F. Powell (Ao). |
| 1871 | Stoneware potter, widower, 5 Pools Crescent, Bedminster (44), living with his children John C., Richard C. and Sarah Ann (71C). |
| 1881 | Potter thrower, widower, 5 Pooles Crescent, Bedminster (54) (81C). |
| 1888 | He died in Bedminster (Ancestry website). |
| Children: Wife Sarah Ann David Williams, bapt 16 Dec 1849 (RPR), John Colston, born c1847 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, bapt 30 Dec 1849 (51C, RPR), Richard Colston, born c1850 in Bedminster, bapt 31 Mar 1850 (51C, RPR), Sarah Ann Weymouth, bapt 14 Nov 1852 (RPR) |
ROPER Richard Colston II
Born in 1850 in St Mary Redcliffe parish, the son of Richard Colston Roper I, brother of John Colston Roper II and the father of Albert Charles Roper (RPR, 61C, 71C, 11C).
| 1850 | 31 Mar. Baptised, the son of Richard Colston and Sarah Ann Roper (RPR). |
| 1865 | 2 Oct. Richard Colston Roper, the son of Richard Colston Roper of the city of Bristol stoneware potter puts himself to W.A.F. Powell of the said city, stoneware potter, for 7 years. No premium. Friends find everything. Wage 4s, 5s, 7s and half earnings (Ao). |
| 1871 | Stoneware potter, 5 Pools Crescent, Bedminster (21), living with his father and siblings (71C). |
| 1873 | 29 Jul. He obtained his freedom as a stoneware potter (FM). |
| 1879 | 23 Feb. 161 Marsh Lane, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1881 | 28 Aug. 163 Kingsland Road, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1891 | 103 Park Street, Bedminster (41), living with his wife Amelia (37), born in Bristol, and children (91C). |
| 1901 | 1 Eshel Terrace, Park Street, Knowle (47), living with his wife Amelia (47) and children (01C). |
| 1911 | Potter stoneware, 250 Bath Road, Totterdown (61), living with his wife Amelia (59) and children (11C). |
| Children: Richard Colston, born c1874 in Bristol (91C); Albert Charles, born 28 Jan 1879, bapt 23 Feb 1879 (PPR); Rosa, born 26 Jul 1881, bapt 28 Aug 1881 (PPR); Ellen, born c1883 in Bristol (91C); Alice, born c1885 in Bristol (91C); Mabel, born c1887 in Bristol (91C); Ernest, born c1889 in Bristol (91C) |
ROPER Robert
Born c1855 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | General labourer, lodging at 54 Colston Street, Bedminster (26) (81C). |
| 1891 | Potter’s labourer, 50 Colston Street, Bedminster (36) (91C). |
ROSE Benjamin
| 1845 | 20 Oct. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary Ann of Browns Row, Bedminster married Henry Boughey (JBPR). |
ROSE Charles
Born c1843 in Bristol (81C).
| 1881 | 12 Water Street, St Philip’s parish (38), living with his wife Matilda (37) born in Bristol, and children (81C). |
| Children: Hannah, born c1864 in Bristol (81C), Clara, born c1869 in Bristol (81C), Nelli, born c1871 in Bristol (81C), Thomas, born c1873 in Bristol (81C), Eliza, born c1875 in Bristol (81C), Charles, born c1878 in Bristol (81C), Polly, born c1880 in Bristol (81C) |
ROSE Samuel
| 1781 | Potter, Westbury-on-Trym (P). |
ROSE William
| 1872 | 25 Feb. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his son Edwin Rose (21) a gun maker of Plumer Street, St Philip’s parish, married Grace Pavey (HTPR). |
ROW Mary
Born c1827 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | China painter, widow, Old Bread Street, St Philip’s parish (44) (71C). |
ROWE (or ROE) Thomas
| 1709 | 24 Jan. A potter of St Michael’s parish, he was granted a licence to marry Mary White of Henbury, at St Augustine’s or the Cathedral (M). |
| 1713 | 13 Aug. He became a free potter because of his marriage to Mary, daughter of John White, tiler (F). |
| 1715 | 18 Oct. He stood surety for the appearance of William White, labourer, at the next Sessions (T). |
| 1722 | Potter, St Michael’s parish (P). |
ROWLAND Thomas
The son of Thomas Rowland of St Philip and Jacob parish, labourer (A).
| 1739 | 24 Nov. He was apprenticed to Thomas I and Sarah Taylor. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1774 | 13 Oct. He became a free gallypotmaker (F, G). |
| 1774 | Gallypotmaker, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
ROWLES Alfred
Born c1846 in Bristol (71C).
| 1871 | 9 Paradise Cottages, Bedminster (25), living with his wife Ada (6) and son, Alfred (1), both born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1881 | Corn porter, 10 Catherine Mead Street, Bedminster (39), living with his nwife Harriet A. (34) and children Ada (16), Harriet (8), Alfred (11), Ellen (6) and Florence (1), all born in Bristol (81C). |
ROWLES Charles
Born c1843 in Bristol (71C).
| 1861 | Dock labourer, 10 Temple Street, Temple parish (17), living with his father Frederick, a currier, and mother Eliza (61C). |
| 1871 | 10 Penn Street, St Paul’s parish (28), living with his wife Matilda (27), born in Bristol, and children Harriet Eliza (7) and Clara (2), both born in Bristol (71C). |
| 1873 | 23 Nov. Potter, Lower Castle Street, on the baptism of his son Thomas, born 17 Sep 1873 (PPR). |
| 1875 | 7 Nov. Potter, Lower Castle Street, on the baptism of his daughter Eliza Matilda, born 26 Aug 1875 (PPR). |
| 1881 | He died in Bristol, aged 38 (Ancestry website). |
| 1887 | 29 May. Noted as a potter, deceased, when his daughter Harriet Eliza (23) of 52 Little Paradise married Walter John Hutton (JBPR). |
ROWLEY Nathaniel
Born c1806 in Burslem, Staffordshire (71C).
| 1861 | Potter, Lambhay House, St Andrew’s parish, Plymouth, Devon (55), living with his wife Mary (56), born in Plymouth and son George (20), born in Plymouth (61C). |
| 1871 | He was a patient in the Bristol General Hospital (65) (71C). |
ROWNEY Henry
Born c1827 in Bristol (41C).
| 1839 | 16 Sep. He was apprenticed to J.D. Pountney ‘to be educated a squeezer’, aged 14 years (Ao). |
| 1841 | Potter, Cattle Market, Temple parish (15), living with his father William, a labourer (41C). |
ROYAL Frederick
| 1857 | 26 Sep. ‘Frederick Royal, a little boy of about twelve years of age, was charged with stabbing another boy, named Frederick Briscoe, in the arm and back with a penknife. Both the complainant and prisoner are potter’s boys, and work at the pottery of Mr Price, Thomas Street, and on Monday evening a dispute arose between them. That (Tuesday) morning they resumed the quarrel, and on the prisoner using abusive language towards Briscoe, the latter struck him. A fight followed, in the course of which the prisoner was knocked down into a corner, and whilst lying there he drew a penknife out of his pocket, and jumping up, attacked the complainant and stabbed him on the arm’. The prisoner was remanded until his mother attended the court (Bristol Mercury). |
RUDGE Walter
Born c1858 in Manchester (71C).
| 1871 | 4 Union Cottages, Union Road, St Philip’s parish (13), the son of Thomas, who was unable to work (71C). |
| 1881 | Labourer, 12 Bush Street, St George (23), living with his wife Charlotte (23), born in St George and son John (1), born in Bristol (81C). |
RUMLEY Edward
See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 2.
| 1749 | Possibly the ‘Rumney’ or the occupier of a Pothouse ‘above the Bridge’ who had deposited large quantities of potsherds, presumably waste from the Pottery, on the banks of the River Avon near the glasshouse. |
Edward Rumley died in 1759, and it is possible that this Pottery was taken over by Joseph Hill.
| 1742 | 17 Apr. A potter of St Philip and Jacob parish, he was granted a licence to marry Hannah Pearce, widow, of the same parish, at St Philip and Jacob (M). |
| 1742 | 18 Sep. A potter of St Philip and Jacob parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Thomas Whittupp, staymaker (M). |
| 1749 | 24 May. Edward Rumley may have been the ‘Rumney’ in the following document: ‘Account of the Nuisances and Incroachments upon the River Avon above the Bridge [Bristol Bridge] viewed by the Committee’ included ‘A large Quantity of Potsherds laid on the Banks of the said River near the Glasshouse by —- Rumney or the occupier of the Pothouse there It is ordered that Mr Chamberlain do forthwith give notice to the several persons complained of to remove the said Nuisances and in default thereof that they be prosecuted …’ (CCP). |
| 1757 | Possibly the Edward Rumney who stood surety of £5 for Charles Slade to keep an alehouse in St James’s parish (AKL). |
| 1759 | 2 Mar. Will: ‘I Edward Rumley of the Out Parish of Saint Philip and Jacob … Potter … bequeath unto my Son in Law Henry Bowen of the City of Bristol haberdasher … All those my Three Messuages Tenements or Dwelling houses … Two whereof are situate in Avon Street … and the other is Situate in Barton Street in the Parish of St James … I give and Devise the same to my Grandson Henry Bowen Son of the said Henry Bowen … And as for and concerning my other house situate in Barton Street … I Give and Devise the same unto my Grandson Edward Bowen … I Give to Richard Bowen and Frances Bowen my Grand Children … Ten Pounds a Piece. I Give unto my Dear and Loving wife Hannah the sum of Twenty pounds to buy her Mourning And also the use of all my household goods and plate during her Life (Except my Watch) … I Give my said Watch to the said Edward Bowen … I Give the Sum of Five pounds to my said Son in Law Henry Bowen to be him laid out in six penny Loaves and Distributed amongst such of the Poor of the Out Parish of Saint Philip and Jacob as he shall think proper …’ Proved 14 Feb 1760 (BRO Will 1760/17). |
RUSHTON John
Born c1877 in Fenton, Staffordshire (11C).
| 1911 | Potter, furnace stoker, 2 Ivy Lane, Causeway, Fishponds (34), living with his wife Minnie (31), born in Tamworth, Staffordshire, and children Patience (8) and Horace (6), both born in Fenton (11C). |