The son of John Chatterton of Bristol, weaver (A).
| 1741 | He was apprenticed to Richard and Mary Frank. Friends to find apparel (A, Ao, Ar). |
| 1750 | 15 Mar. A potter of St Mary Redcliffe parish he was granted a licence to marry Pricilla Collins, a widow of the same parish, at St Mary Redcliffe (M). |
| 1750 | 16 Mar. William Chatterton married Pricilla Collins (RPR). |
| 1751 | 3 Oct. He became a free potter (F, G). |
| 1752 | Probably the ‘Thomas’ Chatterton, a victualler of St Mary Redcliffe parish, for whom Richard Frank stood a surety of £5 to keep an alehouse (AKL). In the same year a William Chatterton was landlord of the Blue Bell alehouse in St Mary Redcliffe parish (McGrath & Williams 1979, 6). |
| 1753 | 22 Jan. Probably the William Chatterton who, with Thomas Patience, was to appear at the next General Sessions to answer for an assault on William and Sarah Lewis (T). |
| 1754 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| 1756 | 2 Nov. He stood surety of £10 for the appearance of Joseph Williams at the next Quarter Sessions (T). |
| 1762-73 | He stood sureties of £5 each for eight victuallers to keep alehouses in Castle Precincts, Redcliffe, Temple and St Nicholas parishes (AKL). |
| 1770 | 10 Nov. A potter of St Mary Redcliffe parish, he was bondsman to a licence granted to Charles Camell, yeoman (M). |
| 1774 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
| Rate book entries: 29 Sep 1755-29 Sep 1760 William Chatterton, Pile Street and Redcliff Hill (SMR-Wa) 29 Sep 1760 Trapnell/late Chatterton Redcliffe Pit and Street (SMR-Wa) |
|
| Children: Elizabeth, bapt 10 Oct 1762 (RPR), Mary, bapt 28 Oct 1765 (RPR) |