The term ‘crocker’ in documents is generally taken to refer to a potter.
Medieval pottery kiln waste has been found on Redcliffe Hill (Wilson & Moorhouse 1971, 152) and during excavations nearby in St Thomas Street (Burchill, R. ‘The pottery’ in Jackson 2004).
1293 | 15 Aug. He was one of the witnesses to a conveyance of a property which probably lay on Redcliffe Hill to Thomas de Lantesdoune. |
1303 | William Felland granted to Edward Le Crokare a tenement described as opposite the churchyard of Redcliffe, between the tenement of Sir William, vicar of Redcliffe, on the north, and that of Thomas Lantesdon, on the south. |
1306 | 29 Aug. The will of Edward’s wife, Isabella. She left sums of money to officials of Redcliffe Church for the fabric and lights of the building, provision for masses to be sung in the Franciscan Friary, bread for the poor, articles of clothing and a silver spoon to a friends and neighbours and the residue to her husband. |
1328 | 22 Jan. Edward was still living in Redcliffe Hill when Lantesdon’s property next door was sold. |