See the Potteries List section for the St Philip’s Pottery 7.
The Pottery had previously been run by his brother, Samuel Spokes.
| 1849-63 | John T. Spokes I ran the St Philip’s Pottery 7. |
He died in 1863 and the Pottery was taken over by his widow, Sarah Spokes.
Born c1803 in St Philip’s parish, the son of John Spokes I and the brother of Samuel Spokes (61C).
| 1826-32 | St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1835-37 | Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1847 | 24 May. Boot Lane, widower, the son of John Spokes, a potter, he married Sarah Cool of Boot Lane, the daughter of Samuel Cool, a coal miner (JBPR). |
| 1849-57 | John Spokes, brown ware potter, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1851 | 2 Avon Street Pottery, St Philip’s parish (48), living with his wife Sarah (36) born in Bitton, Somerset and his daughter Elizabeth (19) a horse hair weaver, born in St Philip’s parish (51C). (Next door was a 3 Avon Street Pottery, but this was unoccupied (51C)). |
| 1856 | 4 Aug. Noted as a potter when his daughter Elizabeth (23) of Broad Plain, St Philip’s parish married Joseph Owen (PPR). |
| 1858-63 | John T. Spokes, brown stone ware, Avon Street (MD). |
| 1861 | 24 Avon Street, St Philip’s parish (58), living with his wife Sarah (40) born in Bitton, Somerset and son John T. (30), a potter, born in St Philip’s parish (61C). |
| 1861 | 16 Nov. ‘To be let or sold, the old established freehold redware pottery, situated near the railway arch, Avon Street, in the parish of St Philip. The stock and plant to be taken at a fair valuation. For further particulars apply to John Spokes, on the premises’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1863 | 25 Apr. ‘John Thomas Spokes, potter of this city, died April 25th 1863, aged 59’ (Gravestone, Trinity Church, Old Market – information from John Saysell). |
| 1863 | 2 May. ‘Died April 25, Mr John Thomas Spokes, aged 59 years, many years master of the Redware Pottery, St Philip’s. He died in peace’ (Bristol Mercury). |
| 1863 | 8 Aug. Described as a brown ware potter late of Avon Street, his will was proved by his widow, Sarah. Effects were valued at under £200 (PRO National Probate Calendar (Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966). |
| Children: Wife Susan/Susanna William John, bapt 25 Jun 1826 (PPR), John Thomas, bapt 24 Feb 1828 (PPR), John Thomas, bapt 3 Jan 1830 (PPR), Elizabeth, bapt 22 Jul 1832 (PPR), William, bapt 14 Jun 1835 (PPR), Thomas (aged 3 wks), bapt 15 Oct 1837 (PPR) |