The son of John Thrall of Bristol, tiler and plasterer (A).
1704 | 16 Nov. He was apprenticed to Mary Orchard to be educated in the art of a potmaker (A, Ar). |
1712 | 3 Dec. He became a free potmaker (F, G). |
1717 | 6 Mar. Ann Thrall buried (RPR). |
1717 | 20 Jul. ‘William Thrall, aged 2 months’ buried (RPR). |
1718 | 21 Nov. ‘Joseph Thrall, aged 18 months’ buried (RPR). |
1722 | Potter, St Mary Redcliffe parish (P). |
1727 | 12 Feb. Martha, daughter of Joseph Thrall, potter, baptised (RPR). |
1727 | 1 May. A ‘Joseph Throle of the City of Bristol, potter’ was one of the lives on a lease granted to William Whidler for six and a half acres of arable land in either Pensford, Publow or Woollard (SRO DD/PO/57 – information from Marek Lewcun). |
1727 | 26 May and 14 Oct. A potter of St Mary Redcliffe parish, he was bondsman to licences granted to Joseph Taylor I, potter, and Abraham Thrall, tiler (M). |
1729 | 3 Jun. ‘Joseph Thrawl agt. John Smith, potter on Redcliff Hill. Thursday June 3 1729 Pltf proved Deft. indebted to him 2s.2½d for Geneva and Tobacco sold Order’d it be pd with costs in a month’ (C). |
1730 | 19 Mar. ‘Joseph Thrall agt Aaron Cantle, potter near St Phillips Churchyard’ (C). |
1730 | 4 Oct. ‘Mary Thrall, aged 15 years’ buried (RPR). |
1733 | 16 Aug. ‘Ended, Joseph Thrall agt John Robins at Mr Frank’s pothouse Redcliff Backs’ (C). See also Thomas Frank I and John Robins. |
1735 | 30 Jan. His son, Thomas, apprenticed to Henry Pool, wheelwright (A, Ar). |
1739-56 | He stood sureties of £5 each for eleven people to keep alehouses in St Mary Redcliffe, Temple, St James’s and St Mary le Port parishes (AKL). |
1743 | 6 Aug. He petitioned for the post of Exchange Keeper, but was unsuccessful (CCP). |
1753 | 17 Jun and 23 Aug. A potter of St Philip and Jacob parish, he was bondsman to licences granted to Benjamin Quarman, potter, and William Matchin, potter (M). |
Rate and tax book entries: 25 Dec 1717-25 Dec 1736 Joseph Thrall (SMR-LS,PR) 25 Mar 1728-29 Sep 1739] Joseph Thrall Redcliffe Street (SMR-L) 25 Dec 1739-25 Dec 1740 ‘Occup. of Late Thrall’ Redcliffe Street (SMR-LS) |