Delftware Apprentices and Employees Details are from Jackson/Price.  Codes used: A = Start of apprenticeship, F = Date of becoming free (a burgess), No letter = mentioned only.  Until 1752 the new year began on 25th March (lady day).  As far as possible the year is given in the post 1751 form. Some of these apprentices were stoneware potters, since some of the delftware factories also made stoneware.

Brislington Nathaniel Hix 1668 Philip Hix 1668 Edward Mearn I 1668 Thomas Poope 1668 William Passewell 1675 Edward Bye A 19 Feb 1676 Daniel Snow A 28 Dec 1707 John Bush A 30 Sep 1710  F 14 May 1734 John Cornish A 28 Sep 1713  F 17 Nov 1722 John Niglett A 11 May 1714  F 29 Nov 1722 Robert Evans A 25 Nov 1714  F 13 Oct 1722 Richard Riley A 21 Feb 1717  F 1 May 1727 George Adlam I 1720-1737 Son, William, apprenticed to Mary Orchard. Hugh Taylor 1734-1746 John Taylor A 24 Nov 1738  F 23 Jul 1757 Edward Linford A 1 Dec 1738  F 27 Jun 1747 Brother of Joseph. Thomas Rowland A 24 Nov 1739 Became a free gallypot maker on 13 Oct 1774, when living in St Mary Redcliff parish. Joseph Linford  A 13 Oct 1741  F 23 Jul 1757 In 1774 and 1781 Joseph Linford was a gallypotmaker in Lambeth, and in 1784 a gallypotmaker in Vauxhall Stairs. Benjamin Quarman A 16 Sep 1745

Temple Back (Water Lane) Edward Ward II A 14 Feb 1683 John Ward A 13 Sep 1686  F 23 Jul 1702 James Ward A 5 May 1694  F 23 Jul 1702 Edward II, John and James were sons of Edward Ward I. Thomas Frank I A 8 Aug 1689  F 11 Jun 1698 Edward Reynolds 16 May 1693 William Wasse 2 Apr 1694 George James A 28 Jun 1707 - 16 Jan 1713 Thomas Roach A 28 Apr 1707 Henry Court A 4 Nov 1707  F 28 Sep 1716 John Weaver A 11 Apr 1711  F 12 Aug 1718 Arthur Hincks A 27 Oct 1713 Paul Townsend A 15 Feb 1717  F 22 Jul 1731 Thomas Ward I A 28 Feb 1718  F 10 May 1734 Thomas I was the son of James.  His son, Thomas II, became a free potter on 24 Feb 1756. John Burton 1729-1730 Thomas Bent 1731 John Carshore 1732 James Walker A 8 Apr 1736 Daniel Thomas 23 Jun 1737 Robert Smith A 24 Dec 1739  F 27 Jun 1747 Richard Phillips A 13 Jul 1741  F 27 Jun 1747 Phillips was last described as a potter in 1784.  In 1789 he was a parish clerk, and dead by 1812. John Niglett 8 Aug 1743** Edward Brent A 7 Jun 1746  F 26 Jun 1747 Samuel Davis A 16 Aug 1746 Phillip James A 9 Jan 1747  F 29 Mar 1754 Benjamin Quarman A 5 May 1747  F Feb 21 1756 Joseph Milward A 14 Sep 1747 John Williams I A 9 Sep 1749 John Brittan A 2 Jan 1750  F 14 Mar 1757 Joseph Cantle A 5 Sep 1750 Joseph was the son of Thomas Cantle II. Henry Bishop A 26 Sep 1751  F 27 Apr 1784 Harvey Blatchley A 3 Sep 1751 Cabel Lovell A 8 Aug 1751  F 9 Sep 1758 John Smith II A 11 Mar 1751 John Husband A 14 Jul 1752 Thomas Lewin A 20 Oct 1753 John Perrins A 11 Apr 1753  F 19 Mar 1768 James Penny A 1 Nov 1757 William Jones A 129 Nov 1758 William Neighbours A 20 Jun 1758 Richard Smart A 7 Aug 1758 Discharged from apprenticeship on 17 Jan 1760. Stephen Sweeney A 1 Nov 1760 Peter Taylor* A 23 Feb 1760 James Alsop I A 9 Nov 1761  F 4 Oct 1774 William Davis A 7 Oct 1762  F 6 Oct 1774 John Hock A 1 Mar 1762 Joseph Shillings* A 5 Mar 1768 William Radford A 25 Mar 1767  F 4 Oct 1774  Continued as the Temple Pottery. * Apprentices of William Taylor.  Peter was his son. ** John and Hester Niglett took two apprentices, the brothers Joseph (18 Mar 1734) and Francis (8 Aug 1745) Watkins.

Redcliff Back 1 Peter Griffiths A 11 Jul 1698 Later he went to Limekiln Lane. Henry Mearn F 6 Aug 1713 Galfridus Pinnell A 24 Nov 1707 James Gane A 17 Aug 1709 James Lewis A 5 Apr 1709 Thomas Taylor I A 18 Mar 1709  F 22 Mar 1718 Father of Richard and Thomas II William Arney A 27 Sep 1712 James Gaynard A 1714  F 1722 Joseph Taylor I A 17 Jul 1714  F 14 Mar 1722 Joseph Griffiths (son of Peter) A 23 Mar 1720 Hugh Taylor A 27 Jun 1720  F 24 Jul 1727 Brother of Joseph I. Richard Frank A 9 Feb 1727  F 23 Mar 1734 The son of Thomas Frank I. Joseph Cherry A 15 Apr 1721  F 12 Aug 1728 Henry Farr A 16 Apr 1724 John Worcester 1729 John Robins 1733 Richard Taylor A 7 Apr 1733 Thomas Taylor II A 13 Oct 1733  F 26 Jun 1747 Richard and Thomas Taylor II were brothers and sons of Thomas Taylor I. John Barton 1736 Joseph Flower A 14 Aug 1736  F 12 Mar 1744 John Mearn II 1740 William Chatterton A 14 Nov 1741  F 3 Oct 1751 William Thomas A 30 Oct 1754 Edward Jones 1770  (possibly) William Rason 1770 (possibly)

Redcliff Back 2 Joseph Mearn was apprenticed on 6 Feb or 6 Mar 1759.  He became free on 29 Oct 1774 and in the same year appears in Lambeth.

Joseph Taylor I Joseph Taylor probably worked at Redcliff Back. John Harwell A 7 Apr 1733  F 30 Jun or 6 Jul 1740 Thomas Church A 9 Jun 1741 William Taylor A 1747  F 1756 Joseph Taylor II A 22 Jun 1756 William and Joseph II were sons of Joseph I. John Evans I A 4 Aug 1756  F 4 Oct 1774 In 1781 he was a potter in Deptford and in 1784 in Chelsea.

Limekiln Lane 1 Daniel Annis A 27 Nov 1706 Henry Chapman A 18 Jan 1707 William Pottery A 28 Mar 1707  F 20 Jun 1715 Pottery was apprenticed to Woodes Rogers, a sea captain, as a pot maker. Phillip Stockman A 28 May 1708  F 6 Jul 1721 John Watts  II A 14 May 1709 (possibly) Jonathan Hibbs A 24 Oct 1710   Hibbs took Richard Fudge as an apprentice on 7 Oct 1718.  Fudge became free on 31 Oct 1739, when Hibbs was already daed. Thomas Cantle I A 9 Feb 1712  F 22 Oct 1725 John Dickason A 26 Aug 1715 Aaron Johnson A 1716  F 1727 Josiah Bundy A 27 Apr 1724  F 15 May 1731 Thomas Lindslee II A 11 Feb 1726 The father of Thomas Lindslee II, Thomas I, was described as a white potter. John Prewett A 14 Feb 1726 Thomas Martin A 31 Dec 1730 John Martin A 31 Dec 1730 Thomas and John were brothers. Robert Tanner A 30 Nov 1730 John Brown A 22 Sep 1731  F 7 Nov 1739 William Brown A 4 May 1731 F 15 Oct 1739 John and William were brothers. John Burton 1731-1733 John Grace II A 11 Feb 1731 - 8 Jan 1736  John Heyfield II A 20 Jul 1731  F 7 Nov 1739 Edward Wilkins 1731 Philip Bye A 20 May 1732 Charles Edwards 1732 John Coggswell A 14 Mar 1733 - 8 Jan 1736 John Grace III A 18 Jun 1733 James Grant A 8 Sep 1733 - 19 Apr 1739 John Harris II A 16 Jun 1733  - 8 Jan 1736 Harris was free by 1781, but was by then a potter in Soho, London. Francis Morgan A 9 Jun 1733 John Pottery A 7 Jun 1733 John Pottery was the son of William Pottery. John Bowen A 13 Apr 1734 - 19 Apr 1739 George Nowlton 1734 William Yeamans A 20 Apr 1734 John Smith I 1735 Peter Griffiths 1736-1737 George Drewett A 9 Apr 1739  F 9 Feb 1741 In 1781 Drewett was a potmaker in Colerne, Wiltshire. William Garland A 31 Oct 1739 John Longbottom 1740-1741 Thomas Batten 1741 Edward Brent A 15 Jul 1743 (to Temple Back in 1746) Thomas Ridley A 15 Jul 1743

Limekiln Lane 2 Benjamin Brinton was apprenticed on 31 Jul 1735 and died in 1744.

Temple Street (Mary Orchard) John Bye A 14 May 1698  F 1 Oct 1705 Jonathon Smith A 4 Oct 1700  Discharged on 21 May 1702 Smith was an apprentice of William Andrews. John Harris A 13 Jan 1702 Joseph Thrall A 16 Nov 1704  F 3 Dec 1712 Willam Morgan A 25 Oct 1709 Robert Goddard A 7 Jul 1712 Ralph Eaton I A 22 Oct 1715  F 11 May 1724 John Young A 28 May 1715  F 9 Aug 1723 Charles Harding A 7 Jul 1716 William Lawley A 17 Jul 1716 William Adlam A 24 Mar 1720  F 24 Jul 1725 William Lawley's apprenticeship stated that he was to be educated in the art of a whiteglass maker.

Avon Street (Paul Townsend) Abraham Cribb A 6 Aug 1736 Charles Read A 12 Oct 1741 John Townsend A 28 Apr 1748  F 21 Feb 1756 Joseph Townsend  A 20 Sep 1753  F 6 Oct 1774 John and Joseph were sons of Paul

Mathew Wilcox Mathew (or Mathias) Wilxox was a grocer (at that time the word meant merchant) and had property at Redcliff Gate.  The Redcliff Gate property was probably used for glassmaking.  It is possible that these two apprentice potters worked for Edward Crofts in Redcliff Street, if so the Wilcox would have been a partner of Crofts.  W J Pountney associated him with Brislington, probably incorrectly. William Harding A 10 Feb 1672 James Phillips A 12 Jan 1674