Richard Champion's Apprentices

Details are from Jackson/Price and Pountney.

Name

Date of Apprenticeship

Date of Becoming a Burgess

Henry Bone, son of Henry, a Plymouth cabinet maker.

23 Jan 1772 

9 Feb 1781

William Stephens, son of William, a Bristol laborer (Pountney).

23 Jan 1772 

17 Feb 1781

John Hayden, son of John, late of Plymouth, a cordwainer.  Hurlbutt said that he had already worked for Cookworthy in Plymouth.  This may be true, since in 1781 he is recorded at Plymouth Dock and was still in Plymouth in 1812.

23 Jan 1772 

22 Feb 1781 

Samuel Daw, son of Abraham, late of Bristol.

23 Jan 1772

 

John Mates Young

23 Jan 1772

 

Samuel Andrew Lloyd

31 Dec 1772

 

James Alsop II - China painter.  Son of Uriah, late of Stapleton, a coal miner.

19 Jan 1773

Pountney got confused with different members of the Alsop family, and should be ignored.

John Garland - China painter.  Son of Richard, Bristol, a laborer.

19 Jan 1773

 

James Banford - China painter.  Son of Thomas, late of Berkeley Glos.

19 Jan 1773

9 Feb 1781

William Wright - China painter.  Son of William of Wotton under Edge.

8 Mar or 8 Apr 1773

 

John Parrott - Burner of china.  Son of John, Bristol, house painter.

22 Nov 1775

 

Benjamin Lewis - China painter.  Son of John, Llandoger, Mon.

5 Dec 1775

 

Samuel Beynon - China painter.  Son of John, joiner.

29 Jan 1776

 

John Jones, son of Samuel, carpenter.

19 Sep 1776 (Pountney gives the date as 19 Sep 1775)

 

Thomas Williams, son of Thomas, Bristol, laborer.

19 Sep 1776

He may have worked at Bedminster in 1789.

Samuel Fiander Peglar - China painter.  Son of Thomas, Bristol, mason.

24 Oct 1776

 

William Webb - China painter.

26 Jul 1777

 

John Webb - China painter.  Son of John of St Philip and Jacob, Bristol, cordwainer.

28 Jul 1777 (Pountney gives the date as 26 Jul 1777)

 

James Saunders II - China painter.  Son of James, a Bristol potter.

27 or 28 Feb 1777 (Pountney says 27 Jul 1777)

13 Oct 1812, now a tabacco pipe maker (Pountney)

All were apprenticed to Richard and Judith Champion.