Frome Cloth Workers
The table below covers the people that we found in the course of our research. There will be omissions, as this document was not always at the forefront of our activities. But nevertheless it is a good start. We have noted the source although some prior knowledge is required.
References beginning DD are probably from the Somerset Archives
Gomez Smart refers to a website (fromeresearch.org.uk) that was produced by David Smart concentrating on research about the area.
Most of the other references are to the National Archives although others are identified. We also enjoyed time at the Gloucester, Wiltshire and Hampshire Archives; and, used document searches through the web to other archives.
We do intend to keep this updated, but that depends on our availability. A spreadsheet version can be made available our email contact is info at woadtothis.com
Forename | Surname | Date | Work | Town | PCCWill? | Notes | Mill | |
Adam | Vauntage | 1333 | fuller | Rodden | DD\SAS\C/795/FR/32 | |||
Robert | Adymot | 1346 | mill | Frome | C 143/275/13 | |||
John | Waps | 1359 | dyer | Frome | Debtor C241/139/56 | |||
Thomas | Baker | 1373 | mill | Frome | C143/381/13 | |||
William | Bailiff | 1375 | merchant | Beckington | Debtor C131/23/1 | wodfate | ||
Robert | Rouse | 1377 | water mill | Rodden | Lease DD\SAS\C/795/FR/38 | |||
John | le March | 1363 | Wool merchant | Frome | Debtor C241/144/134 | |||
Nicholas | Ridler | 1413 | fuller | Frome | Debtor C241/205/21 | Also 1396 CP40/541 | ||
John | Martyn | 1417 | dyer | Frome | Debtor C241/210/13 | |||
Thomas | Chubbe | 1431 | draper | Frome | Debtor C241/225/94 | |||
William | Wedover (Dyer) | 1447 | dyer | Frome | Deeds E210/2840 | |||
Richard | Roche | 1452 | fuller | Frome | Debtor C241/235/2 | |||
William | Sewey | 1458 | Clothman | Wingfield | Gomez Smart | Stowford Mill | ||
John | Stoghton | 1460 | Clothman | Frome | Henry VI, 1460: CP40no796 | |||
John | Baker | 1460 | Clothman | Frome | Henry VI, 1460: CP40no796 | |||
Thomas | Nicholl | 1460 | Clothman | Frome | Henry VI, 1460: CP40no796 | |||
Thomas | Osteler | 1460 | Clothman | Frome | Henry VI, 1460: CP40no796 | |||
John | Osteler | 1460 | dyer | Frome | Henry VI, 1460: CP40no796 | |||
Thomas | Osteler | 1460 | dyer | Frome | Henry VI, 1460: CP40no796 | |||
John | Compton | 1484 | Clothman | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
John | Style | 1486 | clothmaker | Frome | CP40/907 | |||
Robert | Wyncote | 1486 | clothmaker | Frome | CP40/907 | |||
Andrew | Styllys | 1498 | clothman | Frome | CP40/943 | |||
Robert | Torres Snr | 1498 | clothman | Mells | CP40/943 | |||
Robert | Torres Jnr | 1498 | clothman | Mells | CP40/943 | |||
John | Wolford | 1498 | clothman | Mells | CP40/943 | |||
Robert | Horner | 1498 | clothman | Leigh | CP40/943 | |||
Richard | Dorsett | 1498 | clothman | Mells | CP40/943 | |||
William | Dorsett | 1498 | clothman | Mells | CP40/943 | |||
John | Horner | 1498 | clothman | Leigh | CP40/943 | |||
Richard | Selwode | 1498 | dyer | Leigh | CP40/943 | |||
William | Horton | 1508 | Clothman | Lullington | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Baily | 1513 | Clothier | Wingfield | Gomez Smart | Stowford Mill | ||
John | Whitchurch | 1516 | Clothier | Rode | Gomez Smart | Shawford Mill | ||
Thomas | Strete | 1528 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
John | George | 1530 | tucker | Frome | KB27/1074 | |||
John | Elyot | 1530 | mercer | Frome | KB27/1074 | |||
John | Clevelod | 1538 | Clothman | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Alexander | Langford | 1543 | Clothier | Beckington | Gomez Smart | Clifford Mill | ||
Christopher | Baily | 1543 | Clothier | Wingfield | Gomez Smart | Stowford Mill | ||
Richard | Corseley | 1556 | Clothmaker | Frome | C1/1412/1-2 | |||
Thomas | Wall | 1565 | tucker | Frome | Wilts 875/8 | Apprenticeship of John Meire | ||
Richard | Johnson | 1573 | clothmaker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Wallis | 1574 | Clothier | Tellisford | Gomez Smart | Tellisford Mill | |||
Peter | Blackborough | 1575 | Clothier | Frome | Book of Frome | |||
Robert | Corseley | 1576 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Hall | 1578 | Clothier | Berkley | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Webbe | 1585 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Hugh | Crabbe | 1588 | Broadweaver | Rode | PCC Will | |||
James | Russell | 1590 | fuller | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Colles | 1594 | weaver | Frome | General Session | An Assault | ||
Thomas | Colles | 1594 | weaver | Frome | General Session | An Assault | ||
Richard | Clun | 1595 | woollen draper | Frome | C2/Eliz/c1/42 | |||
William | Longe | 1596 | fuller | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Antra | 1598 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Gibbes | 1605 | draper | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
George | Collins | 1605 | Clothier | Rode | Gomez Smart | Shawford Mill | ||
Richard | Wallis | 1606 | Clothman | Lullington | Charged for affray | |||
John | Orenge | 1606 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Stephen | Nayle | 1608 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Jeffrey | Hatkins | 1614 | weaver | Chapmanslade | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Harbury | 1614 | dyer | Freshford | Eric Kerridge | Dyer in the say | ||
Richard | Pyat | 1614 | dyer | Rode | Eric Kerridge | Dyer in the say | Rode Mill | |
Robert | Parker | 1614 | dyer | Woolverton | Eric Kerridge | Dyer in the say | ||
Christopher | Brewer | 1614 | dyer | Beckington | Eric Kerridge | Dyer in the say | Also GS Staplemead Mill | |
Thomas | Horner | 1614 | dyer | Frome | Eric Kerridge | Dyer in the say | Clifford Mll | |
Edward | Cogswell | 1616 | Clothier | Frome | Gomez Smart | Friggle Street Mill | ||
William | Whitchurch | 1621 | linen draper | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Purnell | 1624 | fuller | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Smith | 1625 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Dodymead | 1627 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Andrew | Allen (Cornish) | 1627 | woollen draper | Mells | PCC Will | |||
John | Perry | 1627 | mercer | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Wayland | 1629 | cardmaker | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Joseph | Cicill | 1631 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Whitchurch | 1635 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Halls | 1638 | weaver | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Walter | Wardener | 1639 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Ayres | 1639 | broadweaver | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Symon | Tymson | 1640 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
James | Payne | 1641 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Stephen | Luffe | 1641 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Justinian | Marshall | 1646 | Clothworker | Lullington | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Whitchurch | 1649 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Brewer | 1650 | dyer | Lullington | Essays Julia de La Mann | |||
John | Cooper | 1651 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Folwell | 1651 | clothworker | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Whitchurch | 1652 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Baele | 1652 | Broadweaver | Tellisford | PCC Will | |||
John | Keevell (Mayne_ | 1654 | clothworker | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Isaac | Whatley | 1655 | weaver | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Whatley | 1655 | weaver | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Penny | 1656 | fuller | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Pyard | 1657 | broadweaver | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Smith | 1657 | fuller | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuell | Whitchurch | 1658 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Barnard | 1658 | Clothier | Wingfield | Gomez Smart | Stowford Mill | ||
Robert | Gunning | 1659 | fuller | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Morse | 1659 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
William | Wilkins | 1661 | Clothier | Berkley | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Cray | 1662 | Clothier | Beckington | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Robert | Hussey | 1664 | Clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John Joyce | Taylor | 1665 | fuller | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | Oldfield Mill | |
Thomas | Cogswell | 1666 | shearman | Beckington | Gomez Smart | Clifford Mll | ||
Thomas | Royster (Rossiter) | 1667 | clothworker | Lullington | Frome Museum | JO Lewis Papers | ||
William | Gurgfield | 1670 | broadweaver | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
William | Bilstone | 1670 | broadweaver | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
William | King | 1671 | fuller | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | Oldfield Mill | |
Christopher | Smith | 1671 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Francis | Arnam | 1673 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Gane | 1674 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Smith | 1674 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Edgar | Webb | 1674 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
James | Gerish | 1674 | clothier | Rode | ? | |||
Thomas | Woodyates the elder | 1675 | Clothier | Nunney | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Carter | 1675 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
John | Davison | 1676 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Jesser | 1676 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Horler | 1676 | mercer | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Matthew | Cooke | 1677 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Wiltshire the Elder | 1677 | cardmaker | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Walter | Merchant | 1677 | woollen draper | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Matthew | Cooke | 1677 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Nash | 1678 | fuller | Lullington | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
John | Morgan | 1678 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | Also Parish Records White Mill 1693 1703 1717 | ||
Richard | Follwell | 1679 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
William | Whitchurch | 1680 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John | Bodeley | 1680 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
William | Whitchurch | 1680 | Clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Samuell | Crabb | 1681 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Heale | 1681 | Clothier | Buckland Dinham | PCC Will | |||
William | Whitchurch | 1681 | linen draper | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Billows | 1683 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuell | Whitchurch | 1684 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Fluellen (Miles) | 1684 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Halliday | 1685 | clothier | Frome ? | ||||
John | Smith | 1685 | woollen draper | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Adams | 1686 | Clothier | Lullington | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Walter | Sturges | 1686 | Clothier | Lullington | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Benjamin | Sheppard | 1686 | cardmaker | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
John | Horler | 1687 | mercer | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Addams | 1689 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Barton | 1689 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
John | Gibbons | 1693 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Clement | Bull | 1693 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Rundell | 1694 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
John | Minty | 1693 | Frome | Parish Rec | 1703 1693 Heathers Mill | |||
John | Blackborne | 1695 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | King | 1695 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Bodeley | 1696 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Solomon | Debman | 1697 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Lovell | 1697 | Clothier | Nunney | ||||
Christopher | Smith | 1693 | Frome | Also Parish Records Mill 1693 (Late Christopher S) | ||||
William | Jenkins | 1693 | Frome | Parish Rec | White Mill | |||
Leonard | Whitchurch | 1693 | Frome | Parish Rec | Town Mill and 1703 | |||
George | Hooper | 1693 | dyer | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Singer | 1693 | Frome | Parish Rec | Road Mill and 1703 | |||
William | Chapman | 1698 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Burford | 1698 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Bartholomew | King | 1699 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Roger | Leversedge | 1699 | clothier | Frome | ||||
George | Hooper | 1699 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Wills | 1700 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Gibbs | 1701 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Turner | 1701 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Also Parish Records Cooks Mill at Bradford Bridge 1693 | ||
George | Cary | 1701 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
William | Wilsheare | 1703 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Baber | 1703 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Otteridge | 1703 | fuller | Tellisford | PCC Will | |||
William | Cray | 1703 | clothworker | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Pall | Abbott | 1703 | dyer | Frome | Parish Rec | Also 1705 | ||
John | Allen | 1703 | weaver | Frome | Parish Rec | Different to John Allen Clothier | ||
Samuell | Cabell | 1703 | dyer and clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Thomas | Daniell | 1703 | Parish Records Welchmill | |||||
Holliday | 1703 | dyer | Frome | Parish Rec | the Dyehouse | |||
John | Penny | 1703 | dyer | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Robert | Smith | 1703 | cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Henry | Smith | 1703 | weaver | Frome | Parish Rec | (Deceased) | ||
Edward | Whitchurch | 1703 | Frome | Parish Rec | WelchMill | |||
William | Whitock | 1703 | Frome | Parish Rec | Waylands Rackcloase | |||
Richard | Bull | 1703 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Bull | 1703 | mercer | Frome | Parish Rec | Also 1717 | ||
Richard | Willsheir | 1703 | cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Phillip | Stevens | 1703 | dyer | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
William | Whitchurch | 1703 | dyer | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Anthony | Rymell | 1703 | Frome | Parish Rec | tithe on Wollhouse | |||
John | Sweatland | 1704 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Daniell | Carey | 1705 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
John | Marchant | 1706 | clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Thomas | Cornwell | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Mrs | Kingman | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
George | Nayle | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Benjamin | Usher | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Thomas | Wallis | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
William | Wilkins | 1705 | salter | Frome | Parish Rec | Also Parish Records late Halladays Dyehouse 1717 | ||
James | Elderton | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Paul | Harris | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Nicholas | Hampshire | 1705 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Robert | Smith | 1706 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Wallis | 1708 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Sheppard | 1708 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Powell | 1708 | fuller | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Batt | 1708 | Clothworker | Frome | Parish Rec | In Oadground | ||
Samuel | Whitchurch | 1708 | Cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
William | Adams | 1708 | Cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Edward | Adams | 1708 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Minty | 1708 | Frome | Parish Rec | Implication John Minty dead | |||
Richard | Mattock | 1708 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Edward | Mortimer | 1708 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Christopher | Truckwell | 1709 | Clothier | Mells | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Bodeley | 1710 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
John | Jesse | 1710 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Susannah | Jeffereys (widow) | 1710 | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | Oldfield Mill | ||
Edward | Baber | 1711 | Nempnett | |||||
Henry | Smith | 1711 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | PR 1693 (Weaver) | ||
William | Gourgefield | 1711 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Draper | 1711 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Benjamin | Crabb | 1712 | Clothier | Tellisford | Gomez Smart | Tellisford Mill | ||
Robert | Cooke | 1717 | weaver | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Thomas | Bunn | 1717 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Chafon | 1717 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Jonathan | Webb | 1723 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Joseph | Webb | 1723 | Cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Webb | 1723 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
William | Whitchurch | 1723 | Cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Clarke | 1712 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuell | Whitchurch | 1713 | Drysalter | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Read | 1713 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Crabb | 1715 | Druggett maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Davis | 1715 | fuller | Rode | Gomez Smart | Rode Bridge Mill | ||
John | Pobjay | 1716 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Lovelass | 1716 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Hippie | 1717 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Light | 1717 | Clothier | Buckland Dinham | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Payne | 1717 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | Lease1701 | ||
Mrs | Bedford | 1723 | Frome | Parish Rec | part of fatts? | |||
Edward | Culverhouse | 1723 | dyer | Frome | Parish Rec | part of Dyers | ||
Thomas | Smith | 1723 | Frome | Parish Rec | Mill | |||
John | Smith | 1723 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Wilsher | 1723 | Cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
William | Addams | 1723 | Cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Richard | Chaffen | 1723 | Clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | |||
Thomas | Thatcher | 1718 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Carter | 1718 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Solomon | Kingman | 1719 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Carter | 1719 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Flour (Flower) | 1719 | Clothier | Nunney | PCC Will | |||
Paul | Stirridge | 1719 | fellmonger | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John | Hill | 1720 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Smith | 1720 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Sheppard | 1720 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Cockle | 1720 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Lacy Jr | 1720 | mercer | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Joseph | Hazle | 1721 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joel | Baber | 1721 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Pockridge | 1721 | druggett maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
William | Pobjoy | 1721 | cardmaker | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | ||
Anthony | Burleton | 1721 | clothier | Frome | ||||
Richard | Capell | 1721 | clothier | Stroud | ||||
Richard | Kevill | 1722 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Stock | 1722 | druggett maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Whatley | 1722 | clothier | Dilton Mill | ||||
Robert | Mortimer | 1723 | Clothier | Beckington | Marriage | |||
John | Reeves | 1723 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Payne | 1723 | Druggett maker | Nunney | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Holdway | 1723 | cardmaker | Frome | ||||
Simon | Farre | 1724 | Wool comber | Frome | ||||
Thomas | Small | 1724 | clothier | Uley | ||||
John | Cannon | 1724 | Clothier | Lullington | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Capell | 1725 | clothier | Stroud | ||||
George | Sedley | 1725 | clothier | Frome | Parish Rec | part of Dyers 1723 | ||
John | Evans | 1725 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Obourne | 1725 | fuller | Lullington | PCC Will | |||
William | Baily | 1726 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Broadweaver in 1708 | ||
Joseph | Jesser | 1726 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Also Parish Records 1705 | ||
John | Nutt | 1727 | clothier | Frome | ||||
Edward | Flour (Flower) | 1727 | Clothier | Nunney | PCC Will | |||
John | Kinston | 1728 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Allen | 1728 | dyer | Frome | PCC Will | Parish Records 1703 as Cloathier | ||
John | Collins | 1728 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | ?Collens 1705? & 1723 | ||
Elnathon | Holwey | 1728 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Hopkins | 1728 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Jesser | 1729 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Mortimer | 1729 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
William | Barton | 1729 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Josiah | Watts | 1729 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
John | Allen | 1730 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Also Clothier in Parish Rec 1703 1723 | ||
Thomas | Gerish | 1730 | Druggett maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John | Awbrey | 1730 | clothier | Frome | ||||
Ann | Mortimer | 1730 | clothier | Frome | ||||
Benjamin | Robbins | 1730 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Lucas | 1730 | broadweaver | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Mills | 1730 | Clothworker | Berkley | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Whitaker | 1730 | dyer | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Ledyard | 1730 | Clothier | Rode | Gomez Smart | Rode Bridge Mill | ||
John | Norman | 1733 | dyer | Mells | PCC Will | |||
John | Harris | 1733 | Clothier | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | Also GS Wallbridge Mill Parish Records 1742 Dyer | |
James | Hickman | 1733 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Whitchurch | 1733 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Marmaduke | Daniel | 1734 | clothier | Frome | ||||
John | Burge | 1734 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Singer | 1734 | clothworker | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
George | Whitchurch | 1734 | salter | Frome | Also Parish Records Town Mill 1717 & 1742 | |||
Richard | Stiles | 1735 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Love | 1736 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Sarah | Chiffins | 1736 | Druggett maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Porter | 1737 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Jonathan | West | 1737 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Also Parish Records 1723 | ||
Thomas | Barnes | 1738 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Whitchurch | 1739 | drysalter | Frome | PCC Will | Also Parish Records WelshMill | ||
Joseph | Moss | 1740 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Stephen | Keeping | 1740 | mercer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Blunt | 1740 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Benjamin | Tanner | 1741 | drapery | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Halliday | 1741 | clothier | Frome | ||||
John | Batten | 1741 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
william | Gray | 1742 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Penny | 1743 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Crapp (Crabb) | 1743 | Druggett maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
William | Downe | 1743 | dyer | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Whitchurch | 1743 | clothier | Frome | ||||
Edward | Whitchurch | 1743 | drysalter | Frome | ||||
Leonard | Whitchurch | 1743 | drysalter | Frome | ||||
Widow | Allen | 1742 | Frome | Parish Rec | Wool Hall 1742 | |||
Richard | Champneys | 1742 | Frome | Parish Rec | White Mill 1742 | |||
Willshire | 1742 | Cardmaker | Frome | Parish Rec | Page 486 | |||
Edward | Allen | 1744 | dyer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Chrine | 1744 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
James | Gerish | 1744 | Druggett maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John | Rich | 1746 | clothier | Frome | ||||
Stephen | Whitaker | 1747 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
George | Davis | 1748 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Chapman | 1749 | clothier | Frome | |||||
John | Mortimer | 1749 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Benjamin | Sheppard | 1749 | clothworker | Frome | ||||
Thomas | Burn | 1750 | dyer | Frome | Gomez Smart | Wallbridge Mill | ||
Philip | White | 1750 | weaver | Berkley | PCC Will | |||
William | Whitchurch | 1750 | prisoner fleet | Frome | ||||
Richard | Holmes | 1751 | dyer | Frome | Gomez Smart | Wallbridge Mill | ||
Joseph | Crabb | 1752 | Druggett maker | Tellisford | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Jesser | 1753 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Cornelius | Batt | 1753 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Queell | 1753 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Jesser | 1753 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Cornelius | Batt | 1753 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Jeffries | 1754 | fuller | Frome | Frome Museum | Orchardleigh Estate | Oldfield Mill | |
Joseph | Stokes | 1754 | Tenant | Frome | Gomez Smart | Leonards Mill | ||
John | Leonard | 1754 | Tenant | Frome | Gomez Smart | Leonards Mill | ||
John | Ford | 1754 | Clothier | Nunney | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Patient | 1756 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
William | Humphry | 1756 | Clothier | Berkley | PCC Will | |||
James | Jesser | 1757 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Barton | 1757 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Adams | 1758 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Debman | 1759 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Tucker | 1759 | mercer | Rode | PCC Will | |||
William | Sheppard | 1760 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Cuzner | 1760 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Noad | 1760 | clothier and drugget maker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Barnes | 1760 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John | Olive | 1761 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Henry | Kingman | 1762 | scribbler | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Jesser | 1762 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Jacob | Naish | 1763 | clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
William | Coombs | 1765 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Naish | 1765 | fuller | Frome | Gomez Smart | Bedlam Bottom Mill | ||
William | Crabb | 1765 | Clothier | Tellisford | Gomez Smart | Tellisford Mill | ||
James | Bliss | 1766 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Harris | 1766 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Daniel | Wayland | 1766 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Jelly | 1766 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Miles | 1767 | Clothier | Nunney | PCC Will | |||
George | Papps | 1767 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Mathews | 1768 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Whitaker | 1769 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | Shawford Mill | |
Josiah | Ames | 1772 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Rossiter | 1774 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | House | 1774 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Whereat | 1774 | Clothier | Beckington | Bankruptcy | |||
John | Minty | 1775 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Stephen | Adams | 1776 | Clothier | Buckland Dinham | PCC Will | |||
Ebenezer | Coombes | 1776 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Vining | 1777 | weaver | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
John | Whatley | 1778 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Parrott | 1778 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Meares | 1779 | dyer | Frome | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | Wallbridge Mill | |
John | George | 1779 | clothier dyer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Clement | 1779 | dyer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Gerish | 1779 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Wayland | 1781 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Turner | 1781 | Woolstapler | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Payne | 1782 | Clothier | Nunney | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Hayes | 1783 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Daniel | Weyland (Wayland) | 1783 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Wheeler | 1783 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
James | Carpenter | 1786 | Owner | Beckington | Gomez Smart | Eden Vale Mill | ||
James | Gerish | 1786 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Ames | 1787 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Newton | 1787 | Owner | Frome | Gomez Smart | Clifford Mll | |||
Samuel | Priddle | 1789 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Walker | 1789 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John | Singer | 1790 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Singer | 1790 | linen draper | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Ledyard | 1791 | dyer and clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Lacey | 1792 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Humphris | 1793 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Jeremiah | Watts | 1793 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
George | Marwood | 1793 | Great Elm | Gomez Smart | Hapsford Mill | |||
John | Ayres | 1794 | Leaseholder | Frome | Gomez Smart | West Woodland Mill | ||
Henry | Allen | 1795 | dyer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Blunt | 1795 | Clothier | Frome | Gomez Smart | Claybridge or Vennell's Mill | ||
William | Sheppard | 1795 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Jesser | 1796 | Freshford | Gomez Smart | Welsh Mill | |||
Samuel | Allen | 1796 | dyer | Frome | Gomez Smart | Town Mill | ||
John | Allen | 1796 | dyer | Frome | Gomez Smart | Town Mill | ||
Benjam | Hiinton | 1797 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Clement | 1798 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Allen | 1798 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Wheeler | 1798 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Gregory | 1798 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
T | Lacey | 1800 | Frome | Gomez Smart | Claybridge or Vennell's Mill | |||
Jossiah | Ames | 1802 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Josiah | Ames | 1802 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Phipps | 1803 | Clothworker | Rode | PCC Will | |||
William | Sweet | 1804 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Sinkins | 1805 | linen draper | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Sheppard | 1805 | Clothier | Rodden | PCC Will | |||
John | Sheppard | 1806 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Huntley | 1807 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Hayward | 1807 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Olive | 1808 | dyer | Frome | Gomez Smart | Town Mill | ||
Mathew | Burgess | 1808 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Fry | 1808 | Clothier | Lullington | Bankruptcy | Universal Magazine | Also Banker | |
J | Read | 1809 | Clothier | Beckington | Bankruptcy | |||
Stephen | Silcox | 1810 | Clothier | Beckington | Bankruptcy | |||
Thomas | Hall | 1810 | Owner | Frome | Gomez Smart | Bedlam Bottom Mill | ||
John | Parish | 1810 | dyer | Rode | Gomez Smart | Shawford Mill | ||
James | Joyce | 1810 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
William | Butler | 1811 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Grant | 1813 | Tenant | Frome | Gomez Smart | Leonards Mill | ||
William | Rossiter | 1813 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | Adderwell | |
Humphrey | Noad | 1814 | Clothier | Rode | Gomez Smart | Shawford Mill | ||
Jonathan | Noad | 1814 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | Rockabella Mill | |
James | Barber | 1815 | woolstapler | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Crabb | 1817 | Clothier | Tellisford | Gomez Smart | Tellisford Mill | ||
George | Kingdon | 1817 | Leaseholder | Frome | Gomez Smart | West Woodland Mill | ||
John | Biggs | 1817 | broadweaver | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
James | Slade | 1818 | Tenant | Frome | Gomez Smart | Leonards Mill | ||
John | Meares | 1818 | dyer | Frome | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | Wallbridge Mill | |
James | Rawlings | 1819 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | Adderwell | |
Joseph | French | 1820 | Tenant | Frome | Gomez Smart | Claybridge or Vennell's Mill | ||
Joseph | Stokes | 1820 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Stiles | 1820 | clothworker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Noad | 1821 | clothier | Rode | PCC Will | |||
John | Greenland | 1821 | Clothier | Frome | Longleat Records | |||
Richard | Scammells | 1822 | Tenant | Frome | Gomez Smart | Claybridge or Vennell's Mill | ||
John | Grant | 1822 | fuller | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Crabb | 1822 | clothier | Tellisford | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Napper | 1822 | drysalter fuller? | Frome | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | Welsh Mill | |
J | Cuzner | 1823 | fuller | Lullington | Bankruptcy | European Magazine | ||
Benjamin | Coombes | 1824 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Clement | 1825 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | Gomez Smart | West Woodland Mill | |
Henry | Houston | 1825 | Owner | Frome | Gomez Smart | Broadway Mill | ||
Thomas | Harding | 1826 | fuller | Frome | Gomez Smart | Claybridge or Vennell's Mill | ||
Samuel | Humphries | 1826 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Humphries | 1826 | woolmerchant | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Grant | 1827 | Tenant | Frome | Gomez Smart | Feltham Mill | ||
William | Messiter | 1829 | broadweaver | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Nathaniel | Clift | 1829 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Perkins | 1830 | fuller | Beckington | Gomez Smart | Clifford Mll | ||
Ebenezer | Coombs | 1831 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Bull | 1834 | dyer | Frome | Gomez Smart | Wallbridge Mill | ||
Newton | Pobjoy | 1834 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Jelly | 1837 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Wilkins | 1838 | fuller | Tellisford | Gomez Smart | Tellisford Mill | ||
Isaac | Rawlings | 1839 | cardmaker | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Cooke | 1839 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Dainton | 1839 | Clothier | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Edward | Olive | 1842 | dyer | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Richard | Player | 1843 | Clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Cuzner | 1844 | fuller | Frome | Gomez Smart | Welsh Mill | ||
Samuel | Porter | 1844 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Porter | 1848 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Taunton | 1848 | Clothier | Corsley | PCC Will | |||
John | Jarvis | 1849 | linen draper | Beckington | PCC Will | |||
Thomas | Charles | 1851 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Robert | Moon | 1852 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Shadrack | Clare | 1852 | twister | Frome | PCC Will | |||
John | Porter | 1853 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
William | Rossiter | 1855 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
James | Lee | 1856 | clothier | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Samuel | Burges | 1856 | woolstapler | Frome | PCC Will | |||
Joseph | Phillips | 1904 | Clothier | Beckington |