Some Bristol & District people who were baptised, married or buried elsewhere:

Twerton

William Dickenson of Bristol, gent & Dorcas Sperrin mar Twerton, by lic, 15.4.1725

Mr (no first name ) Freke & Fanny Langton, mar at Newton Chaple (sic) Twerton 15.6.1727

Francis White of Temple, Bristol & Jane Ruddock, mar Twerton, 29.5.1731

Robert Struddock of Temple, Bristol, & Sarah Pride, of Twerton mar 15.8.1732, Twerton

William Bullock, of Bristol, waterman & Sarah Balls of St Peter/Paul, Bath, mar 4.3.1739, Twerton

Thomas Collins of Bedminster & Susannah Lane of St Nicholas, Bristol, mar Twerton 2.10.1739

Sydenham Teast (wrongly transcribed "Teart") of Bedminster, shipbuilder & Mrs Mary Holt of St Thos, Bristol, mar Twerton, 17.1.1754.

Thomas Feare of Bristol & Ann Purrier (?) of otp, lic mar 21.7.1761, Twerton.

Abraham Barnes of Bitton & Jane Woodington otp , mar Twerton lic 5.5.1780

Joseph Heath of Bristol & Sarah Powell , mar Twerton 5.12.1797

Alice Spencer from Bristol bur Twerton 26.5.1760

Susanna d.o. James Barry of St Stephen’s, Bristol & Sarah his wife bp Twerton, 7.7.1745

Daniel s.o. Daniel & Elizabeth Ford of Bristol, bp Twerton 21.8.1774

Compton Dando

Francis Greene of Buselton (Brislington) & Jane Ball otp, mar Compton Dando 15.12.1692

Thomas Moor & Ann Waterman both of Brislington, mar Compton Dando 12.4.1696

Grace Britton of City of Bristol, bur Compton Dando 24.5.1708

Edward Emett of St Stephen’s, Bristol & Jane Gossett otp mar Compton Dando ? June 1654

Edward Wade of Brislington & Deanes Woodward, mar Compton Dando 20.10.1654

Matthew Wallman of City of Bristol, residing in Christmas Street & Rachel White of St James, mar Compton Dando 25.3.1687

William Pow of Bristol & Ann Palmer otp, mar Compton Dando, …? 1754

William Thompson of Bitton & Mary Maynard spinster, mar Compton Dando, by lic 27.6.1743

Henry Francis of Bristol & Betty Palmer, otp, mar Compton Dando, 21.5.1749, lic

Charlotte d.o. Henry Francis of Bristol & Elizabeth his wife bp Compton Dando 28.2.1762

William Chaplin of Bitton & Jane Long mar Compton Dando 13.4.1755

Joseph Britton of Bitton & Mary Lyons, sp, mar Compton Dando 5.4.1756

Josiah Smith of St Mary Redcliffe & Rebecca Smith of St Thomas, Pensford, mar 2.10.1740, Compton Dando

Kelston

Mr Wm Waldron of Trowbridge & Mrs Sarah Hall of Bristol mar Kelston 7 Jun 1744

Mr Hart of Bristol bur 9 Apr 1752 Kelston

Mrs Dianess Gibbes of Bristol bur Kelston 11 Aug 1750

Mrs Isabelle Harrington of Bristol, bur Kelston 5 Jul 1754

Amy Brewer died at Bristol Infirmary bur Kelston 11 Aug 1791

Martha Edington of Bristol, 67, bur Kelston 12 Feb 1809

Mary Snooke of Bristol, 61, bur Kelston 3 Mar 1810

Seend

John Pountney of City of Bristol, bach & Ann Usher of Seend, mar Seend, Wilts by lic 3.7.1779 (presumably of the famous Pountney family of potters?)

Ann wife of Mr John Pountney of Bristol , bur 14.2.1787 at Seend.

John Fryer s.o. John Usher, gent, of Bristol, bur Seend, 27 Jun 1787

Rodney Stoke

John Fry of Bedminster & Hanna Taylor of Wedmore mar Rodney Stoke, 11.7.1715

The Bristol Riots took place on 26-31 October 1831. This list of the names of persons killed or wounded was submitted by the Bristol Infirmary, now the BRI, to Bristol Mercury and published on 22 November 1831. More details may be found by consulting the hospital records which are held at Bristol Record Office. All those named came from Bristol, unless otherwise stated. * indicates “died”.

In Casualties: Shot wounds.

*Stephen BUSH, 28, shot through chest. Died.

Edward EVANS, shot through right side of neck near collar bone which was fractured by the ball.

John LEWIS, 30, seaman, shot through fore arm

William YOUNG, 12, shot through leg

James SALMON, 17, shot in leg and one of bones fractured

John BENNETT, 16, shot through leg

Henry WITHERS, 30, shot through leg, of Stapleton.

Henry TUCKFIELD, 17, shot through thigh

William CLARKE, 48, shot through leg. (Is this the same William Clarke who was later executed?)

*Thomas MORRIS, 13, shot through bowels, since dead.

In Casualties: Sabre wounds and contusions by Horses of the Military.

Robert Thomson, 60, wounded across face which nearly detached his nose.

*David JAMES, 45, wounded skull, penetrating brain, since dead.

James CLARKE, 34, wound to head and contused

George CLEWELL, 22, wounded shoulder, arm and finger

Samuel VAINS, 16, wound to skull

John JONES, 26, wound to head, of Westbury

Dennis GRIFFITHS, 20, wound to head

Abraham GAUNTLETT, 16, compound fracture of leg, from “near Bristol.”

John PELLOWE, 17, wound to head and contusions

William WILLIAMS, 22, wound to face and contusions

Michael M’CARTHY, 35, wound to face and contusions

John LAURIE, 18, wound to head

Charles MANNING, 11, wound to head

George PARKER, 25, wound to head, of Horfield

Charles STEGG, 60, wound to head and contusions.

Accidents in the Mob at the Square and elsewhere, unconnected with the Military.

John KELLY, 17, sprained ankle, jumping from window of a burning house

Richard RICHARDS, 18, fractured patella and wound of head and general contusions in same manner as above

Charles BENNETT, 20, compound fracture of leg, fracture ankle and foot contusions in same manner as above

David O’DONAGHUE, 30, wound of leg falling from sash window

*Mary CUMMINGS, 22, burnt in one of the houses she had entered to plunder, since dead.

William PROTHEROE, 44, burnt and bruised in accidental in the execution of his duty as a fireman

Thomas RUSSEL, 25, head cut and bruised

Mr WILCOX, 34, face cut and bruised by glass bottle flung at him whilst defending some property

John CONNERLEY, 32, contused head by the staves of the constables

John SOUTHCOMBE, 21, wound of head and contused shoulder

*George Waller TRAGALLAN, apoplexy from drunkenness supposed to have come from Birmingham

Out Casualties/Sabre Wounds

John THOMSON, 21, wound arm

Cornelius COPLEY, 31, wound arm

Joshua SQUIRES, 52, wound arm

James THOMAS, 35, wound hand

John REEVES, 31, wound head

John PALMON, 32, wound hand

Joshua GODFREY, 32, wound head

Samuel DAVIS, 31, wound head, of Westbury

John JONES, 47, wound head

John ALSOP, 50, wound head

John KEEL, 23, wound head, of Horfield

Thomas HOBBS, 21, wound wrist

James BRYAN, 31, wound head

Charles BISHOP, 21, wound hand

Edward HURCHOUND, 29, wound head

Cornelius HICKEY, 21, wound head

John STONE, 32, wound head

Injuries in the Mob, not known how.

Thomas RICHARDS, 29, wound head

Benjamin ADAMS, 39, contused head

George HANBURY, 45, contused head

William GALLEY, 29, wound to hip

Michael CARTER, 21, wound to finger

Robert CARPENTER, 14, contused face

Daniel HACKETT, 12, wound face

John HURLEY, 21, contused face

William SOMERS, 15, contused eye

James M’Kellow, 40, contused shoulder

John BIRD, 59, contused arm

Ann HOLLOWAY, wound to eye

J. WILLIAMS, 21, apoplexy due to intoxication

Esau HUNT, 16, apoplexy due to intoxication

It seems to me that there may have been many more casualties and a far greater loss of life had it not been for Lt Colonel Thomas BRERETON, 1782-1832, the Irish commander of Dragoons who tried to disperse the mob by peaceful means, and when subsequently pressed to charge the people, did so but without using firearms. This conduct was stated to be “disgraceful”. He was court martialled for dereliction of duty and shot himself dead on the fifth day of the hearing.

At the time it was customary to blame the notorious Kingswood Colliers (my own paternal ancestors!) for any outrages or criminal activities committed. Henry Hill BUDGETT, a local Christian, a successful grocer and educationalist, one of my family history heroes, published a pamphlet at his own expense angrily refuting these allegations and defending the colliers. This list apparently confirms his belief as the vast majority of the people involved appear to have been Bristolians.

Another person with a walk on part in the affair was Isambard Kingdom BRUNEL who was sworn in as a special constable.

A few weeks ago I was out with my daughter Celia and she pulled into a garage on Park Row for petrol. I noticed this plaque, on the wall: 

Though I once went through an “arty-farty” period and was vaguely aware of the actor William Macready that was about as far as it went. I was prompted, who knows through what agency, to take a photograph of the plaque. Having parked, we then strolled across the road to the Bristol University Theatre Collection (well worth a visit, especially if you have theatrical ancestors: http: //www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/) where I have every hope one day of discovering more about Lottie Moreton. (see previous blog about this unfortunate soubrette.)  

And that might have been that, except that I downloaded the photo and began idly to seek references to the “Macready Chutes”.

First up, 1841, and Sarah Macready, 50, “lessee of a theatre” was living in a lodging house in Queen Square, Bristol kept by Marianne Vickerman, aged 45.  Sarah, nee Desmond, an actress, was the second wife of William Macready, Manager of the Theatre Royal who had died on 11 April 1829, leaving her with “two orphans”.  (The famous actor William Macready was a son of the first marriage.)

The census of 1851 shows Sarah aged 58, “lessee of theatres” living at Walcot, Bath in the Assembly Rooms with her son in law James H. Chute, aged 41, who was proprietor of the establishment, born Stoke, Hampshire, his wife, (Sarah’s daughter), Mazzarina E., aged 26, born Swansea and their two sons William aged 5 and Henry, 2. A daughter aged 10 days was unnamed.

James Henry Chute and Mazzarina Emily Macready had been married at Westminster in the winter of 1844. Here then were the “Macready Chutes” of the plaque.

Sarah Macready’s obituary with details of her life and career appeared in the Bristol Mercury of 12 March 1853, her age given as 64.

I have so far been unable to locate the family in the 1861 census, but it is clear from advertisements that James Henry Chute was manager of the Theatre Royal at this time. On 2 June 1861 the “Royal Dramatic College” thanked him for donating a portrait of “W. Macready, sen., esq.”

James Henry took over the Princes Theatre in 1866. http: //www.its-behind-you.com/princesbristol.html 

In 1871, James Henry, now 60, “dramatic manager” and Mazzarina, 46, and five of their children between the ages of 20 and 6 years were residing at 2 Park Row, next to a school for the “deaf and dumb”. Henry, aged 2 in 1851, was now twenty two and an assistant house surgeon at the Bristol Infirmary.

Now here’s the surprise. Evidence of the voice from the ether that had prompted me to take the photo? Living with the Chutes was Julia Pillinger, aged 50, spinster, a music teacher. Visitors to this blog will know that I have studied, as far as possible, all the Pillingers in the World and though I can claim no specific relationship to Julia, she is as dear to me as all the rest. She will be found in my History of the Pillinger Family, Part 3, as a twig on the branch that came originally from Box, Wiltshire. Following the death of George Pillinger in Bath, his wife Julia decided to try her luck as a singer in Bristol. Her daughter, Julia junior was sent away to study music in London, one of the very few Pillingers who could boast any sort of education prior to the present era. On her return, mother and daughter set up a “School of Music” in Queen Square, at the same time giving concerts which are reported at length in the local newspapers of the day. I had been aware that Julia junior had lived with the Chutes, but had only noted them in passing, having no idea that they were so hugely important in the dramatic circles of Bristol. Thus from a lowly lodger, scratching a living as a music teacher, as I had imagined, Julia has jumped up the ladder of success in my estimation. And don’t forget Queen Square -  this must have been where Julia Pillinger, senior, apothecary’s widow and aspiring theatrical (by 1841, she was remarried to Richard Harris) struck up an acquaintance with Sarah Macready, the widow of an actor manager. And here’s another thing - Richard, was a “carver and gilder” surely this must mean that he made scenery for the Theatre Royal?  It seems the connection Pillinger-Harris-Macready-Chute continued for at least thirty years.     

You never know what you’ll find next. Family history is wonderful.

Julia Maria Pillinger died in the winter of 1876. Mr & Mrs Chute did not long survive her. Mazzarina died aged 54 in March 1878 of Bright’s disease and James Henry aged 67 of liver failure the following July. They were survived by six sons and three daughters, two of whom, George and James took over the management of the Princes Theatre.   

George Macready Chute and his wife Abigail Philomena were living at Cotham Gardens, Westbury on Trym in 1891. In 1901 they were in Sidmouth with their son Desmond, aged five. In 1911 they were in Folkestone whilst Desmond, now 15 was boarding at Downside School. Despite apparently no longer living in Bristol, George M.’s occupation throughout is “Theatrical Proprietor/Manager.” According to the plaque the family was associated with the Princes Theatre until 1931.