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Identify the 37 glassworks existing in 1696 in England and Wales
LinzC:
John Brand History & Antiquities of Newcastle, 1789. Page 46.
--- Quote ---July 23rd, 1694, a glass-house appears to have been erected at Haining-Shore, now called the Bill-Key
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I was reading that earlier today! ;D
Anne:
Jason, welcome to the board. Your knowledge will be most welcome.
LinzC:
I've also just read this in the back of "The Glass Industry of Tyne and Wear. Part 1: Glassmaking on Wearside"
--- Quote ---c. 1696
Company of Glass Owners of Sunderland formed. A syndicate of ten. Owned glass houses at Ayres Quay, Suddick (i.e. Southwick) and the "Panns", Bishopwearmouth. All these are shown on Burleigh and Thompson's map for 1737.
AYRES QUAY (OR AIRE'S KEY), DEPTFORD
Said to be the oldest bottle house on the river, although the Late J.W. Corder, Sunderland Antiqurian, thinks that Southwick was earlier.
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It would make sense that they formed in 1696 with all the hoo-ha going on with the taxes.
The Newcastle glasshouses wrote a joint petition to parliament at the time. Although I found reference to the petition I haven't been able to track down a copy. It would be nice to think that the names of the manufacturers are included in it though.
bristolloggerheads:
Hi - my first post.
I'm researching Philip Foote, holder of a pipeclay monopoly in 1619 and said to have diverted pipeclay from the Tobacco Pipemakers to a glassworks in which he is involved in, circa 1622.
I'd be grateful for any mention of him anyone may come across or suggestions as to which glassworks this might be, probably in the wider London area.
Thanks,
Peter
flying free:
Hi Peter
Welcome to the board.
A brief search (bearing in mind I have zero knowledge on this topic) came up with the information that Philip Foote was a 'cooper' (barrel maker I think that is?). Also that he was granted a pipeclay license in 1618 but at an Enquiry in Westminster in 1623 he admitted he had no idea how to make clay pipes.
There is information here with some kind of link to Mansell - but I don't understand the information enough to know whether the case (Foote)is just being used as a comparison to the license Mansell was granted or whether there was in fact a link between them - see Page 13 onwards 'Landmark Cases in Intellectual Property Law':
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Landmark_Cases_in_Intellectual_Property/3GstDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=philip+foote+glassmaker&pg=PA13&printsec=frontcover
Perhaps the clay was patented on the pretext of being used for clay pipes - but could have been used for making pots for glass-making? is that the tenuous link?
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