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John Phillpotts (land agent)

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135: 19: 147: 123: 68:. He was registered as a freeman of the City of Gloucester on 28 September 1782. He acquired this status "by fine", i.e. on payment of a fee, the standard fee at that time being twenty pounds. In 1791 Phillpotts cut himself off from his rural origins by selling the Sonke. He sold off the Bell Inn in the same year. 56:
in Somerset where he acquired a brick and tile factory. The following year he married a local woman, Elizabeth Everard. This marriage ended prematurely with Elizabeth’s death just over twelve months later; no children had been born. In 1773, at the age of thirty, John married again. His new bride,
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After the death of the elder John Phillpotts in 1814 his widow Sibella and the two surviving daughters remained living at their house in Parker's Row (now Brunswick Road) in Gloucester. The daughters did not marry, devoting themselves to good works. The younger daughter, Isabella Phillpotts
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John and Sibella Phillpotts had many offspring. According to one obituary notice Sibella Phillpotts had borne a total of 24 children; registration details have been found for 15. Six of the children reached adulthood: two daughters and four sons.
134: 104:(1790–1825), was known as "the angel of the prisons", and died aged 34. Sibella Phillpotts herself died in December 1833. The remaining daughter was Susanna Phillpotts (1779–1837). 88:(1778–1869), became a prominent bishop. Thomas Phillpotts (1785–1862), the third surviving son, became a West Indies merchant with property in 49:, Herefordshire, in 1769 when his father died. The estate had been in the ownership of the Phillpotts family since the mid sixteenth century. 284: 108: 185: 146: 122: 64:
where he purchased the Bell Inn and secured for himself the office of Land Agent to the Dean and Chapter of
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John and Sibella Phillpotts, Susanna and Isabella are all buried in the family vault inside
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Sibella Glover, was ten years younger than he and came from a well-off Somerset family.
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Llangarron Court, "The Sonke", in Herefordshire, the Phillpotts' ancestral home
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A Calendar of the Registers of the Freemen of the City of Gloucester 1641-1838
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In 1782 Phillpotts sold his brick factory and moved with his family to
17: 92:. The youngest son, George Phillpotts (1794–1853), served in the 214:, unpublished manuscript in family possession, c. 1910 96:; he died whilst serving as Acting Governor of 189:. Vol. 45. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 45:John Phillpotts inherited the Sonke estate in 8: 222: 220: 206: 204: 202: 200: 198: 196: 162: 118: 168: 166: 7: 14: 186:Dictionary of National Biography 152:The Bell Inn, Gloucester, c.1900 145: 133: 121: 173:Hamilton, John Andrew (1896). 1: 52:In 1770 Phillpotts moved to 285:18th-century English people 306: 176:"Phillpotts, Henry"  111:, Southgate, Gloucester. 239:The Gentleman’s Magazine 109:St Mary de Crypt Church 212:A Phillpotts Genealogy 23: 21: 66:Gloucester Cathedral 210:Phillpotts, Percy, 128:Sibella Phillpotts 33:, a controversial 24: 297: 260: 259: 248: 242: 236: 230: 224: 215: 208: 191: 190: 178: 170: 149: 137: 125: 90:Gloucester Quays 86:Henry Phillpotts 80:The eldest son, 35:Bishop of Exeter 31:Henry Phillpotts 305: 304: 300: 299: 298: 296: 295: 294: 265: 264: 263: 250: 249: 245: 237: 233: 225: 218: 209: 194: 172: 171: 164: 160: 153: 150: 141: 138: 129: 126: 117: 82:John Phillpotts 74: 43: 27:John Phillpotts 22:John Phillpotts 12: 11: 5: 303: 301: 293: 292: 287: 282: 277: 267: 266: 262: 261: 243: 231: 216: 192: 161: 159: 156: 155: 154: 151: 144: 142: 139: 132: 130: 127: 120: 116: 113: 73: 70: 42: 39: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 302: 291: 288: 286: 283: 281: 278: 276: 273: 272: 270: 257: 256:www.ucl.ac.uk 253: 247: 244: 240: 235: 232: 228: 223: 221: 217: 213: 207: 205: 203: 201: 199: 197: 193: 188: 187: 182: 177: 169: 167: 163: 157: 148: 143: 136: 131: 124: 119: 114: 112: 110: 105: 101: 99: 95: 91: 87: 83: 78: 71: 69: 67: 63: 58: 55: 50: 48: 40: 38: 36: 32: 28: 20: 16: 255: 246: 238: 234: 226: 211: 184: 106: 102: 94:British Army 79: 75: 59: 51: 44: 26: 25: 15: 280:1814 deaths 275:1743 births 241:, June 1834 181:Lee, Sidney 290:Gloucester 269:Categories 158:References 62:Gloucester 54:Bridgwater 47:Llangarron 41:Biography 183:(ed.). 98:Bermuda 115:Images 72:Family 179:. In 271:: 254:. 219:^ 195:^ 165:^ 100:. 37:. 258:.

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Henry Phillpotts
Bishop of Exeter
Llangarron
Bridgwater
Gloucester
Gloucester Cathedral
John Phillpotts
Henry Phillpotts
Gloucester Quays
British Army
Bermuda
St Mary de Crypt Church
Sibella Phillpotts
Llangarron Court, "The Sonke", in Herefordshire, the Phillpotts' ancestral home
The Bell Inn, Gloucester, c.1900


"Phillpotts, Henry" 
Lee, Sidney
Dictionary of National Biography








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