THE FROGGATTS OF BREWHOUSE YARD:
AN EXTRA-PAROCHIAL PLACE ADJOINING NOTTINGHAM CITY
(1797 – 1835)
James Froggatt 1725-1808
This story starts with James FROGGATT, born in Clifton, Ashbourne
Derbyshire in around 1725. James migrated towards Nottingham, settling at
Brewhouse Yard some time before 1797, when his wife Ellen died:
1724-1797 1725-1808
Ellen James Ann
PEACH========v=========FROGGATT=============v============REDGARD
1763 1798
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1764-1769 1767 1770-1824 1775-1840
Mary Elizabeth James Hannah
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John Mary Samuel
BARRATT LOWE GODKIN
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1802-1802 1803-1811 1805-1840 1807-1866 1810-1816 1812-1824
James John James William Edward Mary
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Mary Elizabeth
HOPKIN BOWLER
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1833-1873 1835-1866 1837-1866 1840-1863 1842-1865 1845-1917 1848-1868
Mary Anne William Elizabeth Sarah Joseph James
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William Henry Sarah Elizabeth
CLARK CANTELO GOODLIFFE POUNDS
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JAMES FROGGATT (c.1725 –
1808)
Marriage to Ellen Peach
James Froggatt (baptised 17 Nov 1725 in
Clifton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire) married Ellen PEACH (born c.1724) at St
Alkmund in Duffield on 17 November 1763. They are known to have had 4
children, all baptised in Derbyshire:
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Name
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Date of
baptism
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Place
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Date of Death
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Place
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Mary
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16/9/1764
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Duffield
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16/3/1769
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Wirksworth
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Elizabeth
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19/9/1767
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Duffield
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James
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12/9/1770
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Wirksworth
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2/1/1824
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Nottingham
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Hannah
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13/9/1775
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Wirksworth
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>1794 |
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James
and Ellen moved from Duffield to Wirksworth sometime between September 1767
and March 1769 and moved on to Nottingham before August 1797. Their
earlier occupations are unknown but they were likely to have been agricultural workers
and were drawn to Nottingham by
the availability of employment as framework knitters.
Ellen
Froggatt died in Nottingham and was buried on 31/8/1797.
Marriage to Ann Redgard
The
first record we have of a FROGGATT living at Brewhouse Yard
is the marriage of James to Ann REDGARD at St Nicholas in Nottingham on 29/09/1798:
Marriage
of William to Ann Redgard 29/9/1798
John Froggatt & Ann Redgard both of Brewhouse Yard an extraparochial place
adjoining this parish Were married in this Church by licence the twenty ninth
Day of September in the Year 1798 by me Charles Joynes Rector.
This
Marriage was solemnized between us
James Froggatt Ann Redgard
In
the Presence of Elizabeth Froggatt X her
mark
Wm Joynes
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Both
James and Ann signed their names, but the witness, Elizabeth Froggatt
(James’ daughter) signed with her mark although she was aged about 31.
Ann
REDGARD had been resident at Brewhouse Yard for
several years prior, being recorded as paying Land Taxes to Cornelius Launder
(proprietor) of 5 shillings per year for 1791 to 1798. We do not yet know if
she was a spinster or widow. It would appear that after the marriage James
Froggatt moved into Ann’s residence presumably with his children of Elizabeth
and James (Hannah having married Samuel GODKIN in 1794), for he is recorded as
paying the land tax on the same residence in the following years. Although a
James Froggatt is recorded as paying the tax from 1799 to 1819, James (I) died
in 1808 and Ann in 1814, so we can conclude that James (II) lived at the same
address and continued to pay the tax. In 1807 the property was described as
“one dwellinghouse and garden”.
Badder
& Peat
map of Nottingham and Brewhouse Yard. The long building on the south side of the yard with the
gardens behind was owned by Cornelius Launder and would have been
where 4 generations of Froggatts resided from 1798 – c.1833: James
& Ellen, James & Mary, William & Elizabeth and their
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The Death and Will of James Froggatt
James Froggatt died in Nottingham on 20 November 1808. In his Will
he left all his possessions, including 7 stocking frames to his wife
Ann.
Will
of James Froggatt – 30th Oct 1805
This
is the last Will and Testament of me James Froggatt of Brewhouse Yard
in the County of Nottingham, made this thirtyth day of October in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five viz. I give and
bequeath unto my Wife Ann Froggatt all my seven stocking frames
together with all my money securities for money of what nature or kind
soever, also my household furnature (sic) and all the property I have
or may become possessed of, for ever, and finally I do hereby constite
(?) and appoint my said wife sole Executor of this my last will and
testament, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the
day and year first above written
Signed sealed and delivered in the presence of us
J
Jephion John
Barratt
I
do hereby certify that on the 15th day of April in the year
of our Lord 1809 Ann Froggat (sic) of Brewhouse Yard extraparochial in
the County of Nottingham the widow relict and sole executrix named in
this the last Will and Testament of James Froggatt late of Brewhouse
Yard aforesaid in the Diocese of York Sawyer deceased was sworn well
and truly to execute and perform the same And that the whole of the
goods chattels and credits of the said deceased within the Diocese of
York do not amount in value to the sum of Twenty Pounds. Witness my
hand Charles Joyle (?) Surrogate.
Pass’d
2nd May 1809
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The Will was witnessed by John
Barratt, James’ son-in-law who had married Elizabeth Froggatt in 1803 and
who presumably still lived close to Brewhouse Yard.
This
Will left all of James’ possessions to his second wife Ann (REDGARD) even
though James’ three offspring Elizabeth, James (II) and Hannah were still
alive, and James (II) and family were living with James and Ann at Brewhouse
Yard. The probate for the Will records James as a “sawyer” so he was
trading in timber by the time of his death. The seven frames owned by James
would have cost him at least £175 new or about £70 if second hand and would
have brought him in about 7-10 shillings per week in rent at the end of the 18th
Century. The fate of the seven
knitting frames referred to in the Will is unknown but in 1812, soon after
James died in 1808, large scale factory production was beginning to replace
home-based framework knitters. I surmise that as the estate was valued at
under £20, and James was a sawyer, then he had already sold the frames.
Second-hand frames at this time were worth about £10 each.
A Note About Stocking Frames
The frame work knitters worked at home, having either a frame shop or
workshop in the garden or a special room often on the top floor of the house
with a special extra wide window to let in the maximum light for the
stockinger to work. The yarn was supplied to the stockinger by the hosier who
employed him. A careful check was kept on the amount of yarn used. The amount
of yarn supplied and the finished articles would be weighed and any short fall
had to be accounted for. One quarter of an ounce wastage was allowed on every
pound of yarn. Stocking frames were expensive. In the years 1780 to 1810 a new
frame cost from £25 to £50 depending on its size and quality. A second hand
frame would have cost about £10. Wages during this time were about l5
shillings a week and only a few pence of this could be saved. It was therefore
rare for a stockinger to own his own frame. Most frames were rented from the
hosier for between 9d and 2 shillings a week.
By the time of the Restoration in 1660 knitting frames were in Leicester
and many other villages. In the next 100 years, using the existing cottage
industry set-up, Framework Knitting spread throughout the East Midlands. This
period coincided with the Enclosure of much of the farmland and many people
left agriculture to take up framework knitting. By the early 1800's, of the
45,000 Knitting Frames in the country, 90% were in the East Midlands. The
making of long hose suited a family unit, the man did the knitting, the woman
did the sewing up and the children wound the hanks of wool onto cones. The
Knitting Frame, incorporating a seat and foot pedals, supports the metal
knitting machine. A row of fixed hooked needles hold the knitting, whilst the
operator works on the new row. On 19th century machines, five or six rows of
knitting with 288 stitches to the row could be achieved in one minute.
By the 19th century, Derbyshire was concentrating on the production of
silk garments, Nottinghamshire on cotton, such as Nottingham Lace, and
Leicestershire on worsted, woollen garments. As the 19th century progressed
trade slumped as fashions changed, long hose was no longer needed and
gentlemen went into trousers, The factory system began to replace the cottage
industry and machines were developed to use first steam, then electric power.
By 1811, as the frameknitters of the Midlands were being forced to rent the
frames they worked on by the manufactures, only a year later mass production
was being introduced by the use of wide knitting frames.
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The Children of James and Ellen
Elizabeth
FROGGATT (1768 - ?)
Marriage of
Elizabeth to
John BARRATT 26/12/1803
“John
Barratt & Elizabeth Froggatt both of Brewhouse Yard an extraparochial
place adjoining this parish
Were
married in this Church by Banns the twenty sixth day of December in the Year
1803 by me Charles Joynes Rector
This
Marriage was solemnized between us John Barratt Elizabeth
Froggatt X her mark
In
the Presence of Wm Porter
Hannah Godkin X her mark”
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Note
that Hannah Godkin was Elizabeth’s younger sister.
We
have not yet located children for Elizabeth and John, nor where they lived,
but Hodson’s 1814 Directory and Pigot’s Directories of 1815, 1819, 1822, 1828 &
1831 list a John Barratt as a Painter of High Pavement.
James FROGGATT (1770-1824)
The story of James Froggatt continues here.
Hannah FROGGATT (1775 - 1852)
The story of Hannah and her marriage to Samuel GODKIN
is here.
THE LAST FROGGATT OF BREWHOUSE YARD
The
Froggatt family relationship with Brewhouse Yard came to an end with the death
of Joseph Froggatt in 1917. This closed
the history on four generations and 17 children who had lived or been born at
BHY. Of those 17 children, 9 survived to adulthood but only 4 were male and
who had offspring to continue the Froggatt name. Two of these were the
youngest born at BHY (William and Joseph). William’s 2 surviving sons
(William and James) emigrated to Australia with only William having children
(14 in total) leaving Joseph’s son Harry Joseph Froggatt as the sole
remaining Brewhouse Yard descendent bearing the FROGGATT name in England. And
Harry died in 1956 without heirs.
William (1869-1947) had 14 children in Australia and
New Zealand but only 5 were sons who reached adulthood. The oldest, Frank, was
adopted early in his life and become known as Frank HUME the other 4
having 7 sons between them.
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