Born

Date calculated from age at death

Apprenticeship in Barber-Surgeons of London.2

"This Indenture witnesses that Percivall Pott the son of Percivall Pott late of Threadneedle Street London Scrivenor doth put himself Apprentice to Edward Nourse Citizen and Barber-Surgeon of London .. ..."
"... ... Sum of two hundred and ten pounds ... ..."
"... ... paid by Mrs. Elizabeth Pott the Mother ... ..."

Freedom of the City of London in Barber-Surgeons of London.2

Married Sarah CRUTTENDEN in St Augustine Watling Street.16

From the Parish Register :-
"Pott & Cruttenden
Percival Pott of the Parish of St Mary Aldermary London Batchelor and Sarah Cruttenden of the Parish of St Luke in the County of Middlesex Spinster were married by Licence June 27"

Birth of son Percival POTT in St Augustine Watling Street

Birth of daughter Sarah POTT in St Augustine Watling Street.9

Birth of daughter Elizabeth POTT in St Augustine Watling Street.10

Birth of daughter Mary POTT in St Augustine Watling Street.11

Birth of son Robert POTT in Watling Street, St Augustin.12

Birth of son Joseph Holden POTT.13

Birth of daughter Anna POTT in St Augustine Watling Street.14

Birth of son Edward Holden POTT in St Augustine Watling Street.15

Witness at wedding in St Marylebone.3

of Samuel Potts and Elizabeth Pott

Retired.4

From the Times :-
"Percival Pott, Esq. has resigned his appointment as Surgeon of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, after and attendance there of fifty years."

Wrote will.5

"1) I Percivall Pott of Hanover Square
2) in the county of Middlesex Surgeon ......"

Some names mentioned :-
1) "my dear and beloved wife Sarah"
2) "my eldest son Percivall Pott"
3) "my son in law John Ravel Frye and my daughter Sarah his wife"
4) "my son in law James Earle and my daughter Mary his wife"
5) "my son the Reverend Joseph Holden Pott"
6) "my son in law Samuel Compton Cox and my daughter Anna his wife"
7) "my son Edward Holden Pott"
8) "my daughter Mrs. Elizabeth Potts"
9) "my son Robert Pott"
10) "Robert Pott and Arthur Pott of Mounsell Street in the County of Middlesex Vinegar Makers"
11) "Mr Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall"
12) "my grand-daughters Mary Frye and Sarah Frye daughters of my said daughter Sarah Frye"

Research Note No. 1 :-
For more information about Okey Belfour please see his entry in the "Beal, Cooper and Edlin" tree elsewhere on this website.

Research Note No. 2 :-
Percivall Pott at no time in his will mentions his son-in-law Samuel Potts although his three other son-on-laws are named. Nor does he mention by name any children of Samuel Potts and Elizabeth Potts née Pott.

Codicil to Will.5

First Codicil

Codicil to Will.5

Second Codicil

Name mentioned .-
"my grandson Charles Frye son of my daughter Sarah Frye"

Signature on Will attested to in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.5

Okey Belfour of Surgeons Hall in the parish of St Martins Ludgate London Gentleman
William Pass of Little Britain in the Parish of Saint Bartholomew the Less London Gentleman

Died in London, Hanover Square.6,7

From the Stamford Mercury :-
"Monday, at his house in Hanover-square, Percival Pott, Esq. aged 75, F.R.S. and one of the most eminent surgeons of the world"

From the Times :-
"Yesterday morning in an advanced age, Percival Pott, Esq. in Hanover-square, whose eminent abilities as a Surgeon will ever be remembered."

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.5

Executor :-
Sarah Pott widow the relic of the deceased and the sole executor""

Buried in St Mary Aldermary.8

From the Parish Register :-
"Jan 7, Percivall Pott, Esq., Surgeon, Chancel"