Born.1

Baptised in St Augustine Watling Street.2

From the Parish Register .-
"Joseph Holden son of Percivall & Sarah Pott was born Oct 27th & bapt Nov 22 1758"

Educated Cambridge University, St John's.1

"Adm. pens. Of Middlesex. 3rd s. of Percivall, surgeon (originator of Pott's fracture), and Sarah dau of Cruttenden"

Qualification in Cambridge University.1

B.A.

Ordained in Peterborough.1

Deacon

Ordained in Lincoln.1

Priest

Occupation Rector of Beesby-le-Marsh.1

Qualification in Cambridge University.1

M.A.

Appointed.1

Chaplain to Lord Thurlow, Lord Chancellor

Occupation Rector of Bratoft.1

Occupation Prebendary of Lincoln.1

Occupation Vicar of St Olave Jewry, with St Martin's, Ironmonger Lane, London.1

Mentioned in Will.3

of Percivall Pott
Described as :-"my son the Reverend Joseph Holden Pott"

Occupation Archdeacon of St Albans.1

Mentioned in Will.4

of Robert Pott
Described as :-
"my brother the Reverend Joseph Holden Pott"

Joseph Holden Pott was to receive a bequest of :
"to the Reverend Joseph Holden Pott ... ... the painting of his friend Emily painted by Romney"

Occupation Rector of Little Burstead, Essex.1

Mentioned in Will.5

of Percivall Pott
Described as :_
"my brother the Reverend Archdeacon Pott"

Occupation Vicar of Northall, Middlesex.1

Occupation Vicar of St Martin's in the Fields.1

Occupation Archdeacon of London.1

Mentioned in Will.6

of Sir James Earle
Described as :-
"the Reverend Joseph Holden Pott Archdeacon of London"

Occupation Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral.1

Occupation Vicar of Kensington.1

Occupation Prebendary and Chancellor of Exeter.1

Diary entry in London.7

From the diaries of Mr Justice Robert Day of Kerry :-
"Mrs Day and I devote the forenoon to visiting Archdeacon Pott at Kensington, the Pattersons and poor Maria Gribble who I fear is in a very critical health; & the Evening to a very agreeable dinner party at Henry Grattons, 22 Bentinck St.- The Pott family are  gone to Exeter, of which Diocese he is Chancellor, and I learn at the house that Mr. Salmon, married to the Archdeacon's and my niece (Sam Pott's daughter) and who returned last winter with a shattered constitution from India, has just died"

Research Note :-
1. "Archdeacon Pott" was Joseph Holden Pott, 1759-1847, the son of Percivall Pott the surgeon, and he was appointed Canon and Chancellor of the diocese of Exeter in 1826. He never married.
2. Any niece of the Archdeacon would have to be the daughter of one of his siblings.
3. "Sam Pott" was in fact Samuel Potts who married Elizabeth Pott. She was the daughter of Percivall Pott, the surgeon, and the sister of Joseph Holden Pott. Therefore Samuel Potts was the brother-in-law of the Archdeacon, Joseph Holden Pott.
4. Any daughter of Samuel Potts would be the niece of Joseph Holden Pott.
5. Therefore, as the first Mrs Day, Mary Day née Potts, was not the daughter of the surgeon or the sister of the Archdeacon, and as Robert Day states that the daughter of Samuel Potts was his niece as well, this diary entry implies that his wife Mrs Day née Potts was the sister of Samuel Potts.

Rmour of death.8

From the Trewman's Exeter Flying Post :-
"The Rev. Chancellor Pott.- A rumour of he death of this great exemplary and highly estimable Gentleman, having got into circulation, and a Contemporary having fallen into the error, we are most happy in being enabled to contradict the report, which we apprehend had its rise in the death of his brother G. P. Pott, Esq."

Executor.5

of the estate of Percival Pott
Described as :-
"The Venerable Joseph Holden Pott clerk the brother"

Wrote will.9

"1) This is the last will and testament
2) 0f me Joseph Holden Pott Clerk of Woburn Place Russell Square I
3) direct that ... ..."

Some names mentioned :-
1) "my niece Mary Caroline the wife of the Reverend Edward Robert Earle of Bolton"
2) "my nephew the Reverend Percival Frye"
3) "my niece Anna the wife of Charles Pott of the Foundling Hospital"
4) "my niece Sarah the wife of Edward Thomas Munro Esquire of Harley Street"
5) "my niece Eliza the wife of William Loftus Lowndes Esquire of Lincolns Inn"
6) "my niece Mary Cox of Guilford Street"
7) "my niece Elizabeth Frederica Salmon of Chesham Place"
8) "my nephew Percival Earle of Torquay Esquire"
9) "my nephew the Reverend James Earle"
10) "Mrs Mary Earle the widow of my late nephew Henry Earle Esquire"
11) "Augustus Earle son of my said nephew Percival Earle of Torquay"
12) "Mary Rachel the wife of Orton Lucas Esquire of Chesham Place"
13) "Emily the wife of ... Hearth Esquire and daughter of Edward Leigh Pemberton of Russell Square"
14) Margaret the second daughter of the said Edward Leigh Pemberton"
15) "my nephew Percival Litchfield Esquire"
16) "Elijah Litchfield Esquire of Chancery Lane"
17) "Frederick Earle eldest son of my late nephew Henry Earle Esquire"
18) "Percival the eldest son of the Reverend Robert Samuel Battiscombe of Barkway"

Died in St Giles (Woburn Place).10,11,12,13

From the Standard :-
"On the 17th inst., in Woburn-place, the Venerable Joseph Holden Pott, Chancellor of Exeter, and late Archdeacon of London, aged 88."

From the Daily News :-
"Feb 17, at Woburn-place, the Ven. J. Holden Pott, Chancellor of Exeter, and late Archdeacon of London, aged 88."

From the Cornwall Royal Gazette :-
"At his house in Woburn-place, on the 17th inst., the Venerable Joseph Holden Pott, Chancellor of Exeter, and late of Archdeacon of London, aged 88."

Probate in Prerogative Court of Canterbury.9

Joint Executors :-
Reverend Edward Robert Earle Clerk
Orton Lucas Esquire