Brettell - a One name Study by Mary Brettell

Ancestors of George Brettle?
Parish Register of Arnold Marriages
George Brittle, p. Calverton, & Mary Barrot, of A., lic. 27 Oct. 1771
William Garrat & Elizabeth Brittle 22 Dec. 1793
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/tomals/parish_register_of_arnold_marria.htm

George Brittle: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

residence:	Arnold, Nottingham, England
parents:	George Brittle, Mary

record title:	England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
name:	George Brittle
gender:	Male
baptism/christening date:	04 Jan 1778
baptism/christening place:	Arnold, Nottingham, England
father's name:	George Brittle
mother's name:	Mary
indexing project (batch) number:	C02452-6
system origin:	England-EASy
source film number:	503471

From Penny of Belper:
Parents George Brittle of Calverton & Mary Barrot of Arnold married by licence 27 Oct 1771.

1771	10	BRITTLE	George	Arnold, Nottingham	M	27/10/1771	Mary BARRETT
1773	5	BRITTLE	Elizabeth	Arnold, Nottingham	C	16/5/1773	George BRITTLE & Mary
1778	5	BRITTLE	George	Arnold, Nottingham	C	4/1/1778	George BRITTLE & Mary

The right class it seems, there were also Brettles in Thurgarton who were Gents & had links with the hosiery trade, we don’t know if there’s a connection but it would seem highly likely. All the Brettles in that area have the le ending, never ell. We’ll do at bit more digging & see what we come up with.

Derbyshire By Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth Williamson…

At Google Books I discovered William Lea or Lee of Calverton invented a stocking frame in 1589. It is also mentioned here: http://www.crichparish.co.uk/webpages/historyfwk.html and mentions also that it was improved upon by Jedediah STRUTT (wasn't he in business with Brettle?)... all interesting stuff. I love the chase :-)

George’s 1836 will mentions George’s wife Mary and two daughters, one being Mary Brettle who, in 1835, married Rev Charles Jollands, Cleric, the other daughter is un-named. It also mentions three sons: Edward Brettle, George Henry Brettle and Alfred Brettle.

1809	BRITTLE	George	Birmingham, Warks	Marr	15/5/1809	Mary HORTON	Is this our George Brettle?
1813	BRETTLE	Mary	Arnold, Nottingham	Chr	8/8/1813	George BRETTELL & Mary	m. C Jollands
1815	BRETTLE	Emma	Lambeth, St Mary,	Chr	10/12/1815	George BRETTELL & Mary	d. 1828 aged 13
1817	BRETTLE	Edward	Unknown	born	abt 1817	George BRETTELL & Mary	Source: will & census
1819	BRETTLE	George Henry	Lambeth, St Mary,	Chr	4/8/1819	George BRETTELL & Mary	m. Helen Woodruffe
1822	BRETTLE	Alfred	Unknown	born	abt 1822	George BRETTELL & Mary	Source: will & census

If George married Mary in Birmingham what was his relationship to Richard Brettell, hosier of Birmingham who died 1801?
1801 – Obit
BRETTELL, Richard hosier of New St, d.16 Nov 1801, obit 23.11.1801 (aged 44?)
– he was the husband of Elizabeth who then carried on the business as a cotton & worsted warehouse at 72 New Street then 100 High Street Birmingham … makes me wonder if Richard and Elizabeth had a son named George – they were married in 1776!

This is the family of Richard Brettell and Elizabeth that I know of:

1776	9	BRETTELL	Richard	Birmingham, St Martin	M	19/9/1776	Elizabeth BARROW
1778	2	BRITTLE	Elizabeth	Birmingham, St Martin	C	10/2/1778	Richard BRITTLE & Elizabeth
1780	1	BRETTELL	Thomas	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	14/1/1780	Richard BRETTELL & Elizabeth
1782	1	BRETTELL	William Allsop	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	18/1/1782	Richard BRETTELL & Elizabeth
1783	4	BRETTELL	Mary	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	4/4/1783	Richard BRETTELL & Elizabeth
1785	12	BRETTELL	Elizabeth	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	28/12/1785	Richard BRETTELL & Elizabeth
1787	2	BRETTELL	Unknown	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	8/2/1787	Richard BRETTELL & Elizabeth
1789	8	BRITTLE	Ann Allsop	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	12/8/1789	Richard BRITTLE & Elizabeth
1791	9	BRITTLE	Elizabeth Allsop	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	2/9/1791	Richard BRITTLE & Elizabeth
1795	10	BRATTELL	Sophia	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	1/10/1795	Richard BRATTELL & Elizabeth
1798	4	BRETTELL	Catherine	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	24/4/1798	Richard BRETTELL & Elizabeth
1802	7	BRITTELL	John	Birmingham, St Phillips	C	27/7/1802	Richard BRITTELL & Elizabeth

Familysearch.org has this…

Individual Record

FamilySearch™ Pedigree Resource File


George Brettle Compact Disc #142 Pin #2164700
	Sex:	M
Event(s)
	Birth:	1 Jan 1778
	Death:	18 Oct 1835
		Brixton Hill, Surrey, England
Marriage(s)
	Spouse:	Mary Ellis Disc #142 Pin #2164734
	Marriage:
Submitter
	Paul BRETTLE 96 Brownhills Road Walsall Wood, Walsall, WS8 7bs, United Kingdom

Submission Search:		2961376-0824108195448
	CD-ROM:	Pedigree Resource File - Compact Disc #142

Did Geroge marry Mary HORTON or Mary ELLIS?

The Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Thursday, May 21, 1812
reports on the "The Framework Knitter's Bill. The United Committees of the Framework Knitters of Derby & Nottingham … thanking for subscriptions towards expenses in the Application to Parliament for a Bill to 'Regulate their Trade'."

Messrs Ward, Brettle & Ward, hosiers, were amongst their Derby subscribers

1819 an advert gives his Wood street address as no. 119 Wood-street, Cheapside, and specifies the "disposal of his hosiery shop on Oxford-street, opposite the Pantheon" — possibly in order to move to bigger premises if he was doing that well.

The Morning Chronicle (London), Mon 22 Sept 1823; Issue 16981. indicates a "dissolution of the firm J Ward, G Brettle & W Ward, of Belper, Derbyshire so far as relates to J Ward."
So, J ward was parting from the other two.

This suggests that the centre of business activities lay in Belper, Derbyshire - originally at least. It may suggest that they started there and that your George Brettle may in fact hail from there and moved his home to London as he climbed the social and business ladder.

The Morning Chronicle (London), Tue 7 Oct 1828; Issue 18427.
"Died, At Brighton, on 4th inst., Miss EMMA BRETTLE, 2nd dau of GEORGE BRETTLE, esq., of Brixton Hill, SRY and Wood St London, in the 13th year of her age. Her truly amiable qualities had justly endeared her much affected parents."

Jackson's Oxford Journal (Oxford), Sat, 18 Oct 1828; Issue 3938
"Died, EMMA, 2nd dau of GEORGE BRETTLE, esq., of Brixton Hill, SRY"

The Law advertiser, Volume 9

Some very handsome monuments and inscribed tablets are affixed against the walls of St. Matthew's Church at Brixton. At the east end, the most remarkable are those commemorative of George Brettle, Esq., of Raleigh Lodge, Brixton-hill (born 1st Jan. 1778, died 18th Oct. 1835)…
http://www.archive.org/stream/historyandantiq00tansgoog/historyandantiq00tansgoog_djvu.txt

George Brettle died at the early age of 59 on 18 October 1835.
Source: Textile history Volumes 7-8, Page 31

IGI: George was buried 28/10/1835 St Matthew, Brixton, Surrey – gives birth year as 1777

Gentleman’s Magazine Volume 159 – Marriages (Oct 1835):

At Brixton, The Rev. C. Jollands Rector iof Little Munden, Herts to Mary, eldest dau of G Brettle esq of Raleigh Lodge.

The Leeds Mercury, Sat 12 Sept 1835; Issue 3507

[Thursday] at St Matthew's, Brixton, by the Rev Edwin Rodgers, A.M., the Rev CHARLES JOLLANDS, rector of Little Mundon[?], Herts, to MARY, eldest dau of GEORGE BRETTLE, esq, of Raleigh Lodge, Brixton."

The Derby Mercury, Wed 11 Sept(?) 1835; Issue 5278 Deaths

"On 29th ult, after a few hours illness, at his residence Cornwall terrace, Regent's Park London, WILLIAM WARD, esq, of the extensive firm of Ward, Brettle & Ward, whose manufacturing establishment is at Belper, in this county." … ie. DERBYSHIRE

The Derby Mercury, Wed 21 Oct 1835; Issue 5388.

"On the 18th inst, at Belper, in this county, in his 58th year, much lamented & deservedly respected, GEORGE BRETTLE, esq., of Wood St, Cheapside, London and of Raleigh lodge, Brixton, SRY."

The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tue 10 Nov, 1835; Issue 10266

"GEORGE BRETTLE, esq, who died at Belpher [sic] last week was the most extensive owner of stocking frames in the kingdom. In and about Belpher he employed 1,600 frames, chiefly for the making of cotton stockings. Mr Brettle is said to have died worth several hundred thousand pounds."

Description	Will of George Brettle, Wholesale Hosier of Wood Street Cheapside, City of London
Date	22 January 1836
Catalogue reference	PROB 11/1856
Dept	Records of the Prerogative Court of Canterbury
Series	Prerogative Court of Canterbury and related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers
Piece	Name of Register: Stowell Quire Numbers: 1 - 50

Children of George BRETTELL:

1835

BRETTLE

Mary

Brixton, Surry

Marr

Oct 1835

Charles JOLLANDS

daur of George Brettle Hosier

Gentleman’s Magazine Volume 159 – Marriages (Oct 1835):
At Brixton, The Rev. C. Jollands Rector iof Little Munden, Herts to Mary, eldest dau of G Brettle esq of Raleigh Lodge.

The Leeds Mercury, Sat 12 Sept 1835; Issue 3507
[Thursday] at St Matthew's, Brixton, by the Rev Edwin Rodgers, A.M., the Rev CHARLES JOLLANDS, rector of Little Mundon[?], Herts, to MARY, eldest dau of GEORGE BRETTLE, esq, of Raleigh Lodge, Brixton."

1839 - Parbury's oriental herald and colonial intelligencer (Vol III January to June):

1841 census: at Westerham, Kent “Town”
William Stevens          40        MS                born in county
James Crosby             35        Solititor          not born in County
Edward Brettle             20        Merchant        not born in County
George Brettle            20        Merchant         not born in County
Alfred Brettle              15        Merchant         not born in County        bn abt 1826

1850

BRETTLE

George Henry

Thanet I of

Marr

563

Helen Woodruffe

1851 census:

Paddington, Marylebone

George H Brettle       Head    30        Merchant                     Surry, Brixton
Helen Brettle            Wife     24                                          Middlesex
….
Elizabeth Brettle        visitor   21                                          Middlesex, London
…
Alfred Brettle (wdwr)   visitor   27        Merchant                     Brixton, Surry

Charles Jollands          Head    48        Rector of Little Munden            London
Mary Jollands              Wife     30                                                     London
Mary B E                     daur     12        Scholar at home                      Surrey, Brixton
Charles Edward            son       7        Scholar at home                     Herts, Little Munden
William Henry              son       4        Scholar at home                     Herts, Little Munden
John Jollands               bro       38        Vicar of Haslingfields Camb      London

1852

BRETTLE

Elisabeth

Paddington, St James/Kensington

122

12/8/1852

William Dixon JOLLANDS

Is this another family connection?

The Gentleman's magazine and historical review, Volume 221 – 1853 – obituary…

White's 1857 Directory
This is THE Belper entry from the 1857 edition of White's Directory of Derbyshire…

The manufacture of cotton and silk hosiery and gloves was introduced here about 60 years ago by the firm of Ward, Brettle and Ward, which is now continued by two firms,-George Brettle and Co., of 119, Wood street, Cheapside, London; and Ward, Sturt and Sharp, 89, Wood street, Cheapside, London. The machinery employed by these firms is scattered over the country for 20 miles round, but is chiefly within 10 miles of Belper. The employment of labour in hosiery fluctuates a good deal, and the total number of persons, men, women, and children employed, may vary from 4,000 to 5,000. The number of framework knitters in Belper and its immediate neighbourhood, is about 400.
http://www.belper-research.com/places/directories/White1857.html

1861 Census

Oving House, Oving, Buckinghamshire
George H Brittle Head 41 Woollen Merchant Rayleigh Lodge, Surrey
Helen Brittle wife 30 London

St James, Westminster
A14 Mansion, Albany
Edward Brettle (unm) Head 43 Merchant Brixton, Surrey
Ann Davis 48 Servant S.Wales

1871 census:

Victoria St., St Margaret Westminster
George Brettle Head 50 Merchant born Surry
Helen Brettle Wife 40 born London

A view of Cheapside published in 1837. The church is St. Mary-le-Bow.

Cheapside is a street in the City of London that links Newgate Street with the major road junction at Bank tube station (via a short section called Poultry) with a number of streets including Queen Victoria Street, Cornhill and King William Street. To the east is the Bank of England, whilst to the west (towards Newgate) is St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Paul's tube station and the Paternoster Square area.

In medieval times it was known as Westcheap, as opposed to Eastcheap, another street in the City. The boundaries of the wards of Cheap, Cordwainer and Bread Street run along Cheapside and Poultry, whilst prior to boundary changes in 2003 the street was divided amongst Farringdon Within and Cripplegate as well as the current three.

Poultry is a short continuation of Cheapside at its eastern end, starting at the cross-roads with Queen Street and King Street, towards Bank Junction.

Source: Wikipedia - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheapside

Raleigh Hall, Brixton:

Then and Now: Raleigh Hall, Saltoun Road
Photographic comparisons of old and modern views of Lambeth

Raleigh Hall, Saltoun Road, Brixton, 1885

1885 Adapted from a pair of houses (built c 1810), this unusual building has seen a multitude of uses. In this 1885 drawing, it was the Brixton Liberal Club, while in the late 19th century it became a public meeting hall, also let out for concerts and dances.
(pic: John H Meredith)

Raleigh Hall, Saltoun Road, Brixton, April 2003

Raleigh Hall, Saltoun Road, Brixton, April 2003

April 2003 The building facing Saltoun Road is now being used by a furniture maker, while the rest of the building has been lying empty for years (it featured as a crack house in the film, 'SW9'). The future looks bright, however, as the Grade II listed building is set to be renovated and turned into a centre to celebrate black culture and achievement.

Source: http://www.urban75.org/brixton/history/raleigh.html