Edward Heylyn (1695- April 10, 1765) was a merchant and entrepreneur who was one of the founders of the Bow porcelain factory. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Bow porcelain factory (active ca 1747-1764 closed 1776 was an emulative rival of the Chelsea porcelain factory in the manufacture of early Soft-paste porcelain
The Heylyn family originally came from North Wales. Heylyn was the third son of John Heylyn, a saddler of London who is said to have made a fortune supplying saddles for the Duke of Marlborough’s army, and his wife Susanna Sherman. His brother Dr John Heylyn, known as The Mystic Doctor, was a powerful preacher and prebend of Westminster Abbey. John Heylyn (1685- 11 August 1759) was an Anglican divine who had a major influence on religious thought in eighteenth century England. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a large mainly Gothic church Edward was born in Westminster and took an entrepreneurial role in various businesses in London and Bristol, being a member of the Worshipful Company of Saddlers in London and described as a clothier in Bristol. Bristol ( ˈbrɪstəl is a city, Unitary authority and ceremonial county in South West England, west of London The Worshipful Company of Saddlers is one of the most ancient of the Livery Companies of the City of London. Cloth merchant is strictly speaking like a Draper, the term for any vendor of cloth His fortunes fluctuated, rendering him repeatedly bankrupt and avoiding creditors. By 1741 he is said to have become a glass-maker with a glass-house in Bromley, Middlesex. Bromley-by-Bow, historically and officially Bromley, is a place in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. He was one of the nominees on a patent for Bow porcelain manufactory there in December 1744 in partnership with Thomas Frye. The Bow porcelain factory (active ca 1747-1764 closed 1776 was an emulative rival of the Chelsea porcelain factory in the manufacture of early Soft-paste porcelain The Anglo-Irish painter Thomas Frye (c1710 &ndash 3 April 1762 best-known for his portraits in oil and pastel including some miniatures and his early Edward could have met Frye through his uncle Thomas Sherman, master of the Saddlers Company, who had obtained commissions for Frye. He may have become involved as a result of his experiments with glass making. A clay known as Unaker was used to begin with at Bow; this is known to have been shipped from North Carolina, where another brother Henry Heylyn had interests
Although his name did not appear on subsequent patents he remained involved with the Bow works as his name appears in the insurance papers. He also had a business at Cornhill and a porcelain warehouse at St. Cornhill is a ward, and one of the principal streets of the City of London, the historic nucleus of modern London. James's. It is not clear if he was an agent for Bow or in competition, but these businesses appear to have failed in 1757, and he died on the Isle of Man, a haven for people escaping creditors
There exists today a Heylyn Square and Wrexham Road nearby in London E3. The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin ˈɛlʲən ˈvanɪn or Mann (Mannin) is a self-governing Crown dependency, located in the Irish Sea at the geographical
The Diary of John Heylyn the Younger is conserved at the Bristol Record Office.
References
- Adam Elizabeth and David Rodstone Bow Porcelain – Faber Faber London
- Frank Hurlbutt Bow Porcelain (1926) G Bell & Sons Ltd
- Geoffrey Wills "The Bow China Factory and Edward Heylyn", Connoisseur 132 (1954), pp. 100-102.
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