Friday, July 30, 2021

John Potter, Excise Officer Grave



 John Potter, officer of excise in this town. D. Apr 28th 1832 age 58.

"Reader beware how though dost stand/prepare to follow for deaths at hand/To cut thee off when God doth send/Pray don't neglect thy latter end. "

At parish church, Great Marlow.

In 1830 John along with the Excise Collector Thomas Richards and Supervisor Thomas Jenkins Couch wrote to the Reading Mercury refuting a report that Wethered's brewery in Marlow had been found by them to be using illegal ingredients in their beer and had been fined £1000 as a result. To set the public's mind at rest and protect the Wethered's reputation they announced that they would inspect the brewery premises anyway [Reading Mercury 8th March 1830].

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