What Is Kingston-Type Ware?
Kingston-type ware or also known as surrey white-wares were very common from the 13th to the 16th centuries and were made of white-firing, sandy clay, tempered with rounded quartz sand. All Kingston-type wares are wheel-thrown, apart from a few forms that were slab-built. However, it was not until the end of the 11th century that local potters began to use and experiment with applying glaze to their wares. By the end of the 12th century, most ceramic industries in the London area had applied glazes to many pieces. Once the technique had been learned, it had become common for cooking pots and other kitchen wares to be glazed on the inside only, while jugs were glazed outside to make the most of the decorative effects of the glaze. Most lead
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The earliest surrey white-wares found in London are dated to the middle of the 13th century. They are similar to 13th and 14th century pottery excavated from a number of kiln sites in Kingston upon the Thames and have therefore been termed Kingston-type ware. However, all Surrey white-ware clays are typical of the Reading Beds, which outcrop in the Farnham area of Surrey, which is not close to Kingston, so the raw materials were probably brought to the potters by cart or boat.
When examining the genealogy of my family, one of the most famous ancestors was a woman by the name of Margaret Beaufort. She was born in 1441 in Bletsoe castle. As a side note on my father’s side, my great grandmother’s maiden name was Bledsoe. Bletsoe could have been pronounced Bledsoe after moving to the new world. Anyways, Margaret bore a son named Henry with Edmund Tudor. This gave Margaret Beaufort and Henry the right to the Tudor Dynasty. Even though Tudor did not have any Lancastrian blood running through them, the Beauforts did, and because Henry VII descended from the third eldest son of Edward III and other royals this gave him a greater claim to the throne. In 1485, Henry fought and won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth Field. This battle made him King Henry VII. After Henry was crowned king of England, Margaret went on to patron several Oxbridge colleges, a grammar school in Dorset
The earliest surrey white-wares found in London are dated to the middle of the 13th century. They are similar to 13th and 14th century pottery excavated from a number of kiln sites in Kingston upon the Thames and have therefore been termed Kingston-type ware. However, all Surrey white-ware clays are typical of the Reading Beds, which outcrop in the Farnham area of Surrey, which is not close to Kingston, so the raw materials were probably brought to the potters by cart or boat.
When examining the genealogy of my family, one of the most famous ancestors was a woman by the name of Margaret Beaufort. She was born in 1441 in Bletsoe castle. As a side note on my father’s side, my great grandmother’s maiden name was Bledsoe. Bletsoe could have been pronounced Bledsoe after moving to the new world. Anyways, Margaret bore a son named Henry with Edmund Tudor. This gave Margaret Beaufort and Henry the right to the Tudor Dynasty. Even though Tudor did not have any Lancastrian blood running through them, the Beauforts did, and because Henry VII descended from the third eldest son of Edward III and other royals this gave him a greater claim to the throne. In 1485, Henry fought and won the crown at the Battle of Bosworth Field. This battle made him King Henry VII. After Henry was crowned king of England, Margaret went on to patron several Oxbridge colleges, a grammar school in Dorset