POTTER United Families

With other experts, we also found numerous other possible links for
the “green branch”, e.g.:
1. In 1308: Créstien de Potter(i)e was Alderman of Bruges
(Royal Archives Brussels);
2. In 1310: Jean de Potter was an esquire of Bruges in 1310
(Seals R.A. Brussels);
3. In 1311: Pieter de Pottere was a priest in Bruges (church
Saint Walburg registrar);
4. In 1320: Jacop Potterie was a “broker” in Bruges (Andries
van den Abeele);
5. In 1328: Gillis de Pottere was a “broker” in Bruges (Royal
Archives Bruges);
6. In 1392: Jacques de Pottere was a Scout of Bruges, who
negotiated a credit for the city with the City of Hamburg,
both meeting in Amsterdam (Guild Book of Bruges);
7. In 1468: Pierquin (Pieterkin) de Pottes, or de Potter, from
Ypres, a painter with the Entremets Company of Bruges;
8. In 1488: Berthelemeeus de Pottere was a “broker” in Bruges
(A. van den Abeele);
9. In 1525: Willem de Pottier, among families helping the
Potterye charity (De Hooghe)
10. In 1567: Jacques de Pottere, textile entrepreneur, son of
Loys (buyer in Bruges), religious rebel, moved from Renaix to
Bruges (Royal Archives of Renaix);
11. In 1572: Willem de Pottere, textile guild member, son of
Gilles, was born in Bruges;
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