Nicholas MALLETT
Est 1727 - -
Name Nicholas MALLETT [1] Born Est 1727 [1] Gender Male EA Group I Note - The main occupation of the family was weaving. NICHOLAS, the husband of Susanna Laws, was a weaver, being admitted as a Freeman in 1802, but in his will he is described as a Shawl Weaver. His sons were weavers and, though he left property in various parts of the City, in his will he stipulated that these properties were to he sold and the money divided between his six children. The decline of the weaving industry becomes very obvious after this time. The weaving business appears to have been carried on by the eldest son Nicholas followed by his eldest son Nicholas, married to Sarah Brereton, but the other sons turned to other occupations such as Inn keeping. The second son William was a Scavenger, presumably the equivalent of the later Scrap Merchant, but he may have given a hand with the weaving, or perhaps it just sounded better!
1841 Census
Pump Yard, St.Lawrence
Nicholas Mallett, 45
Sara, wife, 55
Nicholas, son, 30
Hannah, dau, 20
Mary, dau, 15
William, son, 15
Martha, dau, 9
Horris, son, 6
1851 census
67 Gilaken Yard, Heigham
Nicholas Mallett, 48 weaver (58?), born St Georges Colegate
Sara, wife, 62, born St. Lawrence
Nicholas,son, 35 labourer, born St Georges Colegate
Hannah, dau., 32, weaver, born St Georges Colegate
Martha, dau., 23, born St Georges Colegate
Horace, son, 21, labourer, born St Georges Colegate
Mary, gr.dau., 2, born Heigham
Elizabeth, gr.dau, 5, born Heigham
Nicholas, gr.son, 1, born Heigham
Nicholas, 85, pauper, born St.Augustine
1841 census
Wellington St. St. Giles
William Mallett45 Scavenger
Sarah35
Susannah10
John2
Samuel Smith10
1851 census
122 Wellington St. St. Giles
William Mallett, 59, weaver
Sara, wife, 48
Susannah, dau., 21
John, son, 12
Samuel Smith, stepson, 20
John Morely, nephew
An heirloom in the family is a Norwich shawl dating from about 1850. The design is not a recorded one and a possible explanation would seem to be that the shawl was woven for Sarah, the wife of Frederick Mallett, the cousin of Nicholas and Sarah (Brereton). No Mallett is shown as a weaver in the business section of White's 1845 Directory, but Nicholas is still shown as a weaver in later Census returns, therefore the loom(s) were presumably maintained.
Occupation Worsted Weaver. [1] Occupation 4 Apr 1738 [1] Apprenticed to Jeremiah King, Worsteda Weaver, by the Guardians of the Poor. Person ID I4793 East Anglia Last Modified 30 May 2020
Father William MALLETT, b. Abt 1707, d. Bef 20 May 1730 (Age ~ 23 years) Family ID F1994 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Susanna SALMON, b. Est 1727, d. Bef 24 Nov 1772 (Age ~ 45 years) Married 14 Dec 1747 St Gregory, Norwich, Norfolk, England 
[1] Children + 1. William MALLETT, c. 11 Mar 1747, St Gregory, Norwich, Norfolk, England + 2. Nicholas MALLETT, c. 8 Apr 1750, St Margaret, Norwich, Norfolk, England , d. Bef 25 May 1819 (Age ~ 69 years)3. James MALLETT, c. 14 Jun 1752, St Michael at Thorn, Norwich, Norfolk, England , d. Aft 14 Jun 1752 (Age ~ 0 years)4. Susanna MALLETT, c. 17 Jul 1753, St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, England , d. Aft 17 Jul 1753 (Age ~ 0 years)5. Ann MALLETT, c. 12 Jan 1755, St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, England 6. Elizabeth MALLETT, c. 12 Jan 1755, St John Timberhill, Norwich, Norfolk, England 7. Susanna MALLETT, c. 9 Jan 1757, St Michael Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England 8. Sara MALLETT, c. 14 Jan 1759, St Michael Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England 9. James MALLETT, c. 14 Jun 1761, St Michael Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England , d. Aft 14 Jun 1861 (Age ~ 100 years)10. Phillis MALLETT, c. 23 Jan 1762, St Michael Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England 11. James MALLETT, c. 16 Dec 1764, St Michael Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England Family ID F1445 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Sara FIELD, b. Est 1727 Married 29 Aug 1777 St Michael at Coslany, Norwich, Norfolk, England [1] Family ID F1446 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- The main occupation of the family was weaving. NICHOLAS, the husband of Susanna Laws, was a weaver, being admitted as a Freeman in 1802, but in his will he is described as a Shawl Weaver. His sons were weavers and, though he left property in various parts of the City, in his will he stipulated that these properties were to he sold and the money divided between his six children. The decline of the weaving industry becomes very obvious after this time. The weaving business appears to have been carried on by the eldest son Nicholas followed by his eldest son Nicholas, married to Sarah Brereton, but the other sons turned to other occupations such as Inn keeping. The second son William was a Scavenger, presumably the equivalent of the later Scrap Merchant, but he may have given a hand with the weaving, or perhaps it just sounded better!
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Sources - [S1380] FT Mallett, Nicholas 1727, Brenda Mallett (Informant), M18S1380.
- [S1380] FT Mallett, Nicholas 1727, Brenda Mallett (Informant), M18S1380.