So... the Bristol Burgess Books have an entry for a John Foot, cordwainer, 4 Sep 1794 Patron William Pope Foot, patron's trade whittawer (? don't know what that is?). There is an "F" in the "mode" column, and "deceased" in the "other information" column. F means that he became a burgess by virtue of his father having been a freeman, so I think this means that John's father was William Pope Foot and was deceased by 1794.
There is another entry with patron William Foot alias William Pope Foot, whittawer and glover, 4 Dec 1769, and it is mode M (by having married the daughter or widow of a freeman), the burgess being James Hopkins, house carpenter, and it says "Elizabeth w/o" so I think this means that James Hopkins married Elizabeth, the widow of William Pope Foot.
Will have a look at marriages and baptisms next...
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