The family home from the time of Gabriel Bradley was situated on the High Street in Stourbridge.
[2] Gabriel had also owned Stourbridge Forge as well as an anvil shop, warehouses and various other buildings.
In 1802 a deed of co-partnership was drawn up between John Bradley, the businessman Thomas Jukes Collier, and the trustees of the estate of the late Henry Foster.
[4] John Bradley was married in 1799 to Priscilla, the eldest daughter of Bate Richards of Stourbidge,[5] and together they had six children.
[1] John Bradley's death on 13 January 1816, left James Foster in control of the company, which subsequently expanded, acquiring new sites in the Black Country and in Shropshire.