[1] The school proved successful, and, with the exception of a few years devoted entirely to literary work, he spent the remainder of his days in tuition.

The account below is taken from a schoolbook by Thomas Wamer Lacey which was rediscovered in a record office in 1999.

Mr Potter takes us a fishing, and bathing, and we have delightful walks, a pleasant playground, pretty little gardens, rabbithouses, &c. furnish amusements for us in the Summer evenings.

In Winter we have a Library of Books to run to, a magic lantern to amuse us, and many a long hour do we spend in listening to Mr P~s tales round the cheerful fire..."[1] A notable student of his was the antiquarian John Joseph Briggs.

[citation needed] Potter married, on 14 January 1836, Frances Sarah Fosbrooke of Shardlow Hall, Derbyshire.