Thomas Pyke of Bridgwater was made a freeman of the London City Livery Company of Tin Plate Workers in 1775.449
Bought James Woolcott’s Shearston farm in North Petherton manor in 1777.685
From Victoria County History: A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, 1992: Bridgwater; Economic History; Overseas Trade: ‘In 1738 Thomas Bayley, tinman and brazier, was admitted a free burgess, and later founders included Thomas Pyke, George and Thomas Davis, and members of the Kingston family. Between them they produced bells, cannon, and a wide variety of castings for agriculture and the building trade. (Footnote: V.C.H. Som. ii. 433; S.R.O., D/B/bw 2116; D/P/bw. m 2/1/7; Taunton Courier, 27 Mar. 1822; Bailey's Brit. Dir. (1784) )’ 692
From A GUIDE to St George’s Church, Ruishton: ‘Two of the tower’s bells were cast in 1747 by Thomas Bayley of Bridgwater; another of 1781 was the work of Thomas Pyke of the same town, while the ring of six was recently completed with the addition of three bells made in 1955 by Taylor’s of Loughborough.’693
From: St. Mary, Stoke St. Mary, - Church Bells:
‘The church has a ring of five bells of which the oldest is the third. It was cast during the 16th century by Roger Semson of Ash Priors and is one of his well-known 'alphabet bells', bearing the letters A to N set upside down and backwards. The tenor, by William Purdie, is dated 1657 and bears the names of the churchwardens William Torrey and Mary Proppter [Proctor]. The fourth was cast in 1779 by Thomas Pyke of Bridgwater when John Hooper was churchwarden, and the second in 1829 by John Kingston of Bridgwater when the wardens were John Tamlin of Broughton and Samuel Stodgell of Stoke Castle. The treble is a stock bell by Taylor's of Loughborough and was added to the tower in 1923.’694
From: The Bells of All Saints’ Church, Norton Fitzwarren,  By David Bryant:
‘Bayley was succeeded by Thomas Pyke, whose name first appears on a chandelier dated 1775, his first bell being dated 1776. In 1782 Pyke was succeeded by George Davis, who is known to have been casting with Bayley previously. The last bell by Davis is dated 1799, and he in turn was succeeded by the Kingston family, Isaac and John, who operated the foundry up until 1832, when it closed.’695 
‘Bronze cooking vessels: English Bronze Cooking Vessels & their Founders 1350-1830 by Roderick Butler and Christopher Green (2003) – includes material on several bellfounders, Bayley & Street of Bridgwater, Birdall of Exeter, Floweree of Salisbury, Edmund Giles of Lewes, John and Thomas Hatch, Jeffries & Price of Bristol, Peter Llewellin of Bristol, John and Thomas Palmar, Thomas Pyke of Bridgwater, the Sturton family of South Petherton, Steven Swan of Ightham, Roger Tapsil of West Tarring, Clement Tosear of Salisbury, Thomas Wakefield of Chichester, Warner of London, Wasbrough of Bristol and Wescott of Bristol’696 
From Bonham’s catalogue of sale 24 Jun 2004 Honiton:
‘855 An 18th Century skillet (1.5 pint) on three legs by Thomas Pyke of Bridgwater
£59’697
? Pyke T - 1811 mayor (P J Squibbs: History of Bridgwater)188
1811 03Jan Pyke Mr - Bridgwater
1811 17Oct Pyke Mr - Bridgwater lost mare
1811 03Jan Pyke Thomas - Wadeford land sale
1811 31Jan Pyke Thomas - session of sewers Bridgwater
1811 05Sep Pyke Thomas - Bridgwater mayor meeting698
“THE TAUNTON COURIER 3 JAN 1811
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ESTATES TO BE LET BY TENDER.
ALL that MESSUAGE, a good FARM HOUSE, convenient FARM BUILDINGS, and about Thirty two Acres of Orchard, Arable, fome excellent Watered Meadow and Pafture LAND, fituate at Higher Wadeford, in Combe St. Nicholas, near Chard, now in the occupation of Mr. John Symons,, as tenant thereof.
Alfo about Seventy Acres of Orchard, Pasture, and Arable LAND, now in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Pyke, fituate at Wadeford aforefaid.
The above two Eftates confift of about Forty Acres of Arable, and Sixty-two Acres of Orchard, Watered Meadow, and Pafture; and will be Let together or feparate, as may fuit the Tenant, for a Term of Seven Years; for a Rent clear of all Taxes and Outgoings, and fubject to the ufual covenants for repairs, good hufbandry, and management.
Thefe Estates are compact, and contiguous, and are confidered moft excellent Sheep and Dairy Farms, and equal to the maintenance of Seventy Dairy Cows, with Orchard fufficient, in a good bearing year, to make from Fifty to a Hundred Hogfheads of Cider, of an excellent quality; and have a very extenfive Right over nearly Fifteen Hundred Acres of Common and Wafte Lands, which adjoin the Eftates, and are excellent for depafturing Sheep and young Bullocks.
The above Eftates are one Mile diftant from Chard, Ilminfter, five, Taunton, ten, and Crewkerne and Axminster, feven; part of which may be entered upon immediately, and the reft at Lady-day next.
Sealed Tenders will be received by Mr. Pyke, at Bridgwater, or by the Hind, John Herniman, at Wadford Houfe, on or before the Firft Day of March next; and for viewing the Premifes, apply to the faid John Herniman.
N. B. If the above Premifes are not let by the faid Firft Day of March, a SURVEY will be held for LETTING the fame, at the Red Lion Inn, at Chard, on Monday the Fourth Day of March next, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon.”
Transcribed by Marion Leigh Stainsby 25 November 2006 from a photocopy of the newspaper notice supplied by the Somerset Studies Library; index reference by Paul Mansfield on http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.mansfield1/
See also
1811 03Jan Symons John - tenant Higher Wadeford Combe St Nicholas sale698
DD/CN deeds re Wadeford Grist Mill, 1750-1934 Combe St Ncholas 1 p.699
And see Names From Bridgwater In The Later Days By Rev AH Powell 1908 : 700
‘Pyke Thomas - 1811 mayor of Bridgwater
Pyke Thomas - 1791 mayor of Bridgwater’ 701