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I am hoping that someone with a bit of local history knowledge about Aldeburgh can help me to establish whether Rowley House and Rowley Cottage were one and the same place or two different properties. I have found reference to the fact that John Beart, grocer and draper, lived at Rowley House from circa 1837 to around 1860, although none of the census returns give the names of any of the properties, while Rowley Cottage, "a small marine residence," is part of a portfolio of properties auctioned off after his death in 1874.

Apologies for the late reply - I've had busier week than expected.
Osprey, you must think I'm a complete idiot! I shouldn't post when I'm cold, tired and not firing on all cylinders. What I was trying to explain (very, very badly!) was that Stephen appeared on the Oath Roll in a particular group of men identified as Protestant Dissenters of some form or another. Quite a few of the Stocks I've followed up became non-conformists of one kind or another, and so baptism records are either difficult to find, or not available for their children if they were of the Strict Baptist persuasion.

At any rate, thank you very much for all your hard work in unearthing all those records for me. I'm hoping that I'll get a chance to take things further with Stephen and co. over the next few days, as I'm currently juggling several research balls. I was only able to do a brief bit of exploring using your findings as a starting point but have discovered there is a wealth of information on the Stocks of Bromsberrow.

Thank you so much for your contributions, everyone. You've finally given me something solid to go on, as I've been going round in circles until now. Osprey, I don't have a sub to Ancestry to view Thomas's admon, unfortunately, but now that I know what I'm looking for, I might be able to unearth details elsewhere. John's baptism comes just a few months before a bond dated 16 December 1719, made between John Edmonds, junior and senior, and Thomas Stock of Coleford, so Thomas's marriage to Mary Edmonds must have taken place a year or two prior. The bond also mentions Thomas's father Stephen, which is helpful, though no occupation is mentioned in his case.

John Stock was a paper-maker in Bristol from around 1744 until around 1771 and although I have details of his marriage and a fair bit of information on his sons John Edmonds Stock and Thomas Stock, I am having a great deal of trouble tracing his family backwards. So far I have discovered, via Gwent Archives' online catalogue, that he was the son of Mary, sister of Henry Edmonds, gent, of Cwmcarvan, Monmouthshire, and that his father may possibly be one Thomas Stock of Coleford, Gloucester, surgeon, but I cannot find either a marriage to confirm this, or any other information about the family at all! There is also a possibility that John may be related in some way to the Robert Stock who married in Bristol in 1729. All help gratefully received.