Master Cutlers of Sheffield
Incorporated in 1624, the Cutlers' Company was of paramount importance in the local government and trade of Sheffield from its foundation. Only Freemen of the Cutlers' Company were allowed to stamp a mark on their cutlery. To become a Freeman men had to have served an apprenticeship under another Freeman and the apprenticeship had to have been recorded at the Cutlers' Hall. The Cutlers' Company also granted the marks: the cutlers were required to deposit copies of their mark punches at the Cutlers' Hall but, periodically, the Company instructed them to bring their working punches to the Hall, copies of which were then marked in new books. From 1875 the Company acted as a sub-office of the National Trade Marks Office.
The Master Cutlers
1624 Robert Sorsby (1577-1643)
1625 John Rawson
1626 William Warter of Attercliffe
1627 William Webster
1628 Robert Sorsby
1629 John Webster
1630 William Creswick
1631 Robert Stacie
1632 James Creswick
1633 George Valliance
1634 William Walker
1635 Thomas Creswick
1636 Thomas Wilkinson
1637 John Crook
1638 James Creswick
1639 Robert Carr
1640 Robert Scargell
1641 Thomas Milward
1642 Richard Slack
1643 Richard Bayes
1644 William Pell
1645 William Warter
1646 THomas Ludlam
1647 Malin Sorsby
1648 Robert Brelsforth
1649 Richard Jackson
1650 George Barnesley
1651 William Birley
1652 Thomas Bate
1653 Edward Barlow
1654 William Crawshaw
1655 Thomas Pearson
1656 John Webster
1657 Malin Sorsby
1658 John Rawson
1659 William Creswick
1660 Stephen Carr
1661 Robert Allen
1662 James Staniforth
1663 James Newton
1664 John Pearson
1665 Thomas Jennings
1666 Nathaniel Robinson
1667 George Creswick
1668 John Webster
1669 Robert Sorsby
1670 Edward Barlow
1671 Richard Parramore
1672 Matthew Arnold
1673 John Sutton
1674 Castle Shemeld
1675 William Crawshaw
1676 James Newton
1677 John Pearson
1678 Thomas Jennings
1679 Joshua Bayes
1680 Jonathan Webster
1681 Robert Nicholls
1682 John Winter
1683 Edward Badger
1684 William Ellis
1685 Thomas Tooker
1686 Benjamin Kirkby
1687 John Webster
1688 Robert Brelsforth
1689 James Webster
1690 Joseph Downes
1691 John Webster
1692 Thomas Johnson
1693 John King
1694 John Trippett
1695 Robert Spooner
1696 Christopher Broomhead
1697 Richard Downes
1698 Andrew Wade
1699 Benjamin Pearson
1700 Robert Savage
1701 Richard Marsh
1702 Ephraim Nicholls
1703 John Pearson
1704 Edward Sanderson
1705 Joseph Nutt
1706 Ezra Cawton
1707 George Cartwright
1708 John Downes
1709 James Hoole
1710 John Morton
1711 Samuel Smith
1712 Samuel Twible
1713 Thomas Tooker
1714 John Birks
1715 William Moor
1716 Thomas Broadhead
1717 John Guest
1718 Tobias Ellis
1719 Peter Symon
1720 James Longsden
1721 James Crawshaw
1722 John Smith
1723 Jonathan Moor
1724 Jeremy Beet
1725 Thomas Redforth
1726 John Tooker
1727 Andrew Wade
1728 Andrew Wade
1729 Thomas Cotton
1730 Samuel Wainwright
1731 Thomas Wilson
1732 John Ward
1733 Cotton Watkin
1734 John Osborne
1735 Joseph Turner
1736 Joshua Cawton
1737 Joseph Shepherd
1738 Joseph Kenyon
1739 Jonathan Dixon, jnr.
1740 Jonathan Dixon, snr.
1741 Richard Kent
1742 Thomas Rose
1743 George Marriott
1744 John Spooner
1745 Joseph Leathley
1746 Robert Dent
1747 Edward Windle
1748 Leonard Webster
1749 George Smith
1750 William Hides
1751 Thomas Newbold
1752 Joseph Parkin
1753 Thomas Law
1754 Joseph Owen
1755 William Webster
1756 Benjamin Withers
1757 John Wilson
1758 Jonathan Moor
1759 Joseph Ibberson
1760 William Webster
1761 William Parker
1762 George Graves
1763 Joseph Hancock
1764 Samuel Bates
1765 Joseph Bower
1766 William Birks
1767 John Turner
1768 Thomas Beeley
1769 Jeremiah Ward
1770 Joshua Cawton
1771 William Trickett
1772 Robert Owen
1773 George Britain
1774 Joseph Kenyon
1775 John Winter
1776 John Green
1777 Samuel Norris
1778 William Linley
1779 Josephus Parkin
1780 John Rowbotham
1781 Peter Spurr
1782 William Fowler
1783 Joseph Hawksley
1784 Benjamin Broomhead
1785 Thomas Settle
1786 Samuel Wilson
1787 Jonathan Watkinson
1788 Thomas Nowel
1789 Thomas Tillotson
1790 Joseph Ward
1791 George Wood
1792 John Henfrey
1793 Thomas Warris
1794 Benjamin Withers
1795 William Birks
1796 Joseph Fletcher Smith
1797 William Linley
1798 Samuel Broomhead Ward
1799 Benjamin Vickers
1800 Samuel Newbould
1801 Joseph Bailey
1802 Joseph Withers
1803 James Mekin
1804 William Nicholson
1805 John Eyre
1806 John Sorby
1807 Peter Brownell
1808 Ebenezer Rhodes
1809 Robert Brightmore
1810 John Tillotson
1811 John Eadon
1812 James Smith
1813 John Holt
1814 Joseph Parkin
1815 James Makin
1816 Thomas Asline Ward
1817 George Tillotson
1818 John Fox
1819
John
Hounsfield
1820
Joseph D
Skelton
1821
William
Colley
1822
Thomas
Champion
1823
Thomas
Dewsnap
1824
Peter
Spurr
1825
Henry
Moorhouse
1826
William
Sansom
1827
Samuel
Hadfield
1828
James
Crawshaw
1829
Philip
Law
1830
Enoch
Barber
1831
John
Blake
1832
Thomas
Dunn
1833
Thomas
Ellin Snr.
1834
John
Sansom
1835
John
Spencer
1836
Thomas
Blake
1837
John
Greaves
1838
Samuel
Hadfield
1839
Samuel
Smith
1840
James
Moorhouse
1841
Thomas
Ellin Jnr.
1842
William
Broadhurst
1843
Thomas
Wilkinson
1844
Francis
Newton
1845 William Butcher
1846
Thomas B
Turton
1847
Henry
Mort
1848
Frederick
Fenny
1849
Henry
Atkin
1850
Samuel S
Deakin
1851
William
Webster
1852
Michael
Hunter
1853
W A
Matthews
1854
Thomas
Moulson
1855
Fred T
Mappin
1856
George
Wostenholm
1857
William
Hutchinson
1858
Robert
Jackson
1859
Robert
Jackson
1860
Michael
Hunter Jnr.
1861
George
Wilkinson
1862
Henry
Harrison
1863
Thomas
Jessop
1864
Charles
Atkinson
1865
John
Brown
1866
John
Brown
1867
Mark
Firth
1868
Mark
Firth
1869
Mark
Firth
1870
William
Bragge
1871
Thomas
Turner
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