Joseph Nowill
Joseph Nowill was the son of Edward Nowill and was baptised at St Peter’s on 13 August 1742. He was apprenticed to Richard Stead, a cutler, and was granted his Freedom in 1767. His mark was ‘GENEVA’. In 1774, Joseph was listed as a pen knife cutler in Peacroft. By 1783 – when he registered a silver mark – he had moved to Copper Street. He remained there until at least 1797, making pen and pocket knives, and also ‘jacks’. His death....
