Joseph Binney, Son, & Company
Joseph Binney (bapt.1751-1812), a cutler, was apparently the son of Joseph and his wife Ann née Archer. The records of the Company of Cutlers suggest that he was apprenticed to his father and granted his Freedom in 1775. He married Catherine Turner (c.1758-1828) in 1782. In 1774, Joseph Binney was listed as a pen knife cutler at Broad Lane, using the trade mark ‘PHENIX’. Was this the first Joseph Binney or his son? It is difficult to say, but in 1787, Joseph Binney (presumably....
