This enterprise had links with John Nowill & Sons. The original partners were Joseph Nowill (c.1716-1748) and Robert Kippax (d.1775). The former was the grandson of Thomas Nowill (who had launched the Nowill enterprises in 1700) and the son of William Nowill, who had inherited the Nowill trade mark. Little is known about Robert Kippax, except that he was a trained cutler (who may have been the Robert Kippax, who was granted his Freedom in 1751) and at some point launched a partnership with Joseph Nowill....