Charles and Luke Proctor
Charles Proctor (c.1738-1808) and Luke Proctor (c.1743-1817) were the sons of Jonathan, a cutler. After apprenticeships (Charles’s Freedom was granted in 1760; Luke in 1765), they began business in Milk Street. Their products included lancets and fleams, table knives and forks, hunting knives, butchers’ steels, powder flasks, and brass inkstands. The trade mark was ‘PROCTOR’ and an ‘S 7 LP’ device, besides a silver mark ‘C?LP’ (one of the first to be registere....
