This silver-plate partnership had its origins in the business of Godfrey Machon, who was born in about 1767.  In 1792, he became a partner in Henry Whitelock, Ellis & Machon, which registered a silver mark from Red Hill, Broad Lane.   William Tucker, James Fenton, Godfrey Machon, and William Whitelock was the next incarnation of this firm (silver mark, 1796).   Tucker, Fenton & Machon registered a mark in Norfolk Street in 1810; followed six years later by Fenton, Allanson & Machon.  In 1822, Godfrey Machon was a silver-plater in Norfolk Street (with a house in Gell Street) – the same year that Tucker, Fenton, and Machon was declared insolvent.  Evidently, James Fenton, Walter Allanson, and Machon continued as partners, until Fenton’s death at Wilson Place on 6 April 1832, aged 60.  Walter and Henry Allanson apparently handled the London office, while Machon was in Sheffield.  Godfrey Machon died in Brook Place, Broad Lane, on 2 November 1841, aged 74.  By then, Joseph & William Machon had been launched – presumably by Godfrey’s sons.   The firm was based in Norfolk Street, Sheffield, and Castle Street, Holborn, London (with William Allanson still a partner).  The firm did not survive the 1840s.  William, of Broomspring Lane, died on 13 April 1847, aged 47; Joseph, Glossop Road, on 29 September 1847, aged 55.  The Machons were buried in St Peter’s churchyard.