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 is untraced, but he was apparently linked to the Nowills of John Nowill & Sons.