Notice of dissolution of company, London Gazette, 12 August 1820
This partnership, which manufactured table knives, involved John Ryalls and John Lamb. It was located in West Street by 1811; and in Carver Street by 1816. It was dissolved in 1820, though Lamb continued to trade. However, he died ‘suddenly’ on 5 March 1821, aged 53 (Sheffield Independent, 10 March 1821). His burial was at St Paul’s. In that year, John Ryalls became insolvent. Assuming that this was the John Ryalls, who was the former partner of Lamb, he had moved to London to trade in Sheffield and Birmingham goods. John Ryalls died on 24 August 1829, aged 75, and was buried at St Paul’s. His widow, Mary, died at the house of her son in Paradise Square on 29 June 1833, aged 67 (Sheffield Independent, 6 July 1833). Her burial was also at St Paul’s. Their only son was John Ryalls (1804-1888), who became a prominent solicitor (Manning, 19001).
1. Manning, John E, A History of Upper Chapel (Sheffield, 1900)