Cutlers' Company's Act 1860
The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire is a trade guild of metalworkers based in Sheffield, England. It was incorporated in 1624 by an Act of Parliament. The head is called the Master Cutler. Its motto is french: 1=Pour Y Parvenir a Bonne Foi, links=yes, lit=To Succeed through Honest Endeavour. In the original act of Parliament, the company was given jurisdiction over: :"all persons using to make Knives, Blades, Scissers, Sheeres, Sickles, Cutlery wares and all other wares and manufacture made or wrought of yron and steele, dwelling or inhabiting within the said Lordship and Liberty of Hallamshire, or within six miles compasse of the same".Sheffield Records Online
Sheffield Master Cutlers and Apprentices
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