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General History
One of the earliest records of the existance of goldsmiths and silversmiths in Newcastle Upon Tyne dates from the 13th century when appointments were made to the post of assayers of money at the Newcastle mint, recorded in 1249.
Newcastle Guild of Handicrafts
In the 14th century five Newcastle goldsmiths/silversmiths combined with local pewterers, plumbers, glaziers and painters to form a craft guild, receiving their company charter in 1536.
Maker's Mark(s)
Goldsmiths in the second half of the 17th century used as many as three punches:
a maker's mark consisting of his initials sometimes accompanied by a motif based on the shop sign,
a town mark expressed by one or three castles,
and sometimes a third emblem, also derived from the shop sign.
In 1739 the Plate Offences Act ordered all old maker's marks to be destroyed and new ones made with lettering of a different style, the same mark to be used whichever the standard of silver.
Newcastle Assay Office (1702 - 1884)
The provincial assay office at Newcastle was established in 1702. Local goldsmiths and silversmiths had to register their private marks with the office and all items of silver had to be assayed and marked with the three castles of the town arms and other marks prescribed by the Britannia Silver Standard Act, or the later Wrought Plate Act of 1719.
In 1784 an act was passed reintroducing a dirct tax on plate. This required an additional mark, the sovereign's head, had to be stamped on each piece to indicate that duty had been paid.
Due to internal wranglings, and a steady decline in the production of silver pieces, the assay office at Newcastle was closed in 1884, and items due to be assayed were sent to London, Sheffield or Birmingham.
  Goldsmiths and Silversmiths registered with Newcastle Assay Office
(see information page on 'Frequently encountered goldsmiths and silversmiths of Newcastle' for further information on the more prominent makers)
A
Alder, Cuthbert Gibson Alder and Son, Blyth
Ashworth, Mercy, Durham
B
Baily, Samuel, Newcastle
Bainbridge, Jonathan, Durham
Baker, Valentine, Newcastle
Balderson, William
Banks, John
Barrett, John, Sunderland
Bartlet, Philip, Newcastle
Batty, Francis I, Newcastle
Batty, Francis II, Newcastle
Bayrheed, William, Durham
Beatch, Patrick, Newcastle
Beckett, Mann, Durham
Beilby, William, Durham
Bell, James,Newcastle
Bell, Margaret, Newcastle
Bentley, John, Stockton
Bilton, Eli I, Newcastle
Breckenridge, Hugh
Brock, James, Whitehaven
Brown, John, Carlisle
Buckle, Joseph, York
Buckle, Stephen, York
Bulman, George, Newcastle
Buxton, William, Bishop Auckland
Buxton, John Moresby, Bishop Auckland
C
Cameron, Alexander, Dundee
Campbell, Alexander, Newcastle
Carnaby, John, Newcastle
Cook, John, Newcastle
Cookson, Isaac, Newcastle
Cox, George Curling, Whitehaven
Crawford, James, Newcastle
Crawford, Sarah, Newcasdtle
Crawford, David, Newcastle
Cumberledge, James
D
Dalton, William, Newcastle
Darling, David, Newcastle
Davis, Elias, North Shields
Deas, John
Dinsdale, Christopher I, Newcastle and Sunderland
Dinsdale, Christopher II, Newcastle
Dinsdale, James Knight, Newcastle
Dinsdale, Cuthbert, Newcastle
Dowthwaite, John, Newcastle
Dowthwaite, Susanna, Newcastle
Dryden, Benjamin, Newcastle
Duncan, Richard, Carlisle
E
Edwards, Henry, Newcastle
F
Fearney, John, Sunderland
Ferguson, Hugh, Carlisle
Floate, Augustin, Gateshead
Foster, James, Newcastle
French, Jonathan
G
Gillson, Robert, Sunderland
Gladwin, Thomas, Stockton
Gowland, Clement I, Bishop Wearmouth
Gowland, Clement II, Bishop Wearmouth
Gowland, George Hay, Bishop Wearmouth and London
H
Hamer, Abraham, Newcastle
Hamilton, James, Newcastle
Hedley, Anthony, York and Durham
Hedley, Jane, Durham
Hetherington, James, Newcastle
Hewitt, John, Gateshead and Durham
Hewitson, Thomas I
Hobbs, Richard, Newcastle
Huntington, Thomas, Carlisle
Hutchinson, John, Durham
J
Jacobs, Joseph, Newcastle
Jacobs, Israel, Newcastle
James, Samuel, Newcastle
James, Peter, Newcastle
Jobson, John, Newcastle
Joel, Trytle, Newcastle
Joel, Simeon, Newcastle
Joel, Maurice, Newcastle
K
Kelty, Alexander, Newcastle
Kirkup, James, Newcastle
Kirkup, John, Newcastle
L
Lamb, James, Whitehaven
Lambert, Peter, Berwick Upon Tweed
Langlands, John I, Newcastle
Langlands, John II, Newcastle
Langlands, Dorothy, Newcastle
Langwith, John, York
Latimer, Joseph M., Carlisle
Lewis, George Samuel, Newcastle
Lister, William I, Newcastle
Lister, William II, Newcastle
Lister, Clement, Newcastle
Lowe, John, Carlisle
Lucke, William, Newcastle
M
Makepeace, Robert, Newcastle
Makepeace, Thomas, Newcastle
Martin, Jonathan, Durham
McDuff, Robert
Mitchell, John, Bishop Wearmouth
Mitchison, John, Newcastle
Murray, George, Newcastle
O
Ord, Matthew, Hexham
Oswald, Robert, Durham
P
Partis, Thomas I, Sunderland
Partis, Thomas II, Sunderland
Partis, William, Newcastle
Pedrone, Leo, Carlisle
Pinkney, Robert I, Newcastle
R
Ramsay, William I, Newcastle
Ramsay, William II, Newcastle
Ramsay, Margaret, Newcastle
Ramsay, John, Newcastle
Reid, Christian Ker I, Newcastle
Reid, David I, Newcastle
Reid, Christian Bruce, Newcastle
Reid, Christian John, Newcastle
Rippon, Robert I, Newcastle
Robertson, John I, Newcastle
Robertson, Ann, Newcastle
Robertson, John II, Newcastle
Robinson, William I
Robinson, William II
Robinson, Thomas I, Gateshead
Ross, Thomas, Carlsile
Ross, Michael, Carlisle
Roy, John, Carlisle
Roy, William, Carlisle
S
Scott, Robert II, Newcastle
Sewell, Thomas I, Newcastle
Shaw, Nathaniel, Newcastle
Sherwin, William, Durham
Shrive, Robert, Newcastle
Simpson, Anthony
Sollomon, Francis, Whitehaven
Somerville, Francis II, Newcastle
Stalker, William, Newcastle
Stodart, Thomas I, Newcastle
Stodart, John, Newcastle
Sutter, John
T
Talbot, Alfred Yarrow, Crook
Telford, John I, Carlisle and Wigton
Telford, John II, Wigton
Thompson, John I, Durham
Thompson, Samuel II, Durham
Thompson, Jane, Durham
Thompson, John II, Sunderland
Thompson, James, Darlington
W
Waller, John, Whitehaven
Walton, John, Newcastle
Watson, Thomas, Newcastle
Weddell, George, London and Newcastle
Wheatley, Thomas,Carlisle
Wheatley, James Atkinson, Carlisle
White, John Holmes, Newcastle
Whitfield, William, Newcastle
Wilkinson, John I
Wilkinson, William, Sunderland
Williamson, William, Whitehaven
Wilson, Robert, Newcastle
Wright, John, Newcastle
Y
Young, Mary Anne, Newcastle
Young, Oliver, Newcastle
Younghusband, John I, Newcastle
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