Thomas Boulsover & Company
Born in Ecclesfield and baptized on 18 October 1705, Thomas was the son of Samuel and Margaret Bolsover. His father was a farmer and cutler. Thomas Boulsover was apprenticed in 1719 to Joseph Fletcher, cutler, in Sheffield (Hatfield, 1974). He became a Freeman in 1726 and was assigned a mark. In that year, he established a cutlery workshop in Norfolk Street and married Hannah née Dodworth (1706–1772). Boulsover’s claim to fame was his fortuitous discovery – when repairing....
