Thomas Woodcock was listed in 1828 as a horn haft and scale presser (and manufacturer of shoe, butchers’, cooks’, farriers’, and table knives) in Sharrow Moor.  He traded briefly as Woodcock & Sons (with Thomas Jun., Benjamin, and Joseph), but this business was declared insolvent in 1831.  Thomas and Thomas Jun. continued to trade as table knife manufacturers (merchants) in Sharrow Moor.  In 1838, Luke & Thomas Woodcock was listed as a merchant and cutlery manufacturer in Howard Street.  In that year, Thomas Sen., haft presser in West Street, was sued for unpaid debts (Sheffield Independent, 24 June 1837).  In 1841, Thomas Woodcock Sen. was enumerated in the Census as ‘independent’ and living with his wife Sarah and sons Thomas (a merchant) and Benjamin (a clerk).  Luke & Thomas Woodcock, Howard Street, was listed for the last time in 1845.  Luke may have been another son (and the burial of Luke Woodcock in Ecclesall on 29 May 1843, aged 36, may be significant).  Apparently, Thomas Woodcock Sen., Fernley Place, died on 24 March 1845, aged 70.  He was buried in Ecclesall.  His wife Sarah had died on 21 October 1842, aged 69.  In 1847, Thomas and Joseph Woodcock and John Burrows, cutlers and leather sellers of Howard Street and London, dissolved their partnership.  These Woodcocks seem to have disappeared from directories after that date.