| Description | Memorandum of Association of the Cannon Hollow-Ware Company Ltd., incorporated 16th May 1884. The company purchased freehold hereditaments, machinery, stock-in-trade, patents, etc. of the firm "Edward Sheldon & Company". The business of Cannon was to be Iron-founders, Hollow-ware Manufacturers, Enamellers, etc. The shareholders in the Company were: Ann Sheldon of Coseley, Spinster; Catherine Barnett of Coseley, Widow; Matilda Sheldon of Coseley, Spinster; Edward Sheldon Barnett of Coseley, Ironfounder; Richard Clayton of Coseley, Gentleman; William Henry Hawthorne of Coseley, Ironfounder; and John Creswell of Coseley, Book-keeper. |